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2025 has been dubbed by many as the year of the DEI backlash. To what extent have right-wing populism, Trump’s executive orders and the economic crisis affected DEI management? To the outside world, companies like SAP, Roche, UBS and Novartis once appeared to be pioneers in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). That changed in the spring of 2025. US President Donald Trump demanded in several executive orders that all companies – especially those that work with the US government – stop their DEI activities because they were “outrageous and discriminatory.” The companies in question, whose market is large in…
Sione Tuipulotu wanted to collect a trophy from Princess Anne. When the rugby professional tried to hug, he was rebuffed. Now the two met again – and the memory had obviously not yet faded.
The Supreme Court has revoked the acquittal of a police officer who, in March 2018, shot and killed a prisoner who escaped during a transfer to the Cáceres courts. The Provincial Court of Cáceres convicted the agent, a member of the National Police Corps, of reckless homicide, but the Superior Court of Justice of Extremadura corrected that decision and acquitted him, considering that it was a minor recklessness, decriminalized since 2015. The victim’s family appealed to the high court, which has now agreed with them and has sentenced the police officer, as the author of a less serious crime of…
The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juan Manuel Moreno, has recovered calm and political control after the screening crisis, which eroded his image and put his management in check, and once the Adamuz railway tragedies and the storm train have passed, which have allowed him to recover his presidential profile. He is relaxed and has made it noticeable in the program El Hormiguero, which he attended for the first time. In addition to shoring up his moderate position – in counterpoint to Vox or his counterpart from the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso – he has dared to…
1.55 euros per liter of diesel? This will apply at Croatian gas stations from Tuesday. Hungarian Prime Minister and election campaigner Viktor Orbán also announced a price cap and is calling on the EU to end sanctions against Russian oil.
Strike organized by daughters’ collective on International Women’s Day raises labor law issues. Is it a wildcat strike or just a simple demonstration? The Daughters’ Collective – a nationwide feminist movement – is calling for a strike across Germany today. International Women’s Day has actually been set on March 8th since 1921. However, since it fell on a Sunday in 2026, it was decided to take to the streets on March 9th. In a total of 80 cities, women are supposed to stop working and protest against discriminatory working conditions. Can all employees go on strike today? But the term…
The works on the Garraf railway tunnels will begin next Monday and will last for three months. In recent weeks, a new alternative bus plan has been designed that will be launched precisely when one of the largest railway crises experienced in Catalonia, which began on January 20 with the Gelida accident, has not yet been resolved. In fact, the Garraf works will affect one of the main lines – the R2 south – that connects Sant Vicenç de Calders with the França station passing, among others, through Vilanova i la Geltrú, Castelldefels, Prat de Llobregat, Bellvitge, Sants or Paseo…
On a Friday in October 1975, everything in Iceland came to a standstill. Daily newspapers could not be printed, schools and kindergartens remained closed. Flights had to be canceled – the typesetters, saleswomen, teachers, educators and stewardesses were missing. 90 percent of Icelandic women went on strike to draw attention to unfair pay and unfair distribution of wage and care work between the sexes. The day now known as “Long Friday” is the model for today’s action by the intersectional feminist movement Daughters’ Collective, which is calling for a women’s strike (proper spelling women*strike) in Germany. (According to the organizers,…
The Community of Madrid has just awarded a contract for 2.4 million euros that must be executed “on an emergency basis” to repair accumulated incidents in public housing. The company in charge of the work, Servihogar Gestión 24 Horas SL, will have five months to carry out the repairs after the maintenance contract initially awarded to Fatecsa Obras SA left hundreds of breakdowns unfixed.He inherits a serious problem: 942 incidents in homes of the Social Housing Agency (AVS) that have not been attended to for months by the company in charge of their maintenance, and that “in many cases” represent…
– Advertisement -Many AI projects fail not because of the technology, but because of the maturity of the organization. Above all, the right mindset is crucial; appropriately adapted corporate structures are a must. Katja Koch and Judith Borgmann (MHP) explain in an interview why a successful AI introduction requires agile principles – and why managers must be prepared to rethink responsibility. Executive Summary Agile AI transformation: Why companies need to rethink leadership, mindset and organization The challenge: Many companies are currently investing in artificial intelligence, but many initiatives remain stuck in the pilot stage or do not have the expected…