Soul-searching in Europe this week as it asked: Can the continent afford its own IMF? How will Europe fare in its power struggle with Asia? And can Slovenia really make amends to the 20,000 citizens it has ignored for 20 years?
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Our latest report on equality finds us in Germany, where statistics show that women earn 23.2% less than their male colleagues - a figure over 5% higher than the European average. The EU has condemned the gap and 26 March will mark “Equal Pay Day” in Germany. But why are they so far behind?
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Morgan Freeman playing Nelson Mandela with Matt Damon as support and Clint Eastwood in the director’s chair – it doesn’t sound like Invictus, the movie based on Mandela’s efforts to unite a divided country behind a rugby team, could go wrong. But then again, nothing is for sure in Hollywood.
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The European Parliament today took a strong stance against Belarus’ treatment of its Polish minority. MEPs today condemned recent police action and legal measures against Belarus’ Union of Poles and urged Minsk to release political activists.
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