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The relationship with China has become the umpteenth source of ideological division in Spain, according to the Study on the international situation published this Friday by the Center for Sociological Research (CIS). When asked what the EU’s “strategic position” should be “in the current international context”, more than half of the 6,000 respondents (54.1%) affirm that ties with other countries, such as China and other emerging powers, should be “strengthened”, while only 32.4% believe that the best option is to “maintain a position fundamentally aligned with the United States and NATO.” Now, the fine print of the result shows that…
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A letter ends up in the mailbox – or not. Anyone who has to prove this has had a problem in German labor court proceedings for years. And anyone who thought that Deutsche Post’s registered mail was the pragmatic solution to this has now received a clear answer from the Federal Labor Court (BAG): It is not. Yesterday, Thursday, the BAG rejected the appeal of a Hamburg employer (ref. 2 AZR 184/25), thereby ending years of legal uncertainty to the detriment of the employers. The specific case: The employer in question invited an employee who was often absent due to…
A civil guard died this Friday in Huelva after the collision of two vessels of the Maritime Service of the Civil Guard while they were chasing a drug boat about 80 miles from the Huelva coast. According to the information provided, the incident occurred during an intervention against drug trafficking. As a result of the crash, in addition to the deceased agent, three other members of the Corps were injured: two of them seriously and one slightly. The injured were treated and transferred to receive medical assistance.Continue reading
81 years ago the Wehrmacht surrendered. Europe lay in rubble and ashes. Other countries celebrate “Liberation Day.” Historians Hedwig Richter and Magnus Brechtken say how Germany should celebrate the day. A pro and con.
The extraordinary regularization approved by the Government, already underway, is a milestone for the hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants residing in Spain. But it is also a business opportunity for lawyers specialized in immigration (about 28,000). The professional associations denounce that the Administration has implied that their services are not necessary to complete the procedure. And they feel displaced by the fact that the Government has allowed accredited social entities (NGOs and unions) to issue vulnerability certificates and process the files in their entirety.Continue reading
Politicians have not done their homework. Not yet. To date, there is no draft for the Pay Transparency Act, let alone the law itself. “The EU Pay Transparency Directive will be implemented into national law during this legislative period. The legislative process will be initiated shortly.” This was announced by the Federal Ministry for Education, Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth a few days ago. Companies react very differently to the missing law or its draft. According to their own statements, the majority are already well prepared for the new transparency that will inevitably come, or have set out to…
Never has a divorce been so successful. Not even a hero had such an ideal name: Battle. Never had a fan that hated its president so much been so happy in the streets celebrating what Rayo had achieved with that same president. As if joy had been waiting for 102 years, Vallecas took to the streets this Thursday after his team’s victory against Strasbourg that gave them a place in the final of the Conference League. Continue reading
The president of the Junta de Andalucía and PP candidate for re-election, Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla, has decided to focus his campaign on appealing to the useful vote to revalidate the absolute majority and not have to depend on Vox, and for this reason he is reluctant to say whether he would sign the same agreements with the ultras as his counterparts in Extremadura and Aragón. “I am not considering anything because we are in a position to achieve a sufficient majority,” he said this Thursday during a breakfast organized by the Nueva Economía Forum in the Andalusian capital.Continue reading
New smart SPIEGEL search function helps descendants find Nazi files. Billions of dollars invested in the German rail network have not yet had an impact. And Rheinmetall wants to save the Navy’s frigate project. This is the situation on Thursday evening.