Tag: france

September 4, 2012 0

Bad Reeds

By News Desk

Eli Rabett Eli Rabett Eli Rabett is a not quite failed professorial techno-bunny, a chair election from retirement, at a wanna be research university that has a lot to be proud of but has swallowed the Kool-Aid. The students are naive but great and the administrators vary day-to-day between homicidal and delusional. His colleagues are smart, but they have a curious inability to see the holes that they dig for themselves.

August 30, 2012 0

France to Hire 150,000 Subsidized Workers With Zero Qualifications; Why Stop There?

By News Desk

Via Google Translate from El Economista, France will create 150,000 jobs for young people without qualifications The French Government has today adopted a draft law providing for the creation of 150,000 subsidized jobs for young people with little or no qualifications, which are most affected by unemployment and employability harder. The beneficiaries of these so called "jobs of tomorrow" will work for municipalities, hospitals, schools, social organizations, associations or, exceptionally, in private companies, and will receive a grant of up to 75% of their compensation.

August 28, 2012 0

Anti-EU, Anti-Brussels Sentiment Rises in Netherlands; Don’t Expect Much From a "Merkollande" Summit

By News Desk

In a case of Dutch Discontent, Socialists Ride Wave of Anti-EU Sentiment The economy is in trouble and unemployment is rising — in the Netherlands as in much of the rest of Europe. Ahead of upcoming elections, the Socialists are riding a wave of euro-skepticism and may emerge as the strongest political force in the country. According to the polls, [Emile Roeme] the former elementary school teacher could become the next prime minister of the Netherlands