31.   Biagi, a university professor, had been working as an advisor to the government on controversial changes to the labour law.

32.   Businesses come up against obstacles from rigid labour laws and getting long-term bank credit.

33.   The right meanwhile warned that taxes and labour laws were strangling initiative and rendering the economy uncompetitive.

34.   The parliament of Serbia, the dominant republic of Yugoslavia, has already adopted privatisation and labour law under a reform drive.

35.   The row is expected to add to mounting problems for the president, who is also fighting more than a month of industrial unrest over a new labour law.

36.   The strikes were called after the ruling party railroaded the new labour law through oparliament in an early morning session, causing national outrage among workers.

37.   Vietnam also has to conform to certain US demands over legal guarantees for industry, labour laws and respect for intellectual property rights.

38.   Unions have accused Ford of targeting Britain for the job losses, because of lax labour laws which make it cheaper to sack workers than elsewhere in Europe.

39.   Unions have accused Ford of targeting Britain for the job losses, because of lax labour laws which make it easier to sack workers.

40.   Labour laws need to be made more flexible, it said.