'e wanted to evolve from simply a green island into a clean-energy island,' she said. The Greek island of Tilos soon will be the first in the Mediterranean to be powered solely by wind and sun, thanks in part to the efforts of its mayor Maria Kamma. to impose sanctions on companies that work on Russian energy export pipelines, which could hamper the construction of a Russia-Germany natural gas pipeline and thus damage European economies. “The Americans can’t punish German companies because they have business interests in another country,” Zypries said.

German Economics and Energy Minister Brigitte Zypries said yesterday that the U.S.'s new sanctions against Russia are illegal and urged the European Union to fight back with its own aggressive trade policies. We all want to go on the record to call upon you to act now,” said the letter. “he BBC has known about the pay disparity for years. Shortly after the revelation, 42 female BBC employees demanded that the company fix the pay gap immediately, not by the 2020 deadline previously proposed. The FT news comes amid the blockbuster equal pay fight at the BBC that ignited when the broadcaster disclosed a yawning divide between the pay of its male and female talent earlier this month. The FT says it takes the matter of gender pay seriously that it has a “50/50 female-male split” among its workforce, “more women in senior roles across the newsroom and commercial teams than ever before,” and a long list of “active initiatives…to further that progress.” More than 70 male staff members earn more than £80,000, versus just over 20 women. A recent internal pay audit found that female employees at the paper make up the majority of those in the company’s £30,000 to £50,000 salary bracket, while men dominate the £60,000-plus pay bands. The gulf is “the biggest shortfall in a decade,” according to a union rep.

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