Algeria Vacation
US Department Of State Post Report
The workweek is generally 5-6 days a week, 8-10 hours a day. Salaries, paid in CFA francs, range from $60 to $160 monthly, depending on the employees' responsibilities and experience. Food or an allowance for one meal per day and a transportation allowance may be provided. Some employers also provide coffee, tea, and sugar as well as a clothing allowance to buy uniforms. Although the employer is not obliged to give the employee bonuses for holidays, it is customary to give something at Ramadan and at Tabaski, the two major Muslim holidays in Mali, or at Christmas. Employees are entitled to a month's vacation each year, although extra pay may be given in lieu of vacation if mutually acceptable. ... [Read More]
Austria
Austrian social insurance is compulsory and comprises health insurance, old-age pension insurance, unemployment insurance, and accident insurance. Social insurance contributions are a percentage of total monthly earnings and are shared by employers and employees. Although EU requirements facilitated greater job flexibility, terms of employment are closely regulated by law in Austria and include working hours, minimum vacation time (5 weeks), holidays, maternity leave, statutory separation notice, and protection against dismissal. The new severance pay system implemented in 2002 is designed to enhance worker flexibility further. Employers contribute 1.53% of their monthly pay to severance pay funds and employees have the right to carry their accrued entitlement with them when changing the employer. A new regulation since July 1, 2004 allows parents with children under the age of seven who have worked for at least three years to choose part-time work until the children reach age seven. T ... [Read More]
Madeleine K. Albright
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Spain
ETA and its sympathizers continued their violent campaign of intimidation against political, press, and academic professionals and organizations in the Basque country (see Sections 1.a. and 1.c.). These attacks included package bombs sent in January to the vice president of the media group Correo, Enrique Ibarra; to the director of radio network RNE; and to Marisa Guerrero of radio network Antenna 3. Security forces deactivated all bombs. According to a study done by the University of the Basque Country, 10 percent of the radio and TV journalists who work in the Basque Country have received threats by ETA. Various organizations including the World Association of Newspapers, the World Editors Forum, the International Press Institute, and Reporters Without Borders have criticized the ETA for its assaults on civil liberties and have denounced the conditions of "threat and fear" under which journalists work in the Basque Country.The Government did not ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
American Embassy - Tunis Post CityLast Updated: 1/6/2005 7:59 AM Tunis is built on the west bank of a shallow salt lake on Tunisia's northeastern Mediterranean coast. It has been the capital of what is now Tunisia since the 13th century. Tunis is really two cities - the old Arab town (the medina) with its narrow shop-lined streets, and the modern city that has grown up around the medina over the last century. Tunis continues to grow at a fast pace.& ... [Read More]
Henry A. Kissinger
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US Department Of State Post Report
Many of the food products that Embassy personnel are accustomed are expensive, if available, on the local market. Almost all such food is imported, including fresh fruits and vegetables such as apples, oranges, and potatoes. Availability, quality, and variety fluctuate widely. Locally produced, good quality, vegetables are always available in winter. During the summer, fresh produce is scarce, and even meat, butter, and cheese can be in short supply due to fewer imports as foreign residents depart for vacation. Nouakchott is blessed with fresh, locally caught fish, shrimp, and rock lobster (in season) at reasonable prices. Beef and lamb, chickens, eggs, and a few vegetables (lettuce, tomatoes, tubers, mint, and parsley) are produced locally at costs about 30%-50% higher than U.S. prices. There are many imported fruit juices available at about twice the price of comparable U.S.- made products. Items such as turkey, pork, lunchmeat, cheese, and ice cream are imported either from ne ... [Read More]
Secretaries Travel Abroad
Entries cover both official and unofficial travel of the Secretary, including foreign visits taken for vacation purposes, when information concerning such visits is available. Coverage, however, does not include trips to U.S. territories overseas, days spent at sea in international waters, or stops at uninhabited islands. Refueling stops outside the United States during transoceanic flights are not included unless the Secretary met with foreign dignitaries, delivered a speech, or transacted other business. ... [Read More]
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