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The Sagrada Familia has (almost) finished the works on the high-rise temple and the next step will be to tackle the façade of the Glòria, the one on Mallorca street. Decisive moment for the neighbors of the buildings opposite, who are restless. Because they don’t know what will become of their houses. Not even if there will be demolitions. Nor how many people will be affected. Nor if, if it is their turn, how they will be compensated: with money or other flats. The construction board repeats that “the staircase will be built”, that it was drawn by Antoni Gaudí…
Celta de Vigo’s campaign to recover the shirt that Madonna wore in 1990 during a concert at the Balaídos stadium has managed to attract the attention of the queen of pop. Madonna responded this Saturday afternoon with a tweet in which she said that the garment is “hanging in my archives”an expression that can be interpreted as “hanging in my personal museum.” However, the singer has not clarified whether she is going to donate it to the club. “I see and represent your club with all my spirit!!❤️🔥”, he added.The singer wore the shirt during the concert she gave at…
About fifty artists born between the years 1920 and 1950 received a tribute this Saturday at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC), in an event organized by the same national museum and the Xarxa de Museus d’Art de Catalunya at the gates of 8M. All of them are part of the project artists Feminine Plural, promoted by this network with the aim of making visible the artistic trajectories that have been largely silenced or undervalued by the hegemonic narratives of art history.More informationThe initiative also wants to constitute an action of symbolic reparation and collective memory, aimed at restoring…
US President Trump attacks opponents, exploits institutions and attacks free elections. Human rights activist Binaifer Nowrojee explains why this could also be dangerous for Republicans – and whether there are any bright spots.
They want to strengthen democratic participation. To this end, several companies in Hesse have launched the “Charter of Democracy” initiative. The core idea is to support employees who take on local political mandates on a voluntary basis. According to their own statements, employers want to create space for volunteer work and at the same time promote the exchange of democratic values within the company. The initiative is also a clear statement by the companies involved for basic democratic values. This seems to be particularly important shortly before the local elections in Hesse on March 15th. The electoral success of the…
Experts in fighting and also in jihadism. The National Police arrested two mixed martial arts (MMA) experts last Tuesday in Madrid for alleged radical Islamist activities, as reported this Saturday by the Ministry of the Interior. One of the detainees, whose identity has not been revealed, was a teacher in gyms in the south of the city and the Madrid community and had achieved a certain notoriety on social networks, in addition to having participated in international competitions under the flag of a Central Asian republic, according to sources close to the investigations. The judge of the National Court Antonio…
In September 2022, the person appointed this Friday as deputy operational director (DAO) of the National Police, Commissioner José Luis Santafé Arnero (Madrid, 60 years old), assumed the position he has held until now, that of senior chief in the Balearic Islands. And he did so with a speech in which, before the general director Francisco Pardo, the then Government delegate in this community and today Secretary of State for Security, Aina Calvo, and the DAO at that time, also commissioner José Ángel González, remembered his humble origins: “Thank you for trusting once again in that boy from the (Madrid)…
Update from March 6, 2026: Two years after the introduction of gender-neutral parental leave at Henkel, the company is drawing a positive conclusion. Worldwide, 15 percent more employees took parental leave in 2025 than in 2024, writes HR Director Sylvie Nicol on Linkedin. The increase in employees is particularly pleasing. Last year, 35 percent more men took parental leave than in the previous year. In order to display external content, your revocable consent is required. Personal data from third-party platforms (possibly USA) may be processed. More information. Update from August 12, 2025: There was great enthusiasm in the HR scene…
What applicants have been demanding for a long time will soon become a legal requirement: more salary transparency in the application process. With the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which must be implemented into German law by June 2026, companies with 100 or more employees will in future be obliged to tell applicants the starting salary or a salary range – at the latest before the contract is signed. According to the EU, the information should be provided in such a way that “well-founded and transparent negotiations on remuneration are ensured.” However, according to the North Westphalia Chamber of Industry and…
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has reappeared this Friday in a PSOE campaign acting as a prophet in his land with a new mission that seems more impossible than that of the 2023 general elections: trying to put an end to the hegemony of the PP in Castilla y León, where it has governed uninterruptedly since 1987. “I come with my eyebrows, the firmness and the conviction to always support the PSOE. To the best party in the political history of Spain. I am proud of the party that most has done for democracy and that has modernized Spain the most…