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The Provincial Court of Madrid has forced a court in the capital to investigate Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s chief of staff, for leaking data from two EL PAÍS journalists in retaliation for them working near the Madrid president’s home in the case of tax fraud affecting her partner, Alberto González Amador. The 25th Court of Instruction rejected in March of last year the complaint registered by the PSOE and this newspaper against Rodríguez, but, in an order issued on February 20, the Court ordered the reopening of the case considering that “there are reasons to initiate an investigation”…
SpaceX accelerates its new businesses linked to Starlink satellite telecommunications services and space vehicle launches. A path that coincides with the plans of the company controlled by Elon Musk to attract investors to its IPO (Public Offering or IPO), probably the largest in history. At the Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona, which opened this Monday, Gwynne Shotwell, the president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, launched an almost solemn declaration that redefines the concept of mobility under her company’s space infrastructure: the end of coverage “dead zones” across the planet. During his speech in the main presentation The Future…
– Advertisement -A scientific study shows how permanent change affects mental health – and what companies can do to systematically and specifically promote the well-being of their employees. Here are practical recommendations for action from Philipp Laemmert, University of Bayreuth, and Lea Haug, Egym. Executive Summary Mental health in the company – eight recommendations for action The challenge: Permanent change has become the norm. Technological changes, polycrises and increasing demands significantly increase the psychological stress on employees. Many companies are still reacting with individual measures that do not address the structural causes of the problem. The solution: The study shows…
The Minister of State for Culture apparently wanted to get rid of the Berlinale boss. Now Tricia Tuttle herself speaks of “honest conversations” with Wolfram Weimer and explains: After difficult weeks, her “clarity” has been restored.
Tight budgets and uncertain future forecasts are currently forcing companies to restructure personnel more and more frequently. The biggest challenge: Implementing personnel decisions strategically, legally and respectfully while preserving the employer branding of the remaining workforce. The HR professionals Miriam Sternitzky, Chief People Officer at Westwing and Andreas Schmitz, CEO of B&H Digital provide insights from their many years of experience. Contents of the webinar Like HR for strategic partner of the management in times of crisis Performance Management as a basis for fair decisions Difficult personnel decisions implement transparently Typical mistakes in restructuring and how they can be avoided…
In compliance with the schedule, the Consortium of the National Museum of Art of Catalonia (MNAC) put out to tender this Monday the contract for the dismantling, packaging, transport and unpacking of the secular paintings of the Monastery of Santa María de Sijena (Huesca).More informationThe entity’s action plan for the year was already committed to taking a step forward in the execution of the sentence that requires the return of the Romanesque paintings from the monastery of Santa María de Sijena before the end of the first semester, and it was in March when the tender was made public and…
Assessments of the American-Israeli military operation in Iran vary widely. The risk of attacks is growing in Germany. And in Baden-Württemberg the final spurt of the election campaign begins. This is the situation on Monday evening.
The leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, began this Monday to put heat on a negative vote from his party in the “first investiture”, as he called it, of the PP candidate for the Presidency of Extremadura, María Guardiola. Although it has not expressly announced the nohas practically taken it for granted when he assured: “It is difficult, when the agreement has been torpedoed during all these weeks, to reach a last-minute agreement on this investiture or this attempted investiture that will occur immediately.” And he added: “Whatever the result of this first investiture, our hand remains extended, our will to…
On the first weekend of March, the conflict that has been simmering between the USA, Israel and Iran for decades escalated – with air strikes on Iranian cities such as Tehran. Iran responded with setbacks at US military bases, including in Dubai. The federal government is currently planning to send planes to Muscat in Oman and the Saudi capital Riyadh to get German citizens out of the country. Wolfgang Hofmann, Regional Security Manager, Germany & Austria bei International SOS. Foto: Mario Andreya Companies that currently have employees deployed abroad in Iran must now also fulfill their duty of care. International SOS…
If a company sends an executive off to retirement with a big reception, the costs are not taxable wages if the event is a party for the employer and the employer also pays for the whole thing. The Federal Finance Court (BFH) made this clear in an important decision on the tax treatment of company parties. What was it about? The bone of contention was a reception that a municipal financial institution hosted and paid for at its corporate headquarters in 2019 for the chairman of the board before his retirement. According to court information, around 300 guests from politics,…