World News from the BBC
德国部长给工人吃安心丸:工资并不会因为东欧移民而削减
Government ministers in Germany have attempted to reassure workers that their pay isn't about to be undercut by immigrants from Eastern Europe. In interviews with with best-selling newspapers, several promised tighter monitoring of paying conditions. On Sunday, Germany finally opened its jobs market to people from former Communist countries that joined the European Union in 2004. Steven Evans reports from Berlin.
On the day the barriers finally came down, a string of ministers promised to protect German workers from cheaper labour, even as employers say the economy needs outsiders to do skilled work. What employers don't say but unions fear is that firms also want unskilled workers at lower rates of pay.
斯里兰卡举行游行抗议联合国干涉内政
Tens of thousands of Sri Lankans have used May Day rallies to reject a United Nations report released last week, calling for both sides in the country's civil war to be investigated over possible war crimes. The report said government shelling killed tens of thousands of civilians. Anbarasan Ethirajan reports from Colombo.
The rally in the capital Colombo was supposed to mark Workers' Day. But during the march, pro-government supporters shouted slogans and carried placards, denouncing the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Human Rights