Spain in The Nomad Today

19 April 2022, Spain, Barcelona: (L-R) Jordi Puignero, Vice President of the Generalitat, Pere Aragones, regional president of Catalonia, and Laura Vilagra, council president of the Catalan regional government, discuss the alleged spying on dozens of Catalan separatists. Photo: Kike Rincón/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

SCANDAL

Madrid on defensive after report claims Catalan separatists spied on

The Nomad Today 4/20/22

Mobile phones belonging to politicians, lawyers and activists were hacked and bugged between 2017 and 2020 with Israeli spyware Pegasus

08/04/2022. Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has visited the Center for Attention, Reception and Referral for Ukrainian refugees, located in the Fira de Barcelona. Photo: La Moncloa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Sanchez will travel to Kiev to meet Ukrainian President Zelensky

The Nomad Today 4/19/22

The visits of European leaders to Ukraine had a controversial episode with the snub inflicted by the leaders of Kiev on the Federal President of Germany

16/03/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, during a joint press conference that he offered with the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Eduard Heger. Photo: La Moncloa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Spain to reopen its embassy in Kiev "in a few days"

The Nomad Today 4/18/22

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stressed that the reopening of the diplomatic mission is proof of Spain's commitment to the Ukrainian people

04/08/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visiting the Center for Attention, Reception and Referral for Ukrainian refugees, located in the Fira de Barcelona. Photo: La Moncloa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

More than 13,000 Ukrainian refugee children enrolled in Spanish schools

The Nomad Today 4/17/22

So far, Spain has granted temporary protection to almost 52,000 Ukrainian refugees

An agent of the National Police, next to the drugs and other materials seized during the house search. Photo: Policia Nacional.

DRUG TRAFFICKING

Spanish police arrest parents for forcing son to sell drugs at school

The Nomad Today 4/15/22

Inside a modified butane cylinder, the police officers found a 9mm pistol, with the serial number erased, and a 22mm caliber pistol, as well as ammunition and a balaclava

Medics of the Madrid emergency services working at the scene where the fight occurred. Photo: @EmergenciasMad/Twitter.

VIOLENCE

Two young people with knife wounds after fight in Madrid leisure area

The Nomad Today 4/14/22

Both youngsters remain hospitalized in La Paz, according to reports from the Madrid Emergency Service

13/04/2022. Image of some of the cannabis plants seized by the Navarre Foral Police and the Civil Guard. Photo: @policiaforal_na/Twitter.

DRUG TRAFFICKING

Spain's police find large-scale cannabis plantation of 415,000 plants

The Nomad Today 4/13/22

The plantation had an extension of 67 hectares

12/04/2022. Barcelona police and fire patrols working on the scene. Photo: @BCN_Bombers/Twitter.

ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE

Explosion in Barcelona pub injures four

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/12/22

Days before the blast, an injunction closing down the pub, which lies close to Barcelona's well-known La Rambla pedestrian thoroughfare, had been issued

04/06/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez giving a speech after visiting the Navantia shipyard facilities in Ferrol (A Coruña). Photo: La Moncloa.

FAR-RIGHT RADICAL

Franco supporter jailed for plotting murder of Spanish prime minister

The Nomad Today 4/12/22

Manuel Murillo, a security guard and marksman, was arrested in 2018

08/04/2022. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, visited the Center for Attention, Reception and Referral for Ukrainian refugees, located in the Fira de Barcelona. Photo: La Moncloa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Spain promises full support to the 110,000 Ukrainian refugees

The Nomad Today 4/11/22

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that Ukraine will resist, Europe will prevail and war crimes will not go unpunished

07/04/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met in Rabat with the King of Morocco Mohammed VI, with whom he held a meeting in which they discussed the new stage opened in relations between Spain and Morocco. Photo: La Moncloa.

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Outrage in Spain over upside down flag in Sanchez's meeting with Mohammed VI

The Nomad Today 4/9/22

The Government of Madrid considers the case a mere anecdote caused by carelessness, but it is not the first incident that occurs in Morocco related to the symbols displayed before Spanish authorities

08/04/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, has met in Rabat with the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, with whom he held a meeting in which they discussed the new stage opened in relations between Spain and Morocco. Photo: La Moncloa.

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Spain and Morocco strike deal to reopen Ceuta and Melilla borders

The Nomad Today 4/8/22

Sanchez's trip to Morocco has been preceded by controversy

05 April 2022, Spain, Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez listens to the speech of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the Spanish deputies and senators via video transmission at the Congress of Deputies. Photo: R.Rubio.Pool/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Zelensky recalls Nazi bombing of Guernica in speech to Spanish Parliament

The Nomad Today 4/5/22

Zelensky's words received almost unanimous applause, which, however, was not backed by some far-left MPs.

05 April 2022, Spain, Madrid: Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares speaks during a press conference after a meeting of the Council of Ministers. Albares announced the expulsion of 25 Russian diplomats accredited in Spain. This measure joins similar decisions made by other European countries after the apparent indiscriminate killings of civilians in Ukraine's Bucha and Mariupol. Photo: Gustavo Valiente/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Spain kicks about 25 Russian diplomats out after Ukraine atrocity

The Nomad Today 4/5/22

Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said that the people being told to leave represented "a threat to the security interests" of Spain

04/04/2022. US and Spanish police officers at the time of the seizure of the yacht. Photo: Guardia Civil.

WAR IN UKRAINE

US, Spanish officials nab Putin ally's yacht in Mallorca

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/5/22

Spain has already confiscated at least three yachts to date

02 April 2022, Spain, Madrid: (L-R) The member of the National Platform in Defense of the Transport Sector, Miguel Canovas, the president of the Independent Union of Transport Workers (UITA), Jose Fernandez, and the president of the National Platform in Defense of Transport, Manuel Hernandez attend a press conference at Chamartin Hotel. After 20 days of protests, the serious lorry strikes that caused supply bottlenecks in Spain have been suspended for the time being. Photo: Isabel Infantes/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

STRIKE ACTION

Lorry strikes in Spain suspended for the time being

The Nomad Today 4/3/22

The leaders of the Platform for the Protection of the Transport Sector said they want to "preserver their forces" in order to "strike a second blow"

02 April 2022, Spain, Seville: Spanish former prime minister Mariano Rajoy greets newly-elected President of the Spanish conservative People's Party (PP), Alberto Nunez Feijoo, after th latter delivered a speech on the second and last day of the PP national congress. Photo: Eduardo Briones/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

PEOPLE'S PARTY CONGRESS

Spain's conservative PP gets new leader after years of turmoil

The Nomad Today 4/3/22

Núñez Feijóo succeeds Pablo Casado, 41, who announced his retirement from politics after achieving the worst election results in the party's history.

22 November 2021, Spain, Madrid: A snowplow removes snow from the roads of Puerto de Navacerrada after a heavy snowfall. Photo: Rafael Bastante/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

ORANGE ALERT

April snowstorm causes severe traffic disruptions in northern Spain

The Nomad Today 4/2/22

National weather service AEMET issued severe weather warnings for Friday and the weekend for numerous areas in a total of nine of the country's 17 regions.

CRIME

More than 30 arrested in major anti-drug operation in Mallorca

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/2/22

According to media reports, around 200 officers were deployed to search dozens of flats, bars and offices

03/31/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (L) greets a girl staying at the Reception, Care and Referral Center for Ukrainian refugees in the City of Light (Alicante), in the presence of the president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Ximo Puig. Photo: Moncloa.

SOLIDARITY

Spain granted temporary protection to 30,000 Ukrainians fleeing war

The Nomad Today 4/1/22

"Currently, we have almost 30,000 (Ukrainian) refugees in Spain under temporary protection and the forecast is to reach 70,000 in a few days," says the Prime Minister