A new student loan law from the Trump administration is reportedly quietly preventing public service workers from receiving loan forgiveness, with many potentially unaware until it's too late.

The 9th annual Creative Bureaucracy Festival was held in Berlin, bringing together public service workers to discuss the importance of a functioning state for a healthy democracy and innovative solutions to bureaucratic issues.

SIPTU, a major trade union, announced its intention to ballot over 80,000 public service workers for strike action. This move comes amid ongoing disputes regarding pay talks.

Council staff are reportedly under severe threat and attack from High Street gangs, receiving menacing warnings such as 'We will kill you and burn your house.' This highlights a serious issue of intimidation and violence directed at public service workers.

A judge has blocked a rule that aimed to strip public service workers of their student loan forgiveness benefits. This decision prevents the Trump administration's plan to limit a major student-loan forgiveness program for public servants.

Healthcare workers in Portugal are on a 24-hour strike, called by the National Union of Public Service Workers (STTS), demanding career progression.