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A view of Port de Soller, in Mallorca. Photo: Pixabay.

Property

DUE TO BREXIT

Germans outnumber Brits as main foreign home buyers in Spain

The Nomad Today 11/11/21

The average house price in Spain was € 1,843/m² in the third quarter, an increase of 2% compared to the previous quarter

06 November 2021, Spain, Barcelona: People take part in a protest against rising energy prices. Photo: Matthias Oesterle/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

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POVERTY IN SPAIN

Three out of four applications for Minimum Vital Income rejected

The Nomad Today 11/11/21

Despite the serious social crisis, the government has not yet used even half of the budget allocated to the IMV for this year, says a study

05 July 2021, Spain, Madrid: Two young people embrace during a rally under the slogan "JusticeForSamuel" against the killing of the 24-year-old Samuel Luiz, who was allegedly beaten to death by several men on Saturday night outside a nightclub in the city of A Coruna. Friends of Samuel raised the alarm claiming his death was motivated by homophobia, prompting calls for protests all over the country from LGBTQ activists. Photo: Alejandro Martínez Vélez/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

Lifestyle

ASSISTED HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Spain guarantees right to free IVF for lesbians, transgender people

The Nomad Today 11/11/21

Until now, the national health system only provided access to assisted reproductive techniques to women with fertility disorders or in situations associated with serious diseases

Image captured by the security cameras of the civil guards practicing the Heimlich maneuver on the child. Image: Civil Guard.

Spain

SUFFOCATION

Civil Guard saves life of 6-year-old boy who choked on a candy

The Nomad Today 11/10/21

The boy's mother later stated that, while they were at her home, the boy ingested a candy that apparently caused the suffocation

01 November 2021, Spain, Barcelona: A woman places a flower on the grave where her relatives rest at the Poblenou cemetery on All Saints Day, a Catholic holiday dedicated to the memory of the deceased. Photo: Jordi Boixareu/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

Lifestyle

CAUSES OF DEATH

Mortality in Spain grows 18% in the year of the pandemic

The Nomad Today 11/10/21

Suicide increased by 7% and was the main cause of external death, that is, other than diseases

Work

UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT

The Spanish Extraordinary Unemployment Subsidy (SED) and how to apply

The Nomad Today 11/10/21

SED beneficiaries can receive this payment for a maximum of 6 months

Energy poverty cold home man cup by Pexels.

Economy & Business

ECONOMY

Energy poverty grows in Spain shortly before winter

The Nomad Today 11/10/21

The inability to adequately heat the home increased 3.4 points in the last year in Spain, where energy poverty far exceeds the EU average

Image: screenshot of video posted by police on Twitter.

Spain

CRIME

Police dismantle organization that sold fake asylum documents

The Nomad Today 11/9/21

In the last 4 years the group produced more than 700 forged asylum documents, for which it obtained a profit of more than 200,000 euros

11/08/2021. The Minister of Territorial Policy and Government spokesperson, Isabel Rodríguez at the press conference after the Council of Ministers. Photo: La Moncloa.

Spain

POPULAR CONSULTATION

Government allows a referendum on merger of two Spanish cities

The Nomad Today 11/9/21

The permission will allow the Extremadura municipalities of Don Benito and Villanueva de la Serena to convene a popular consultation on their merger

Spain

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Judge orders preventive detention of 12 fugitives from Palma plane

The Nomad Today 11/9/21

The decision to incarcerate them pending trial is due to the seriousness of the suspected crimes and the "high risk" that they will escape

Facades of buildings seen from the Plaza Mayor in Madrid. Photo: Unsplash.

Property

PROPERTY IN SPAIN

Changes to municipal Plusvalia tax approved by Spanish government

The Nomad Today 11/8/21

The Ministry of Finance presents the reform of the method for calculating capital gains tax on sales and property transfers. The new regulation establishes two calculation methods and taxpayers will…

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UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT

The Spanish Active Insertion Income (RAI) and how to request it

The Nomad Today 11/8/21

The Spanish Renta Activa de Insercion (RAI) is an unemployment benefit designed to support people with specific difficulties in accessing the labor market

Spain

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Police investigate whether Palma plane deviation organized on Facebook

The Nomad Today 11/8/21

"Follow this plan: all the boys from Brooklyn to book a plane to Turkey that flies over Spain," reads a text posted by the administrator

Still from the video published by Vox about what happened inside the plane after landing in Palma de Mallorca. Image: Jorge Campos Asensi.

Spain

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

VIDEO: This is how passengers of Moroccan plane fled in Mallorca

The Nomad Today 11/7/21

Vox says that the video images prove that what happened at the Palma de Mallorca airport was the result of an organized plan

Spain

POLICE

Man arrested in Seville for producing child pornography

The Nomad Today 11/6/21

The police identified three underage girls, including his own daughter, as victims

Economy & Business

GOVERNMENT DECREE

Centrally heated buildings forced to install meters for each home

The Nomad Today 11/5/21

With a few exceptions, the owners of buildings that still have central heating will have to adapt their systems

10 October 2021, Spain, Lugo: A demonstrator sets fire to a banner with a portrait of the Spanish Minister of Industry, Reyes Maroto, during a joint rally of workers of Alcoa and Vestas factories to against job cuts and to demand the prevention of the factories' shutdown. Photo: Carlos Castro/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

Economy & Business

STATISTICS

Spanish industrial production growth slows more than expected

The Nomad Today 11/5/21

Production growth has slowed every month since hitting a peak of 50.3% in April.

Spain

CRIME

Spain crime rate falls to all-time low, but sexual assaults increase

The Nomad Today 11/5/21

Between January and September there were 1,601 penetrative sexual assaults (rapes), an increase of 30%

04 June 2021, Spain, Pontevedra: Beachgoers take a dip at the Pontevedra beach. Photo: Beatriz Ciscar/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

Tourism

TOURISM

Average per capita expenditure of foreign tourists rises to € 1,074

The Nomad Today 11/4/21

Each international tourist spends an average of 138 euros a day in Spain

Applause and congratulations to the Minister of Finance, Maria Jesus Montero, after the vote on the Budget Bill for 2022. Photo: Eva Ercolanese/Psoe.

Spain

BUDGET 2022

Spain budget bill passes first Parliament vote with broad support

The Nomad Today 11/4/21

The coalition government formed by PSOE (Social Democrat) and Unidas Podemos (Left) had the support of its main partners, including some Catalan and Basque nationalists