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50,000 jobs are to be lost at the Volkswagen Group in Germany. A dramatic number, but one that doesn’t come entirely out of nowhere. The largest car manufacturer in the Federal Republic has been restructuring for years. How did the company get to the point of having to make such tough cuts? What happened so far. The first job cuts at VW For the first time in 2006, the group made the decision to cut 20,000 jobs. The reason for this was the losses at the time in the six West German plants. Interestingly, the group recorded the best sales…
new video loaded: Why Does Oil Matter So Much to the Global Economy?The war in the Middle East has sent oil and gas prices soaring. Our energy reporter Rebecca F. Elliott breaks down how much the world continues to depend on reliable sources of oil.By Rebecca F. Elliott, Sutton Raphael, Joey Sendaydiego, James Surdam and Nikolay NikolovMarch 12, 2026
They are strategically important – one indispensable for the oil trade: Iran threatens Israel and the USA with retaliation if an attack on its islands occurs. And: The regime shared Mojtaba Khamenei’s first message. The live analysis.
Barcelona City Council will be able to process the urban planning plan of the government of Mayor Jaume Collboni for the future Thyssen Museum in the old Cine Comedia with the support of Junts. The party announced this Thursday that it will vote in favor of the urban modification, which means for the PSC to have a majority and move forward. Junts has boasted of having achieved greater protection of heritage, less commercial use and improving the museum program. It will be next week in the vote in the urban planning commission and later, the final vote in the plenary…
Flight paths across the Middle East Note: Data is for March 1, 2026, and March 2, 2025, in Iran local time. Flight paths represent the position of flights every 30 minutes. Source: Flightradar24. The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has forced the cancellation of tens of thousands of flights across the Middle East. In the days after the initial strikes, airlines that once relied on airspace over Iran and nearby countries have been scrambling to find alternatives.The result is that planes burn more fuel as they travel longer distances with higher passenger fares — if passengers can fly at all.Airspace restrictions have…
Swine fever has already arrived in the city of Barcelona. After the presence of a wild boar carcass infected by the disease was announced on Wednesday, Barcelona is shielding itself. The Catalan capital, just at the gates of spring and Easter, prohibits – starting this Thursday – access to what the Department of Agriculture calls “natural environment” and – therefore – to the entire natural park of the Collserola mountain range from Nou Barris to Les Corts passing through Horta-Guinardó and Sarrià. The park has 83 square kilometers and its territory spans nine municipalities: Cerdanyola del Vallès, Sant Cugat, Montcada…
Every year since 2022, employees have been less and less emotionally attached to their employer. Last year this movement stopped. From 2024 to 2025, the emotional bond between employees and their employer increased slightly again. While 9 percent of employees were strongly emotionally tied to their employer in 2024, this figure will rise to 10 percent in 2025. This emerges from the current Gallup Engagement Index, for which 1,700 employees were surveyed. 77 percent of those surveyed are slightly emotionally attached to their company (compared to 78 percent in 2024) and 13 percent of employees remain not at all emotionally…
For 23 years, René Redzepi was at the helm of the Copenhagen restaurant Noma, which has been widely recognized as the best in the world. The top chef is said to have once become violent towards employees. Now he is drawing conclusions.
The Permanent Commission of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) ―its engine room― will study this Thursday a report prepared by its secretary general, based on the complaints sent by the Superior Courts of Justice and the National Court, on the implementation of the new trial courts, which reflects difficulties in their implementation due to problems of lack of personnel, IT and the facilities themselves, but clarifies that none of these incidents have caused suspensions or delays in the organs’ agenda judicial, except in specific cases, as EL PAÍS has learned.The text summarizes the incidents reported to the CGPJ…
Human resources management: Mr. Bielmann, “Why real talent not only has to be found, but also developed” is the title of the panel in which you are taking part together with Luisa Hummel and Arndt Zeitz at “Schicht im Schacht”. What do you understand by “real” talent – and why is pure recruiting not enough? Jens Bielmann: For us, a real talent is a person who not only performs strongly today, but above all has the ability, ambition and commitment to grow into larger and more complex roles. It is precisely these three pillars that form the basis of our…