Spain in The Nomad Today

Medical personnel from the Madrid emergency services leave the scene. Image: Screenshot from Emergencias Madrid video.

CRIME

Madrid street gangs clash again: Young man stabbed in Vallecas shopping center

The Nomad Today 5/3/22

The wounded man was allegedly attacked by members of a rival group, as happened a week ago when a young Spanish national died after being stabbed in the Villaverde district

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Photo: La Moncloa.

SCANDAL

Spanish prime minister's phone tapped with Pegasus spyware

The Nomad Today 5/2/22

More than 2.6 gigabytes of data was stolen from Sánchez's phone, the RTVE TV and the Europa Press news agency learned from government sources

27 April 2021, Spain, Tenerife: The ocean-going vessel Rio Segura (patrol boat Maritime Service of the Guardia Civil members receive migrants at the port of Los Cristianos in the south of Tenerife after The ocean-going vessel Rio Segura (patrol boat of the Maritime Service of the Guardia Civil) rescue their boat. Photo: -/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

MIGRATION

Over 1,100 killed on migrant routes from Africa to the Canary Islands last year

The Nomad Today 4/30/22

Countless people are likely to have already died fleeing their countries towards the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts, the UNHCR reported

28 April 2022, Spain, Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Diaz, talk during a plenary session at the Congress of Deputies in Madrid. Photo: Eduardo Parra/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

POLITICS

Parliament approves Sanchez's anti-crisis package thanks to Basque separatists

The Nomad Today 4/28/22

Meanwhile, the 13 lawmakers of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) party, which normally supports the PSOE in central parliament, voted against the bill along with the conservative opposition.

27/04/2022. Members of the Madrid Emergency services trying to revive the victim of the stabbing in Barrio de Los Angeles, Madrid. Photo: @EmergenciasMad/Twitter.

CRIME

18-year-old stabbed to death in alleged street gang attack in Madrid

The Nomad Today 4/27/22

After being stabbed, the boy was able to walk several meters until he collapsed on Calle de Alcocer, in front of a Mercadona supermarket

An officer of the Catalan Police at his workplace. Photo: @mossos

SEXUAL ASSAULT

Police find DNA of the raped girl at the suspect's home in Igualada

The Nomad Today 4/26/22

"The satisfaction is enormous, for me, for the organization and for the working group that have worked intensely," said the chief commissioner of the Catalan police in an interview

03/04/2022. The president of Andalusia Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla (L) and the national leader of the People's Party Alberto Nunez Feijoo in a file photo. Photo: Partido Popular.

POLITICS

Regional elections in Andalusia will be held on June 19

The Nomad Today 4/26/22

Andalusian President Juan Manuel Moreno has decided to bring forward the elections in order to have time to agree on a new budget for the region before the end of the year

25 April 2022, United Kingdom, Manchester: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola speaks during a press conference at the City Football Academy ahead of Tuesday's UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg soccer match against Real Madrid. Photo: Martin Rickett/PA Wire/dpa.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Guardiola urges Manchester City to forget Real Madrid's history

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/26/22

"If we have to compete with history we don't have any chance - they are better," said Guardiola at his pre-match press conference

22 April 2022, Spain, AlcalA De Henares: King Felipe IV of spain leaves after the presentation of the Miguel de Cervantes 2021 Prize for Literature in the Spanish Language at the Paraninfo of the University of Alcala de Henares. Photo: José Oliva/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

MONARCHY

Spanish king Felipe VI reveals personal wealth of 2.5 million euros

The Nomad Today 4/26/22

Felipe VI has no real estate properties, according to a statement by the Spanish Royal House

Archive photo of the Mossos d'Esquadra, the regional police of Catalonia.

SEXUAL ASSAULT

13-year-old boy arrested after raping teenage girl in Tarragona

The Nomad Today 4/25/22

The alleged aggressor was released shortly after being questioned by the police because, being less than 14 years old, he cannot be charged under Spanish law

24 April 2022, Spain, Barcelona: Minister of the Presidency, Relations with the Cortes and Democratic Memory of Spain Felix Bolanos makes a statement following a meeting with his Catalan colleague Laura Vilagra. Photo: Lorena Sopêna/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

SCANDAL

Spanish government promises probe into Catalonian separatists spying

The Nomad Today 4/25/22

Catalonia's regional government head Pere Aragonès has already threatened to withdraw his support if the issue is not clarified and if no one steps down

Spanish police van and helicopter. Photo: @policia/Twitter.

CRIME

German woman arrested in Palma for killing sick father with drugs

The Nomad Today 4/23/22

A few days before the death occurred, she made several bank transfers in which both she and her daughter appeared as beneficiaries

22/04/2022 Kiev (Ukraine). Members of the Special Operations Group (GEO) of the Spanish police have raised the Spanish flag at the Embassy in Kiev. Photo: Screenshot from video by @interiorgob

WAR IN UKRAINE

Spain becomes one of first countries to reopen Kiev embassy

The Nomad Today 4/23/22

On Thursday, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visited Kiev, where he met President Volodymyr Zelensky

11 April 2022, Ukraine, Butscha: An investigator wears a vest labeled "War Crimes Prosecutor" and begins collecting evidence of war crimes alongside bodies from a mass grave behind St. Andrew's Church. Photo: Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Spain mobilizes 39 forensic experts for ICC probe on Ukraine war crimes

The Nomad Today 4/22/22

The country offers the resources of the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences for the reception and analysis of samples and traces collected on the ground

10/03/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (L) with the French President Emmanuel Macron at the informal summit of the Heads of State and Government of the EU held in Versailles, France. Photo: La Moncloa.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Sanchez urges the French to vote for Macron in EU leaders joint letter

The Nomad Today 4/22/22

The French are making a choice between an incumbent who values the "democracy, sovereignty, freedom and the rule of law" and a nationalist who sides with autocratic leaders like Putin, they…

Archive photo of Catalan regional police officers. Photo: Mossos d'Esquadra.

CRIME

Police arrest suspect in brutal rape of 16-year-old girl in Igualada

The Nomad Today 4/21/22

A truck driver found the victim naked and unconscious in a field near a train station with serious injuries that caused serious consequences, including hearing loss in one ear

21/04/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the President of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelenski, during the press conference they offered after meeting in Kiev. Photo: La Moncloa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

PM Sanchez shaken after knowing first-hand the Russian "atrocities"

The Nomad Today 4/21/22

After meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky, Pedro Sanchez announced that Spain will provide Ukraine with 200 more tons of military aid

21/04/2022. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, with the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Olha Stefanishyna, and the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, upon their arrival in Kiev, where they will hold a meeting with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Photo: La Moncloa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Prime Minister Sanchez in Ukraine to meet Zelensky and see the war effects

The Nomad Today 4/21/22

Sanchez and his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen arrived in Kiev by train, after traveling overnight from Poland

19 April 2022, Spain, Barcelona: Catalan regional president Pere Aragones, holds a press conference on the alleged spying on dozens of Catalan separatists. Photo: Kike Rincón/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

SCANDAL

Catalan party threatens to topple Spanish government due to spying

The Nomad Today 4/20/22

Relations between Catalonia and the central government have been fraught for years and reached a low point in 2017 when the regional government forced an illegal independence referendum

04/20/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez chats with Ukrainian children during his visit to the Center for Reception, Attention and Referral for Ukrainian refugees in Malaga. Photo: La Moncloa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Sanchez confirms he will meet President Zelensky in Kiev soon

The Nomad Today 4/20/22

Around 134,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Spain since the start of the war, of which 64,000 have already received temporary protection, the Prime Minister said