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The Valencian TSJ refuses to investigate Carlos Mazón for the management of the dana | Spain

The former president of the Generalitat Valenciana Carlos Mazón will not be investigated for his management of the 2024 dana. For the moment. The Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community (TSJCV) has “unanimously” rejected putting the focus of the investigations on this popular man, who on the day of the flood spent almost four hours in a restaurant with a journalist while the province of Valencia was flooding. The judicial body does not appreciate in the reasoned exposition of the investigating judge of Catarroja (Valencia), Nuria Ruiz Tobarra, “a solid and objective foundation” from which “the character of…

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Control absenteeism: This turns costs back into value creation

Where Germany stands today Germany is experiencing historically high levels of absenteeism. In 2023, the average days of incapacity for work (AU days) per employee were 21.0; The Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) estimates a €128 billion loss in production and a €221 billion loss in gross value added. The level is driven by pronounced cold waves and a high number of cases. The sickness absence rates vary depending on the fund and collective: TK reports sickness absence of 5.23% in 2024 (2023: 5.31%), AOK for 2023 6.6%. This range is an initial signal of the “data…

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Political reactions after the elections in Castilla y León, live | Spain

Good morning. We begin the narrative of the political news this Monday, marked by the election day in Castilla y León, which left some surprises. The PP won again and gained two deputies (33), avoiding the downward trend that it had experienced in Extremadura and Aragón. The PSOE also reversed its drift by adding two attorneys to the 28 it had, with a candidate far from Moncloa. Meanwhile, Vox, which dreamed of reaching close to twenty seats, had to settle for 14, one more than it had, although it will continue to be key to forming a government. To the…

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An 81-year-old woman is seriously injured when she was hit by an EMT bus in Goya | Madrid News

The old woman has received a blow to the head next to a pedestrian crossing with a traffic lightImage of the attack on a woman in MadridMadrid EmergenciesAn 81-year-old woman was seriously injured this Sunday after being run over by a city bus on Felipe II Avenue, in the Madrid district of Salamanca, Emergencies Madrid reported. The event occurred around 6 p.m. in the vicinity of a pedestrian crossing regulated by traffic lights. For reasons that are being investigated, the bus ran over the woman when she was on the road. SAMUR-Civil Protection paramedics treated the victim at the scene…

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Elections in Castilla y León 15M, live | Participation at 2:00 p.m. rises more than two points and is around 37% | Elections in Castilla y León

Minister Puente asks for “the highest participation to achieve change” in Castilla y LeónThe Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente (PSOE), has wished for “the highest participation” in the regional elections being held this Sunday in Castilla y León so that there is “a change” after almost forty years of PP government.In statements to journalists after voting at a polling station in Valladolid, Puente valued “this wonderful routine” which in his opinion represents “the democratic right to vote and choose a future” and highlighted the normality “of a country that lives in freedom.”“That you have the right to…

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Barcelona studies how to build more bus stations in the face of the road transport boom | News from Catalonia

Intercity buses arriving or leaving Barcelona reached record numbers in 2024: more than 82 million trips in Catalonia and some 54 million within the municipalities of the metropolitan area. The successive Rodalies crises have caused a real boom in public road transport and this is noticeable in the most central streets of the city, where passengers accumulate in search of a bus. All forecasts point to this transport continuing to grow and the City Council and the Generalitat assure that their aspiration is to put order in it. The objective of both administrations is to build, in the coming years…

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