Sick leave, due to temporary incapacity, costs the State some 7,000 million euros a year, if we add to this that many companies are hiring private detectives to unmask cases of fraud, it is clear that it is a very delicate and expensive issue. How did they do it in ancient Egypt? We will focus, du
On July 24, 2011 we made an entry, in this same blog, about turnismo in the Restoration. This was a fundamental element for political functioning during this period and, although its purpose was clear, its mechanisms were more complex, all of them being linked to electoral manipulation and the pheno
The savior of Thessaloniki is the title of an article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung about Georg Eckert, who in post-war Germany was a highly respected scientist, educator and historian, he was also President of the German Commission for UNESCO. During the Second World War, he was 28 years old serving i
The battle at Caltabouturo in Sicily is one of the least known of the Byzantine Empire, but also one of the most devastating for its Arab rivals. The Arab emirate of the Aglavids extended into present-day Libya and Algeria. It had also extended to Sicily. In 880 AD the Byzantines achieved a great