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Victoria Bautze always enjoyed working a lot. There was a clear career focus in her life. Then the symptoms began – the almost unbearable pain. In 2020 she was finally diagnosed with a chronic illness. “I immediately had to think about work,” remembers Bautze, who was working as a project account manager at the time and does not want to share her exact diagnosis. “I was worried about whether I could afford to miss time due to doctor’s appointments or bad periods.” What can employers do in such cases? How can you support employees with chronic illnesses?

The night work on the Fermoselle fire (Zamora) has made it possible to “substantially reduce its danger” with the stabilization of the two fronts that were of most concern, the north and the east, although four active sectors remain with “numerous hot spots and very complicated areas.” During the night, two new towns were evacuated, Villar del Buey and Pasariegos. In total, 14 towns have been evacuated due to this fire and Fermoselle and Fariza are confined. The extinction operation is especially afraid of the wind that is expected to pick up during the afternoon of this Thursday and the…

Partido Popular and Vox in Extremadura have approved the general budgets of the autonomous community for 2026, items that go ahead with the sum of the 40 votes of both parties, partners in the Government of María Guardiola, of the total of 65 seats that make up the Assembly of Extremadura. Continue reading

Since the introduction of the statutory quota for women on boards of directors in 2015, the proportion of women on the top management floor has increased continuously. That has now changed. From 2025 to 2026, the proportion of women on boards of directors fell for the first time. There is also currently little movement on supervisory boards: the proportion of women here is stagnating. This is shown by the current analysis “Women-on-Board-Index 2026” (WoB) by the Association for Women on Supervisory Boards (FidAR). Proportion of women on boards of directors in 2026: decline for the first time since the introduction…

There is far too little greenery in many European cities, and streets reach temperatures of more than 40 degrees, as graphics show. Simply planting more trees is not enough, say researchers – and explain which metropolises have found good solutions.

The forest fire in the Sierra Oeste de Madrid has remained without reproductions during the night, as reported this Wednesday by the Emergency Service 112 of the Community of Madrid. Extinguishing teams continue working to consolidate the perimeter of the fire and strengthen its favorable evolution. During the early morning, Firefighters from the Community of Madrid, Forest Firefighters and Forestry Agents have focused their work on finishing off the hot spots to avoid reactivation of the fire. Extinguishing work continues to control the active fires in the Community of Madrid, Ávila, Toledo, Castellón and Almería, coinciding with the start of…

Attacks in the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war have led Saudi Arabia to rely on an alternative route for exporting oil. Our reporter Rebecca F. Elliott explains how that route is now threatened by the Houthis, a Yemeni militia supported by Iran.

The fires that are ravaging Ávila and Madrid are still active this Tuesday. During the early hours of the morning, 50 ground crews worked in one of the areas that was of most concern throughout the day yesterday: the area around the Cofio River, one of the most critical points at the moment and where the San Juan reservoir was of particular concern on Monday. The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has assured that the last night has been “reasonably positive” for the evolution of the fires in Madrid, Ávila and Toledo thanks to the work of the extinguishing…

The next few hours will be crucial to try to stabilize the large forest fires that are raging uncontrollably in the provinces of Ávila and Toledo and the Community of Madrid. The fires, which have been attacked as one for days, are advancing, but much more slowly thanks to especially complex extinguishing efforts due to the weather conditions, which have never been favorable, the orography and the influence that some sources exert on others. Several fronts have already been stabilized and the authorities’ optimism is cautious. Several heads – the front parts of the fires – continue to burn in…

If an employee is sentenced to a prison sentence of three years and three months, his employer can therefore terminate the employment relationship with him for personal reasons. This emerges from a ruling by the Stuttgart Labor Court, in which an assembly worker’s claim for protection against dismissal was dismissed. According to the chamber, termination in this case is “socially justified” within the meaning of Section 1 Paragraph 2 KSchG. The trial involved a man who had been employed by a collectively agreed automobile manufacturer since May 2018. After he was sentenced to a total prison sentence of 39 months…