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Spain

MONARCHY

Spain's former king arrives for meeting with his son Felipe VI

The Nomad Today 5/23/22

Juan Carlos, who now lives in exile in Abu Dhabi, spent the first four days since his arrival in Spain on Thursday at the coastal city of Sanxenxo in Galicia in the north-west of the…

Economy & Business

ENERGY

Siemens offers to buy rest of Spanish wind subsidiary Gamesa

The Nomad Today 5/23/22

The offer is the equivalent of around 4 billion euros

Lifestyle

HEALTH ALERT

Spain identifies possible new monkeypox cluster in Canaries

The Nomad Today 5/22/22

On Friday, the authorities had closed a Madrid gay sauna identified as a possible place of infection

Spain

TERRORISM

Basque nationalist ETA among four groups struck from US terror list

The Nomad Today 5/21/22

ETA waged a bloody struggle for an independent Basque country in Spain for decades, with around 800 people killed and some 2,600 injured

16 April 2022, Spain, Palma: Tourists chill on the beach of Arenal during the Easter week. Photo: Clara Margais/dpa.

Lifestyle

HEAT WAVE

'Summer is eating up spring': Hot weather breaks records in Spain

The Nomad Today 5/21/22

In the interior of the Balearic holiday island of Mallorca, 35 degrees was reached

Spain

MONARCHY

Spain's emeritus king greeted with cheers after two years in exile

The Nomad Today 5/20/22

The 84-year-old ex-monarch, who left Spain in disgrace after being embroiled in a string of financial scandals, appeared in high spirits on Friday as he gathered with fellow sailing…

Economy & Business

BUSINESS

Siemens Energy considers total takeover of Spanish subsidiary Gamesa

The Nomad Today 5/20/22

In a statement earlier this month, Christian Bruch, chief executive of Siemens Energy, said Gamesa's results had been "disappointing"

Spain

MONARCHY

Former king returns to Spain for first time in almost two years

The Nomad Today 5/20/22

Juan Carlos is also due to meet with his son, King Felipe VI, as well as with his own wife Sofía and the rest of his family at the Zarzuela Palace near Madrid on Monday

FILED - 01 July 2020, Berlin: Gerhard Schroeder, former German Chancellor and head of the Nord Stream 2 Board of Directors, waits for the start of the hearing in the Bundestag's Economics Committee on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project in the meeting room. Schroeder whose close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin have proven hugely controversial since the start of the war in Ukraine, has told the New York Times that Putin won't cut Russian gas supplies to Germany. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Former German Chancellor Schröder loses privileges due to Russian ties

The Nomad Today 5/19/22

He has worked for the pipeline company Nord Stream and Russia's gas giant Gazprom, among others

FILED - 16 February 2022, Hessen, Marburg: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization, speaks to the press. The chief of the World Health Organization called on pharmaceutical companies to lower their prices for Covid-19 drugs in order to make them more widely available. Photo: Andreas Arnold/dpa.

Lifestyle

HEALTH ALERT

WHO urges contact tracing as monkeypox spreads across Europe and US

The Nomad Today 5/19/22

In Spain, eight infections were reported in the capital Madrid and another 23 suspected cases are under study. Italy and Sweden on Thursday became the latest countries to report cases…

Lifestyle

HEALTH ALERT

Madrid health authorities studying 23 suspected cases of monkeypox

The Nomad Today 5/19/22

Most of the cases are young men who had sex with other men

19 May 2022, Spain, Seville: Eintracht Frankfurt players celebrate winning the UEFA Europa League final soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium. Photo: Isabel Infantes/PA Wire/dpa.

Sports

FOOTBALL

Frankfurt to meet Real Madrid or Liverpool in Super Cup

The Nomad Today 5/19/22

The Europa League is only Frankfurt's second continental title after the 1980 UEFA Cup and victory also enters them into the group stage of the Champions League next season despite their…

Emergency services of the Andalusian Health Service. Photo: Junta de Andalucia.

Spain

ACCIDENT

Two Romanian seasonal workers die after bus overturned in Seville

The Nomad Today 5/18/22

The deceased and injured are part of the large group of Romanian nationals settled in the Sevillian town of Pedrera

17 May 2022, Spain, Madrid: The Spanish Minister of Equality Irene Montero speaks during a press conference after a meeting of the Council of Ministers. Photo: Alejandro Martínez Vélez/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

Work

WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Spanish bill on period pain sick leave approved by Cabinet

The Nomad Today 5/17/22

The legislation is due to be introduced alongside new regulations on abortions, which will allow all over 16s to terminate a pregnancy without parental consent

Spain

MONARCHY

Exiled king Juan Carlos to visit Spain after nearly two years

The Nomad Today 5/17/22

"The king will be here this weekend," confirmed the mayor of the port city of Sanxenxo in Galicia

Work

EQUALITY

Spanish bill on period pain sick leave to be presented to cabinet

The Nomad Today 5/17/22

Economy Minister Nadia Calviño warned the regulation could put women at a disadvantage when competing for jobs

Spain

MONARCHY

Spain's king agrees to meet exiled father in Madrid visit

The Nomad Today 5/16/22

At the beginning of March, after all criminal investigations against him had been dropped, Juan Carlos announced that he would remain in exile for the time being, but would soon visit Spain