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Santiago Abascal begins to speak in a military tone in Linares (Jaén): “Captain Jerónimo Jiménez and civil guard Germán Pérez, present!, present in our hearts, present in this square and present in the policies that we are going to defend in Spain.” The two agents from Huelva who died this Friday in the line of duty were present, physically present, but in Huelva, at the other end of Andalusia, where their funeral mass had just been celebrated. Vox has been the only major party in Andalusia that has not moved a single point from its electoral agenda and has not…
Amor Giménez is 28 years old and lives in Palau-Solità i Plegamans (Barcelona). He works in a laboratory and, for a decade (just when he turned 18), he uses his free time – and a lot of money – to carry his rifle and hunt in the Catalan fields. His love for this hunting lifestyle, created around the practice of killing animals, is such that in the display cases of his house he accumulates medals and trophies that attest to his aim, his imperturbable pulse and his ability to hit the target of wild fauna. Amor is an active member…
The Emir of Qatar gave the US President a Boeing 747 as a gift. It will probably take over the bombastic interior, including a fake bookcase – but the Arabic “Exit” signs will be removed. And there is a security update.
Especially in tense economic situations, many companies believe that the employment of personnel should be as flexible, project-related and resource-saving as possible. Globalized labor markets and the shortage of skilled workers here also raise the question of how workers can be employed abroad without having to set up our own structures there. The so-called Employer of Record (EoR) promises a seemingly pragmatic solution. It can simplify the deployment of personnel, especially across national borders. However, its business model entails significant legal risks that companies must be aware of. The EoR model: Formal and de facto employer The EoR hires a…
Update on May 8, 2026: On Friday, May 8, 2026, the Federal Council surprisingly did not approve the draft law on the relief bonus that had already been passed by the Bundestag. The tax-free bonus of up to 1,000 euros that companies can pay to their employees is therefore not available for the time being. Update from April 24, 2026: On Friday, April 24, 2026, the Bundestag passed a tax-free relief bonus for employees in addition to the fuel discount. This payment should be possible until June 30, 2027, instead of only until the end of 2026 as originally planned,…
From the balustrade of the Cadiz neighborhood of Astilleros “you can see the past and the future”, the words of David de la Cruz, number three of Adelante Andalucía in the province. There, with the horizon of the Navantia cranes from which this new block was born 25 years ago and in the middle of a public square, the Andalusian party has held its central campaign event as a nod also to its own history. “Adelante is no longer Cádiz, it is its eight provinces. Adelante Andalucía was born in Cádiz, but on May 17 it will deal a historic…
An ex-secret service chief says: South Africa’s president has a lot of cash hidden at his country estate. After a break-in, he is said to have arranged for the thieves to be kidnapped and then bribed them. This now has legal implications.
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…
new video loaded: How Prepared Are We for A.I. Layoffs?Our chief economics correspondent, Ben Casselman, describes how A.I.-related layoffs are testing the resilience of the government’s safety net programs.By Ben Casselman, Nour Idriss, Nikolay Nikolov, Stephanie Swart and Rafaela BalsterMay 8, 2026
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…