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The Government strongly disagrees with the disruptive vision of the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who thinks that the multilateral order based on rules is part of the past while the crisis unleashed by the war in Iran does not subside despite the fact that Donald Trump has declared it “practically over.” “The dilemma is not an old order versus A new order is an international order versus the international disorder, which led us to two world wars. The world is changing, but the values and principles of the European Union should not change,” the President…
August 2026: This date will be a test for many companies. Then the central obligations of the EU AI Act should apply to so-called high-risk systems – and numerous AI applications that are used in human resources departments today fall precisely into this category. Recruiting algorithms, performance analyses, talent scoring: What has long been commonplace internally will be regulated from this deadline. Violations can result in fines of up to 15 million euros. However, it is currently unclear whether the regulations will actually take effect from August. If the so-called digital omnibus package is approved by the EU member states…
The operation launched this Monday in Mallorca by the General Information Commissariat (CGI) of the National Police for the alleged fraudulent sale of five real estate properties of businessman Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kolesov, an oligarch of the Russian arms industry close to President Vladimir Putin, has resulted a day later in three arrests, as confirmed by EL PAÍS police sources. Two of those arrested are expected to be brought to justice, they add. The detainees are a lawyer with dual Russian and Spanish nationality who acted as a translator and attorney for a law firm in that country, and two employees…
While crude oil and gas became cheaper again following statements by US President Donald Trump about a supposedly quick end to the Gulf War, prices at the pump continue to climb. Oil companies are defending themselves against allegations of rip-offs.
When we talk about promoting diversity in companies, the terms Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI for short) are used as a guide. In countries like the USA, another aspect is emphasized: Belonging. In some places, promoting diversity is called DEIB. Belonging means belonging in German and describes the state when people are not only actually part of the workforce, but also feel that way. Employees should feel that they are genuinely welcomed, accepted and valued. In Germany, Belonging – at least as a term – has rarely found its way into companies. However, it is taken into account, even if…
He Mercury casethe judicial investigation into urban corruption and influence peddling in the Sabadell City Council during the mandate of former socialist baron Manel Bustos, has resurfaced this Tuesday in the Barcelona Court for just 1,816 euros. It is the money that the BMW Sitjas Motor dealership in the town saved irregularly in taxes after hiding from the municipal Treasury the expansion of the facilities to reduce the Economic Activities Tax (IAE) bill, in a case that attempts to elucidate possible crimes of document falsification, influence peddling and prevarication. On the first day of the trial, which will last throughout…
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…