Italy’s culture minister admits trying to hire lover as ministry consultant – POLITICO

Italy’s culture minister admits trying to hire lover as ministry consultant – POLITICO

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni faces a new blow after her culture minister, a close ally, was forced to admit an affair with a social media influencer he tried to hire as a ministry consultant. In an interview with Italy’s RAI state broadcaster Wednesday night, Gennaro Sangiuliano, a Meloni loyalist, said he had offered his resignation … Read more

Football bosses ask EU to intervene in FIFA’s new match schedule – POLITICO

Football bosses ask EU to intervene in FIFA’s new match schedule – POLITICO

National leagues and football players therefore need to adapt to the international scheduling adopted by FIFA by compressing their schedule to follow the match calendar, or reducing their number of games. A 2023 report published by FIFPRO found that due to an expanding calendar the workload and pressure for players had significantly increased, resulting in … Read more

BP’s office relationships policy is changing post-CEO dismissal

BP’s office relationships policy is changing post-CEO dismissal

BP employees must disclose any intimate relationships with colleagues or risk losing their jobs, the oil major told staff in a policy update, following the sacking of former CEO Bernard Looney for failing to do so. The updated conflicts of interest policy, which was communicated to staff via email last week and seen by Reuters, … Read more

Panel to reform drug pricing authority packed with industry representatives | India News

Panel to reform drug pricing authority packed with industry representatives | India News

A committee constituted for “institutional reforms” of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) is filled with representatives of the industry that the Authority is supposed to regulate. Public health activists have pointed out the absurdity and the conflict of interest in the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) constituting the committee with 14 pharma associations‘ representatives included … Read more