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The businessman Julio Martínez Martínez, friend of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and one of the main investigators in the Plus Ultra case, testified this Tuesday before the judge after implicating the former president in the aid that the Government granted to the airline in 2021, and confirming the collection of 1% of it. Considered by investigators as the “main lieutenant and visible figure” of the plot, Martínez appears at the National Court with the commitment to “collaborate and contribute to the clarification of the facts,” according to the document he presented less than 24 hours before in court.Continue reading

Comment: Highest priority for further training Shortly before his departure from office as President of the Federal Institute for Vocational Training (BIBB), I was able to interview Professor Friedrich Hubert Esser in detail about his ideas regarding vocational training (see page 50). I found his suggestion to move away from the strict separation of training and further education particularly remarkable. Instead, there should be an “integrated career concept” with the opportunity to gain further qualifications – analogous to the academic model – up to the equivalent of a doctorate. The idea is important in two respects: On the one hand,…

The joint World Cup is barely over when Donald Trump attacks his Canadian neighbor: the US President wants to impose a 50 percent tariff on a wide range of goods. The background is also the huge forest fires in North America.

The fire declared this Monday in the municipality of Brieva (Segovia) has forced the evacuation of eight population centers in the area and maintains level 2 of the Potential Severity Index activated due to the threat it poses to nearby towns. Around midnight, sources from the firefighting operation reported that the fire “is completely out of control and is heading towards Turégano with force.” The same sources estimate an impact of around 3,000 hectares.Continue reading

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…