Baltics braced for labour turmoil

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An analysis of the potential impact that accession to the European Union (EU) could have on the labour markets in the three Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Charles Woolfson, prospective Marie Curie chair at Latvia University's EuroFaculty, argues that it is vital that academic monitoring of the labour market in the Baltic States be undertaken in the aftermath of accession to the EU as there is potential for increased conflict to arise as the Baltic neoliberalism that arose in the aftermath of the fall of Communism comes up against the expectations of labour relations as they are practised in the existing EU states.

Eastern Europe, Analysis, Economic aspects, Labor market, Baltic States, Labour market

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Palestine wary of unequal dialogue

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Officials from Unesco aim to bring Palestinian and Israeli academics together at a round-table meeting in 2006 in order to discuss ways to revitalise universities located in the Occupied Territories. Georges Haddad, director of Unesco's higher education division, has noted that it would be a "disaster" if the opportunity to go to university was denied to thousands of young people in Palestine.

Israel, Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Services information, Colleges and universities, Palestine, Services, Universities and colleges, Palestinian Territories, UNESCO, Palestine (Historical region), Educational aspects

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Coca-Cola tries to take fizz out of NUS boycott call

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The National Union of Students (NUS) will consider a nationwide boycott of Coca-Cola at its conference in March 2006 in protest at alleged violations of human rights in Colombia and environmental damage in India. Coca-Cola has a GBP 7 million a year contract to supply its drinks to 200 colleges and universities in the UK.

United Kingdom, Bottled and canned soft drinks, Coca-Cola Co. (Atlanta, Georgia), Political activity, Demonstrations and protests, Soft drink industry, KO, Student unions, National Union of Students

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