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Britain has the seventh highest divorce rate in Europe, 2.8 a year for every 1,000 people, according to Eurostat (at top is the Czech Republic). But is Britain about to leap up the chart? It could. Landmark rulings by Britain's House of Lords last week may, some lawyers predict, make England and Wales a divorce magnet, because the rulings have been so generous to financially dependent spouses. In one case, the judges upheld a $9.4 million award to a woman who'd been married to a fund manager worth $60 million. In the second case, the judges lifted...
...Creative Accounting? Eurostat refused to certify Greek and Italian deficit data for 2004, suggesting the figures - 6.1% and 3% of GDP respectively - could yet be revised upward. Euro-zone countries' deficits are capped...
...legalize assisted suicide in France; 88% favor such a move. It's legal in Switzerland, and in certain cases in Belgium and the Netherlands. - By Bruce Crumley Scandalous BELGIUM European Commission President Romano Prodi fended off calls for high-level resignations over the misuse of funds by Eurostat, the E.U.'s statistical office. But his defiant stand did little to convince doubters of the Commission's ability to account cleanly for its €94 billion annual budget. Try Again SWEDEN Police investigating the stabbing murder of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh released suspect Per Olof Svensson and cleared him of involvement...
...attendant. "I see myself as a permanent temporary worker," says Bruno, who asked that his real name not be used for fear of jeopardizing his standing with the airline. With Europe's ongoing push to create a job market with U.S.-style flexibility, such employment uncertainty is becoming common. Eurostat reports that the number of workers on short-term contracts rose 14% between 1996 and 2001. In Italy, where a job-for-life is still considered a national birthright, this economic reality is viewed with trepidation. And as a bitter nationwide labor showdown enters its third month, workers like Bruno...