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The Court of Auditors has asked the parties for their allegations in the case of the alleged diversion of funds for the illegal referendum of October 1, 2017 and the foreign action of the processafter the endorsement of the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) of the amnesty law last week. As reported this Monday, the supervisory body has agreed to resume the processing of the procedure, which had been suspended since it raised a preliminary ruling before the CJEU considering that the alleged diversion of funds for the Catalan independence process affects the community’s financial interests. It…
During the Thirty Years’ War, entire families moved from one battle to the next. Some as soldiers, others in an entourage. As a “mobile city” it ensured that the fighting could continue – with catastrophic consequences for the civilian population.
Debevoise & Plimpton July 18, 2026 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 +1 202 383 8000 Via Email/ Under Seal The Honorable Arun Subramanian United States District Court Southern District of New York Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse 500 Pearl Street New York, NY 10007 Re: In re Grand Jury Subpoenas Dated July 10, 2026, No. 26 Misc. 352 (AS) Dear Judge Subramanian: We submit this letter-motion on behalf of our clients, The New York Times Company (“The Times”), Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton, and…
For the first time, mental illnesses are the main cause of employee absenteeism in Germany. This emerges from the DAK health analysis for the first half of 2026, for which the Berlin IGES Institute evaluated data from around 2.2 million employed DAK insured persons. While most employees in the Federal Republic previously reported sick because of respiratory problems, they are now doing so because of psychological suffering. At least when it comes to the number of days absent. 21 percent fewer days of absence due to respiratory illnesses For the first half of 2026, DAK-Gesundheit recorded a decrease in days…
The Galician supermarket chain Gadis has decided to go to court to have four unions and eight union members pay it 1.2 million euros for the “damages” that the company suffered during a strike. The strike days were held between June 21 and 24 in this and other food companies in the province of A Coruña to demand salary and labor improvements in the midst of negotiating a new collective agreement. CIG, CCOO, UGT and USO, the defendant centers along with the eight members of the strike committee, have expressed their astonishment at this claim that, in their opinion, seeks…
For many business owners, tax is something dealt with when a deadline appears on the calendar. The accounts are prepared. The figures are checked. The return is submitted. Then attention moves back to customers, staff and the daily demands of running a business. That approach is understandable, particularly for small businesses. But it can also create a problem. Tax affairs can become increasingly complicated without the business owner realising it. A company may grow. A director may start taking money from the business in different ways. A sole trader may add a second income stream. A landlord may begin running…
Near Karlsruhe, a DB security employee fell from a moving train and was seriously injured – presumably after being attacked by a passenger. Now the court has explained why the suspect remains at large.
The Catalan economy has been growing above the euro zone average for five years. Last year it did so by 2.7%, driven by dynamic domestic demand, booming services and despite an industry that shuffled forward, partly due to wars, according to the Annual report of the Catalan Economy. Catalonia has, however, a stain on its record: a skyrocketing housing market that has become an “amplifier” of inequalities. The Generalitat considers that the maximum prices have allowed rents to be contained, but admits that the “regular rental segment has lost dynamism”, especially in Barcelona and in stressed markets. “Price regulation can…
A six-year-old child drowned this Sunday in the pool of a hotel in Calella (Maresme), as reported by Civil Protection in a statement. With this there are already seven fatalities among bathers in the pools of Catalonia so far this summer. Continue reading
The fire that has raged in the Sierra Norte of Guadalajara since last Thursday continues to devour little by little the heart of this natural jewel. This Sunday the fire had already affected 16,000 hectares, almost double what there was on Saturday, although with different degrees of impact. There are areas with devastated trees and others where the flames have only punished the pinasa, the plant material that has fallen to the ground. The evacuated municipalities number 20, with some 800 residents evacuated from their homes, safe, however, from the flames thanks to the work of the more than 800…