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FOREIGN RELATIONS

Spain to reopen the land borders with Morocco on 17 May

The Nomad Today 5/12/22

Starting next Tuesday, May 31, legally recognized cross-border workers will also be able to enter Spanish territory

Photos

11 May 2022, Israel, Haifa: Demonstrators take part in a protest to denounce the killing of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. Abu Akleh, 51, a prominent figure in the Arabic news service of the Al-Jazeera channel, was shot dead earlier today during a confrontation between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa.

Galleries

World in Pictures 6

The Nomad Today 5/12/22

Spain

POLITICS

Spain's economy minister refuses photo with group of managers for being all men

The Nomad Today 5/12/22

The first deputy to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warned in February that she would never again take a photo or participate in debates in which she was the only woman

Lifestyle

MENTAL HEALTH

Spain's 024 suicide hotline will answer calls in foreign languages

The Nomad Today 5/11/22

Suicide is the first external cause of death in Spain and the main cause of death among young people

FILED - 08 April 2020, Frankfurt_Main: A flight attendant and passengers are seen wearing face masks after landing by Lufthansa's Boeing 747 at Frankfurt Airport. The EU has announced the relaxing of anti-Covid measures for air travellers, dropping the recommendation to wear masks in airports and on aircraft from Monday, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the EU health authority ECDC said Wednesday. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

EU drops recommendation to wear masks on planes

The Nomad Today 5/11/22

For passengers and crew members, the move represented a big step towards normalizing air travel, said EASA chief Patrick Ky

10/05/2022. The Minister for Territorial Policy and Government Spokesperson, Isabel Rodríguez, and the Minister for Defence, Margarita Robles, during her speech at the press conference after the Council of Ministers. Photo: La Moncloa.

Economy & Business

BUSINESS

Spain launches line of guarantees to ensure liquidity of companies

The Nomad Today 5/11/22

This line, with a maximum amount of €10 billion, supports access to funds for companies affected by increasing energy and raw material costs due to the war in Ukraine

09/03/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez greets the Secretary of State and Director of the National Intelligence Center (CNI), Paz Esteban (2nd L), and the Secretary of State for Digitization and Artificial Intelligence, Carme Artigas, in the presence of the General Director of the Department of National Security, Miguel Ángel Ballesteros. Photo: La Moncloa.

Spain

POLITICAL CRISIS

Spanish intelligence chief dismissed amid spying scandal

The Nomad Today 5/10/22

The Pegasus software developed by the Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group is capable of reading text messages, tracking calls, collecting passwords and location tracking, among other things

A general aerial view of the coastline of Malaga. Photo: Pixabay.

Spain

CRIME

Three arrested for alleged gang rape of a woman on Malaga beach

The Nomad Today 5/10/22

Local emergency services received a phone call from a witness saying that a drunk woman was being sexually abused on the beach

Tourists fill the Majorcan beach of s'Arenal on a sunny day. Photo: © Pablo Morilla.

Work

WORK IN SPAIN

Employment in tourism activity up by 350,000 more workers in Spain

The Nomad Today 5/10/22

The reopening of society after the Covid-19 pandemic plays a fundamental role in this growth in employment

The Spanish and Moroccan delegations gathered in Rabat to discuss Operation Crossing the Strait 2022. Photo: Ministerio del Interior.

Spain

TRANSIT

Spain to mobilize 16,000 police officers for Operation Crossing the Strait

The Nomad Today 5/9/22

Isabel Goicoechea recalled the logistical and security challenge posed by the OPE, with the movement by sea of more than three million people and more than seven hundred thousand vehicles over a…

19 May 2021, Spain, Ceuta: Agents watch from the fence that separates Ceuta from Morocco the arrival of migrants. Photo: Antonio Sempere/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

Moving to Spain

IMMIGRATION

Spain and Morocco agree on joint migration deterrence effort

The Nomad Today 5/9/22

The new contact between representatives of both countries became possible after Spain gave in on a decades-long dispute over the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara

06 May 2022, Spain, Madrid: Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz in action against Spain's Rafael Nadal during their men's singles quarter-final match of the Madrid Open tennis tournament at the Manolo Santana stadium. Photo: Matthias Oesterle/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

Sports

MADRID OPEN

Alcaraz overcomes injury to beat Nadal and set up Djokovic showdown

The Nomad Today 5/7/22

Alcaraz has now won his last five matches against top-10 opponents and will next take on world number one Djokovic, who earlier defeated Hubert Hurkacz, for a place in Sunday's final

Spain

UPDATE - EMERGENCY

Two people killed after explosion in Madrid block of flats

The Nomad Today 5/6/22

The block in the well-off Salamanca district was badly damaged

A general view of the historical center of Bilbao and the river. Photo: Pixabay.

Spain

CRIME

Bilbao gay murders: Suspect turns himself in and denies involvement

The Nomad Today 5/6/22

The suspect has a history of fraud and told the police that he is willing to collaborate to clarify the facts.

Spain

SPYING SCANDAL

Spain's secret service admits monitoring Catalan separatists' phones

The Nomad Today 5/5/22

It was recently reported that Pegasus had also been found on the cell phones of Prime Minister Sánchez, Defence Minister Margarita Robles and Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska

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

Tourism

TOURISM

Tourist arrivals in Spain multiplied by eight as the pandemic eases

The Nomad Today 5/5/22

Foreign tourists spent 5.07 billion euros ($5.37 billion) in Spain in March, up from 544 million euros a year earlier

Police officers arrest one of the suspected members of the Latino street gang Los Trinitarios in Valdemoro, Madrid. Photo: Guardia Civil.

Spain

LATINO STREET GANGS

Three suspected 'Trinitarios' gang members caught for attempted murder

The Nomad Today 5/4/22

The victim suffered blows all over his body and cuts to his legs and trunk and the semi-amputation of his right hand while trying to avoid a cut aimed at his head