http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/972/ en_GB_uk OneWorld UK - Northern Europe Northern Europe G7 ‘Moral Bankruptcy’ Charge on HIV http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/145883/1/ G7 Ministers of Finance should make good their Gleneagles commitment to the 40 million people living with HIV and AIDS by coming up with a clear funding plan for universal access to prevention, treatment and care by 2010, according to anti-poverty agency ActionAid. Legal opportunities to dump immigrants’ wages are expanded http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/74866 “Following a phasing out of the transitional arrangements, the legal opportunities for employment of workers from the EU-8 in enterprises that pay wages below the national rate are expanded.” This is one of the major conclusions in a new study on Nordic labour market. UPM wants to transfer 300 forestry workers to its prospective subcontractors http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/74724 The forest industry giant UPM, based in Finland, plans to get rid of its remaining 300 forestry workers. The Wood and Allied Workers' Union warns that UPM’s real aim is to utilise low-pay labour from near-by countries, such as Estonia and Poland. Bottled Water: Nectar of the Frauds? http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/126829/1/ WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 4 (OneWorld) - Water, water everywhere and we are duped into buying it bottled. Winter On A Bio-Dynamic Farm http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/125247/1/ Sweden enacts law on e-signatures http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/56781 Sweden has been in the forefront to enact a legislation on electronic signatures. Preserving culture in Iraq digitally http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/55731 Digital photogrammetry techniques can be used for documentation of Iraqi cultural monuments to preserve this otherwise vulnerable heritage. In an effort to protect it, a trilateral capacity building programme for Iraqi cultural officers has jointly been initiated by Latvia, UNDP and UNESCO. HIV Rates in Russia, Nearby States Rising Rapidly http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/51878 HIV infection rates in Southeast Europe and the Baltic states--including Russia, the Ukraine, and Estonia--are among the world's highest, a UN agency warned leaders in the region this week, threatening economic growth and demanding a rapid and effective response. Radio production course for unemployed UK youth http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/45789 Earshot is offering a free course for unemployed people aged 16-26 in the UK, in which they will learn how to make and present professional radio programmes and gain general media skills. The aim is to raise their employment prospects by improving their ICT, teamwork, time and project-management, research, marketing and general workplace skills. Germany remodels http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/38606 Many Germans are proud that Europe's largest economy also has some of the world's most generous benefits in welfare, unemployment, healthcare, and job protection. But Liberals have now voted for a partial - and needed - rollback of the welfare state.