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Update from March 4, 2026: It remains unclear whether Volkswagen employees will receive a special bonus this year. Instead of deciding on a bonus, the VW board commissioned an external legal report, according to media reports. According to the report, no special payment may be set before an upcoming works council election. And exactly such an election is planned for next week at VW. According to information from Spiegel, works council leader Daniela Cavallo described the procedure as a “delaying tactic”. She doesn’t understand why the proximity to the works council election is suddenly a problem. After all, in the…
A group of 22 Spaniards have left Iran by land and are now safe after having crossed the Azerbaijan border, from where they will travel by plane to Madrid via Baku (Azerbaijan) and Istanbul (Turkey), as announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares. The head of Spanish diplomacy has assured that they will expectedly arrive in the Spanish capital tomorrow, Thursday. The operation has been especially complicated since the group has had to travel more than 500 kilometers, about eight hours of travel by road, through a militarized country that has been subjected to continuous bombing by…
The Federal Minister of Defense emphasizes that Germany is not a party to the conflict. At least 80 dead in US attack on Iranian military ship. And: NATO assumes Iranian shelling of member country Türkiye. The live analysis in the news blog.
This Monday there was white smoke in Puerta del Sol. The rectors of the public universities and the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, finally signed the new financing model developed by the regional government, which provides for 14,790.7 million euros between 2026 and 2031, of which the regional Executive will finance 83%. Both parties described the multi-year plan as “historic.” However, while the academic authorities sealed the institutional truce, peace did not reach the campuses. “Economic asphyxiation is consolidated in six years,” warn the six Platforms of the Public Universities of Madrid. They consider that the…
Imagine your applicant sitting in front of his laptop with a shirt and tie, neatly made up, to meet you in an online meeting. The camera turns on. “Can you hear me?” The applicant nods immediately. No hesitation, no questions. His gaze remains unusually calm and focused on a point below the camera. “Then tell me briefly about your experience with…” The answer comes without a pause. Clearly structured. Almost too clear. They exchange a quick look. “Could you share your screen?” A window opens: you see your CV, job advertisement, and the meeting. Everything normal. Almost normal. Because his…
Human resources management: What are the current trends in shared service The center? Dr. Christian Ellrich: The topic is currently being viewed from different perspectives in many companies. On the one hand, it’s about making processes more efficient and centralizing them – especially in medium-sized businesses and in the healthcare sector. On the other hand, there is a shortage of skilled workers, especially in payroll, where it is difficult to find staff. This is why many companies are asking themselves how they can get more done with fewer people. In your opinion, when is it actually worth introducing a shared…
According to a media report, Howard Lutnick would like to voluntarily be questioned by US parliamentarians. It’s about the Commerce Minister’s previous contacts with sex offender Epstein. The two were once neighbors in New York.
The Generalitat Valenciana finalizes a series of changes in the drafts of the new curricular decree for the next years of Primary and Baccalaureate education that give more value to the optional subject of Religion and banish any reference to the linguistic unity between Valencian and Catalan, accredited by the philological community. This latest decision of the Generalitat, chaired by Juanfran Pérez Llorca, of the PP, who governs with the parliamentary support of Vox, already sparked intense controversy in the educational, cultural and political sphere when it emerged a few months ago, while Carlos Mazón was still head of the…
Due to an accidental data breach in mid-February, sensitive employee data from Bankhaus Metzler was passed on unencrypted to a service provider. The institute has confirmed this. “The employee of the service provider who received the data should also receive it, but encrypted and anonymized,” said Mariella Plessen, press spokeswoman at the bank, when asked by our editorial team. “There is a confidentiality agreement with the service provider.” According to Plessen, the employee immediately deleted the data in accordance with regulations and reported the incident. The information provided was from last year and had not been forwarded or published again.…
Charo San Pedro was waiting for her son Marco when at 8:50 p.m. she saw him leaving through one of the arrival gates at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport. He is one of the Spaniards who have been evacuated from Abu Dhabi in the midst of the escalation of the war in the Middle East after the bombings launched by the United States and Israel against Iran. The citizens arrived aboard an Etihad Airways flight that had taken off at 2:32 p.m. As soon as they touched down, the passage erupted in applause. “Happy, finally home,” said Silvia Aidillo, who…