News about Spain

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

Fuel pumps at a gas station. Photo: Pixabay.

ENERGY CRISIS

Gas stations raise prices before government discounts take effect

The Nomad Today 3/31/22

On Thursday, for the first time, the average price of a liter of diesel exceeded that of gasoline in Spain

23/03/2018. The former Spanish king Juan Carlos is portrayed during his intervention in an institutional act to receive the credential as Ambassador of Honor of the Camino de Santiago, in Santiago de Compostela. Photo: © Casa de S.M. el Rey.

SUED BY EX-LOVER

Former king of Spain wants to appeal after losing British court fight

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/30/22

Lawyers representing Juan Carlos argued he is "entitled to immunity from the jurisdiction of the English courts in his capacity as a senior member of the Spanish royal family"

28 March 2022, Spain, Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks at the meeting of the 'Generation of Opportunities' forum. Photo: Alberto Ortega/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

INFLATION

Spain extends discount of 20 cents per liter of fuel to all consumers

The Nomad Today 3/28/22

Meanwhile, Spain and Portugal are looking to decouple the price of electricity from that of gas

03/18/2022. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, has traveled to Rome (Italy) to hold a meeting with the Prime Minister of the Italian Republic, Mario Draghi (not pictured); the Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic, António Costa (L) and the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos Mitsotaki (by videoconference). Photo: La Moncloa.

ENERGY

EU allows 'Iberian exception' for Spain to cap electricity prices

The Nomad Today 3/26/22

For Spain and Portugal, this 'Iberian exception' is justified by the low interconnection of the Iberian Peninsula with the rest of the European energy market, which turns both countries into an…