Despite the demonstration by couriers in Brussels, Liège, Antwerp, Malines and Ghent, the meal home-delivery platform, Deliveroo, boasted on Sunday having “growth of 34% in the number of couriers” in a week. Deliveroo both denounces and condemns “acts of vandalism and intimidation.” To recap, on Saturday evening between 50, say Deliveroo and 130 couriers, according to the collective representing 200 couriers, took part in the initiative in the various cities where the platform has an active presence. Those who took part are refusing to accept management’s wish to force all…
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EU committed to the nuclear deal but worries about Iran’s role in the region
Last week’s roundtable between EU/E3 and Iran resulted in press statements where the EU representatives expressed their support for the implementation of the nuclear deal. The EU foreign policy chief and the foreign ministers from three EU member states, France, United Kingdom and Germany, showed a common front in defending the deal and calling on the US to respect it. From that point of view the invited Iranian foreign minister, Jawad Zarif, could be satisfied with the outcome of meeting but he was conspicuously absent from the press briefing. He…
Read MoreLactalis to withdraw 12m boxes of baby milk in salmonella scandal
Emmanuel Besnier, chief executive of French dairy giant, says all products from contaminated factory will be recalled The head of a French dairy giant at the centre of an international salmonella scandal has promised to withdraw 12m boxes of powdered baby milk from the supermarket shelves of 83 countries. Emmanuel Besnier, the scion of the secretive family behind one of the world’s biggest dairy groups, was speaking publicly for the first time since an outcry erupted over claims the company hid the salmonella outbreak at a plant making the product….
Read MoreBundesbank: China’s yuan to be included in currency reserves
Germany’s central bank decides to include Chinese yuan in its own reserves in further boost to international status of currency Speaking at an event in Hong Kong on Monday, Bundesbank board member Andreas Dombret said the decision was taken last year following an investment of €500 million by the European Central Bank (ECB), of which the German authority is a part. He declined to comment on the amount that would be allocated. “The renminbi is used increasingly as part of central banks’ foreign-exchange reserves – for example, the ECB included…
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