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The president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, met this Tuesday afternoon at the Palau de la Generalitat with the president of Portugal, António José Seguro, taking advantage of the fact that he has traveled to Barcelona to attend this Tuesday at the Sagrada Familia the ceremony of awarding the Gold Medal of the International Union of Architects (UIA) 2026 to the Portuguese architect Soto de Moura. Continue reading
It would be a mistake for companies to assume that sustainability has lost strategic importance. On the contrary: the transformation towards a more sustainable economy is continuing, sustainability requirements are increasing and vocational training has long been part of this development. Since 2021, “environmental protection and sustainability” have been part of the standard job description positions for all newly organized training occupations as well as for all existing training occupations). Trainees should learn to take into account the impact of their professional actions on the environment, economy and society and to incorporate sustainable solutions into their everyday work. The crucial…
Football Germany is discussing who will have the future as national coach after the World Cup is over. In the Stade case, details about the alleged perpetrator come to light. And Luisa Neubauer is worried about the climate – about politics. This is the situation on Tuesday evening.
At the HR Forum Banking, the question of the future viability of employees was one of the most discussed topics of the day. What remains for people when machines take over more and more? And how do banks need to empower their workforce to deal constructively with this shift? The empirical framework for the discussions was provided by a research team from the Institute for Employment and Employability, which systematically analyzed the banking sector over three years. Led by Prof. Dr. Jutta Rump, Managing Director of the institute, came to a crucial understanding: not every form of digitalization means job…
Congress has taken a decisive step to settle Spain’s historical debt with the Sahrawi people, whom it abandoned without fulfilling its obligations as a colonizing power in the death throes of Francoism and the dawn of the transition. The presentation in charge of debating the bill presented almost two and a half years ago by Sumar to grant Spanish nationality to the Sahrawis approved its opinion this Tuesday with the votes of the PSOE and other left-wing groups, the abstention of Junts and the rejection of PP and Vox. Continue reading
No company has recently made as many headlines as VW. Nevertheless, it remains an important employer in Germany. What work does HR have to do here to keep employees engaged? The white beetle is in the middle of the field. With white paint and striking silver bumpers. “Years of development and research, years of experience from 7 million owners around the world have made many of the Volkswagen’s features famous,” says the speaker in the 1968 commercial. A gentleman in a suit comes from the left and sits in the driver’s seat. He closes the door and drives off. The…
The Civil Guard is investigating the robbery of a jewelry store in a shopping center in Pinto (Madrid) that occurred this Monday late afternoon. This is the latest in a series of blows that jewelry and watch establishments have suffered in the last two months, especially those located in shopping centers, because they are usually located in points close to an easy exit route for escape. This last coup took place in the Princesa de Éboli center.Continue reading
María del Pilar Álvarez Menéndez speaks without fear of a society that she considers deteriorated and of a justice incapable of being the tool to recover it. Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 57 years ago and raised in Tenerife, she admits that she is happier as a writer than as a prosecutor, a position she has held in Huelva for two of her three decades of career, first in road safety and now in the environment. These days he is facing trials for illegal water extraction in the area of Doñana, for which, in some cases, reports of…
“The biggest surprise of the tournament so far”: The international press is astonished by Germany’s World Cup exit against Paraguay. In Italy there was an improvement compared to previous tournaments, in France there was the third disappointment in a row.
Update from June 29, 2026: At the second works meeting of the year at the Audi plant in Ingolstadt, labor director Xavier Ros reported that 4,500 of the 6,000 jobs to be eliminated have already been implemented or contractually agreed. According to the future agreement between company management and employee representatives from March 2025, the goal should be achieved by the end of 2027. Article from October 16, 2025: Volkswagen, Ford, Bosch, Continental and ZF Friedrichshafen are there, as are Siemens, Lufthansa, Deutsche Bank and DHL: The German economy is cutting thousands of jobs. Some companies are reacting to weak…