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The improvement in the effective stability of employment has been more limited. An evolution that Miguel Cardoso, chief economist for Spain and Portugal at BBVA Research, views positively, although he points out that "the improvement in the effective stability of employment has been more limited," as there is still a high turnover, a "vulnerability" that is "especially present among groups with temporary contracts." #MercadoLaboral #EstadísticasDeEmpleo #FijosDiscontinuos (translated)

The government has decided not to publish the data on the number of workers with a fixed-discontinuous contract in a situation of inactivity and has delayed the crucial statistics from the INE, which has seen no progress for over a year, increasing uncertainty about the real impact of this group on unemployment figures. #MercadoLaboral #EstadísticasDeEmpleo #FijosDiscontinuos (translated)

Renato Souza wrote that ICL Notícias pointed out that CNN Brasil had previously arranged questions for an interview with Daniel Vorcaro in 2025 and maintained a multimillion-dollar contract with Master. According to the publication, the network had received at least R$ 10 million last year. Souza added that CNN denied that Vorcaro was a partner of the company and stated that the amount referred to a sponsorship contract. #CNNBrasil #DanielVorcaro #Jornalismo (translated)

Orlando Avendaño stated that Alejandro Betancourt, through his Spanish representative, was seeking to hire low-cost influencers and buy media that he described as pirate to improve his image and harm María Corina Machado. He described the strategy as "crude." #AlejandroBetancourt #Influencia #MaríaCorinaMachado (translated)

Anna Lewandowska said that Robert Lewandowski's farewell to FC Barcelona at Spotify Camp Nou was particularly painful. Due to traffic, she had gone to the stadium on a scooter and said she cried seeing Robert and Laura embrace. She had hoped until the end that the family would stay in Barcelona, a city to which she said she had become deeply attached. She explained that she did not want to move and had even considered making trips back and forth with the family to join Robert, before concluding that it would not be viable in the long term. She also mentioned the memories of Munich, where her husband had reached the peak of his career, and the emotions related to football in Barcelona, particularly the support from Poles who came to watch Robert's matches. Anna Lewandowska said she had maintained good relations with the club president, Joan Laporta, who had come to see her at the stadium and assured her that Barcelona would always be his home. She mentioned her Edan studio, her team, and her walks near the beach. At the end of her stay, she had participated in a 10 km race; three or four people had come to say a few farewell words to her. She added that her loved ones had organized a party for her on the beach. According to her, FC Barcelona remembered Robert and had listed him among its legends. She also believed that her husband had become very attached to the club, beyond his contract. Now in Chicago, the family felt good, she said, even if the city represented a step. She described Poland, Barcelona, and Chicago as their different homes and mentioned the difficulties of moving, from reorganizing schools to administrative procedures. #Barcelone #Football #Nostalgie (translated)

The author wrote that financial and non-financial companies and societies were gaining weight among landlords, representing a third of new contracts in Lisbon. He stated that these entities charged higher rents and applied larger increases and attributed this evolution to the policies of the Government, IL, and CH. #Lisboa #rendas #política #PT (translated)

Jones Manoel wrote that, according to a report from the newspaper O POVO, executives from Rede Globo met with Flávio Bolsonaro hours before a hearing to discuss the possible legalization of bets, which were banned by the Lula government. According to the report, the ban affected the financial interests of Grupo Globo, which would operate in this market through MGM Bet and advertising contracts. Manoel stated that the meeting should be debated because, while workers depended on the maintenance of their rights, executives from the network would have discussed economic interests and changes in labor legislation with a presidential candidate shortly before interviewing him. He also said that Globo was neither progressive nor defended democracy, but rather the interests of the elite and imperialism, and questioned how the financial interests of large companies could influence political maneuvering and journalistic coverage. #Globo #Política #Brasil (translated)

Moscow plans to deliver 2 million barrels of diesel to Washington within 15 to 20 days after the signing of contracts, which still need to be finalized, following the agreement announced by Donald Trump to try to reduce fuel prices for American consumers ahead of the midterm elections. #Energie #DonaldTrump #Russie (translated)

Marcel van Hattem wrote that Lulinha would have intermediated contracts of a Portuguese construction company with the Lula government. He stated that the president of the company in Brazil was Amauri Pinha, whom he identified as Lulinha's neighbor, and questioned what this relationship might indicate. https://t.co/TSNE7I53Tz #Lula #corrupção #política (translated)

Marco Setaccioli challenged Marco Travaglio's calculations on European and Russian military spending, stating that Travaglio had indicated 450 billion euros for Europe and 150 for Russia and had argued that Russia had reason to fear Europe, which had invaded it four times in the last 200 years. According to Setaccioli, in the current year Russia would have spent around 17 trillion rubles on defense, equivalent to 181 billion euros, a figure indicated, according to him, by most analysts. He noted that the nominal comparison did not take purchasing power into account: applying indices developed by specialized research centers, Russian spending would rise to 574 billion international dollars, compared to about 700 billion for the entire EU. He added that the EU would have three and a half times the population of Russia and a GDP nine times greater. Setaccioli argued that the Russian federal budget did not show all military costs. He cited studies by economist Craig Kennedy, according to which part of the spending would be financed through subsidized loans and would thus remain on the banks' balance sheets. He also recalled an investigation by Dozhd', which, according to him, had documented pressures on private companies to hire people before signing contracts with the military and to supplement salaries with corporate funds. He added that at least three militias would be linked to Gazprom, which would cover part of the costs. For these reasons, he dismissed as false the claim that Russia spent less than the EU. Historically, Setaccioli criticized Travaglio's reconstruction, according to which the Napoleonic and Nazi invasions, along with interventions in Crimea and support for the Bolsheviks, would justify Russian fears toward Europe. Setaccioli listed Russian troop interventions in Poland in 1939, Finland in 1939-1940, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Romania in 1940, Bulgaria in 1944, Hungary in 1956, Czechoslovakia in 1968, Moldova in 1992, Georgia in 2008, and Ukraine in 2014 and 2022. He stated that there were no Russian regions occupied by European countries, while eight regions—one in Moldova, two in Georgia, and five in Ukraine—would be under Russian control. Finally, Setaccioli accused Travaglio of presenting a selective and misleading reconstruction to make Russia appear not dangerous, portray Europe as a threat, and argue that rearmament was unnecessary and risky. In his view, that reasoning could legitimize a potential Russian attack on Europe and constituted a form of collaborationism. #Russia #Europa #Difesa (translated)