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The Government of Spain has estimated the total amount executed after the damage of October 29, 2024, which left 230 fatalities, at €9.6 billion, of which €8 billion is non-refundable aid. However, the Generalitat Valenciana, although it has refused to “enter into controversies”, has accused the central Executive of “telling tailored truths” and of “selling as aid something that we all pay for with our pockets.” This has been revealed by both administrations after the meeting of the Joint Commission for the reconstruction and recovery after the damage caused in the Valencian Community by the dana.Continue reading
The oak processionary moth is becoming a health problem in more and more areas. But poison has so far only rarely been used to combat it. According to the Ministry of the Environment, this would be legally justifiable.
“Think that Barrabés is the good one and the others have to go down no matter what.” This is one of the messages analyzed by the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard in a report that it delivered last February to the European Prosecutor’s Office and that is now in the hands of Judge Juan Carlos Peinado, who on June 19 clarified that the businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés is the only one accused of alleged prevarication and fraud against the interests of the European Union in this branch of the investigation of the Begoña Gómez case. The agents…
The AfD is holding a congress on, of all things, democracy. Cem Özdemir is worried about democracy because of the AfD. And the Minister of Health is quick – but not much more. This is the situation on Friday morning.
When David and his family decided to move from the Madrid district of San Blas to the small town of Arbancón, in Guadalajara, he knew that the biggest challenge was going to be finding a rental home that was also in good condition. His case was one of many. “There are families who want to start a business here, open bars, cheese shops or continue with honey and they can’t because they can’t find housing,” he says. Arbancón is in the Sierra Norte of Guadalajara, one of the demographic deserts of Europe, where this curve is. Its 85 municipalities, according…
The Spanish and Catalan economies expanded again last year at an unusual rate among large advanced economies. Catalonia, specifically, expanded by 2.7%, well above the euro zone as a whole. And he did it in a healthier way, according to the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce. The entity warns that a “sectoral recomposition” is taking place towards higher quality activities and anticipates that productivity will increase after investment per worker in 2025 reached historical highs. Now, the well-being of households is increasingly burdened by the serious housing crisis that the Chamber of Commerce attributes to an accommodation deficit that in the…
According to a new legal opinion, the AfD is unconstitutional. A double earthquake shakes Venezuela. And the female surprise star of this World Cup will be in charge of the German game against Ecuador this evening. This is the situation on Thursday evening.
“For me it is important to first understand and then change,” says Wilfried von Rath. In 2025, he took over the position of labor director and human resources director of Thyssenkrupp and Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe (proper spelling thyssenkrupp). The long-standing CHRO Oliver Burkhard left his post at the end of January 2025, and von Rath followed in April – in the middle of a transformation phase. “The challenge for me was less about taking on a position that my predecessor had shaped for twelve years, but rather the situation in which Thyssenkrupp finds itself,” remembers the qualified psychologist and MBA.…
The Government of Aragon has activated this Thursday level 1 of the Special Civil Protection Plan for Emergencies for Forest Fires (Procinfo) in the Emergency phase, due to the forest fire declared between the areas of Tamarite de Litera and Alcampell (Huesca), which has forced to order the preventive evacuation of the towns of Azanuy and Alins due to the proximity of the flames. Continue reading
His works include “Return to Lemberg” and “The Rat Line”: The international law expert Philippe Sands is awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. The jury particularly praised Sands’ commitment to human rights.