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Catalonia will give universal aid of up to 200 euros to dependents waiting for their benefit

The Government continues to take steps to try to improve the Catalan long-term care system, which has very high waiting lists. On Sunday, the president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, presented the so-called Pla Cura, a battery of measures to make the dependency model – which includes the assessment of cases, benefits and care resources in residences, day centers or home care – more agile. The objective is to increase the waiting time between a person requesting recognition of dependency and receiving a benefit from 397 days to 60. This Monday, Illa has delved into the plan with new measures:…

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Layer in the Shaft: A Look Behind Buzz Words

In his career as a football coach, Peter Neururer has seen teams fall apart. He knows what it takes to be a leader when your team is down by three goals at halftime. His keynote speech at this year’s “Schicht im Schacht” was one of the highlights of the recruiting event in the Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park. Around 500 HR professionals gathered there to talk about new trends, challenges and developments in recruiting and HR. Thematically, Neururer’s lecture was a bit out of the ordinary, but his look back at his long career as a football teacher was still entertaining. Because…

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The Princess of Asturias will study Political Science at the Carlos III University

Political Sciences at a public university, Carlos III of Getafe (Madrid). That is the university degree that the Princess of Asturias, Leonor de Borbón, will pursue, as reported this Monday by the Royal Family. After weighing different alternatives, including a double degree or designing a career for thisthe Kings and their first-born daughter have decided that the heir to the Crown will take a four-year degree “in one of the most prestigious public universities in Spain,” according to sources from La Zarzuela. The agenda includes political, legal, economic and sociological issues that should help her to exercise her responsibilities as…

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First protests over the presence of mossos in institutes in Catalonia: “Students are people, not criminals” | News from Catalonia

The incorporation of Mossos d’Esquadra agents in secondary schools in Catalonia to deter violent outbreaks and attacks has the radical opposition of educational unions, student organizations and the parliamentary partners of the Government (ERC and Comuns) and Junts. This Monday, officers are scheduled to join the respective schools assigned to them and, at the same time, the first demonstrations have already been called. The teachers, students and families of the Eugeni d’Ors and Margarida Xirgu institutes in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat have called on the communities of their institutes to gather in front of their centers first thing in the morning.…

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Two dead when a car fell into the Clariano River in Ontinyent and the driver was arrested after testing positive for drugs | News from the Valencian Community

A 45-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman died this Sunday after the vehicle in which they were traveling fell from a bridge into the Clariano River in the Valencian town of Ontinyent, as sources from the investigation and later the Emergency Coordination and Information Center (CICU) confirmed to Europa Press. The driver of the vehicle, who was unharmed and tested positive for drugs, has been arrested by the Civil Guard.The traffic accident occurred around 5:25 p.m., when the emergency services were mobilized due to the fall of a vehicle over the Camí del Carril bridge into the Clariano river, sources…

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The Andalusian president focuses his pre-campaign on festive events three weeks before the polls | News from Andalusia

In the midst of the pre-campaign for the 17M elections, the Andalusian president, Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla, continues to use the main fairs and popular traditions as the main electoral platform. After exhibiting himself in the processional parades of almost all the provinces during Holy Week and prolonging his festive idyll at the April Fair in Seville, Moreno has now decided to become a pilgrim, aware that the pilgrimages are the main manifestation of the Andalusian popular heritage.This Sunday, Moreno visited, as president of the Board, the pilgrimage of the Virgen de la Cabeza de Andújar (Jaén), considered the oldest…

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Nearshoring strategy against the shortage of IT specialists: opportunities, risks and HR success factors

Near-shoring and offshoring are developing into a strategic lever against the shortage of IT specialists. They open up access to global talent, increase speed and scalability – but present HR with new challenges in governance, culture and leadership. Michael Baier, Managing Director of PageGroup Germany & Austria, analyzes opportunities and risks and shows how companies can successfully use these models in the long term. Executive Summary Nearshoring strategy to combat the shortage of IT specialists The challenge: The shortage of IT specialists is forcing companies to take new approaches to talent acquisition. Near-shoring and offshoring are becoming increasingly important, but…

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Albares begins a tour of Latin America to guarantee the success of the Ibero-American summit in Madrid | Spain

This Sunday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, embarked on a tour of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Mexico, just over six months before the summit called in Madrid on November 4 and 5 with which Spain wants to vindicate the role of the Ibero-American community in a world where the law of the strongest has prevailed over multilateral organizations and the international legal order. Puerto Rico, an associated State of the United States, is not a full member of said community, but has participated in its summits since 2001; while the presence in Madrid of the…

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