Ambassador

Spain

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Moroccan ambassador returns to Madrid after U-turn on W Sahara

The Nomad Today 3/20/22

Algeria, currently in a political spat with Morocco, reacted by saying that Spain "betrayed" the Saharawi people

Spain

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Algeria withdraws ambassador to Spain in row over Western Sahara

The Nomad Today 3/20/22

Western Sahara was a Spanish colony until 1975 but after Spain's withdrawal, Morocco annexed parts of the territory, located on the Atlantic coast of north-west Africa

HANDOUT - 29 September 2021, Russia, Sochi: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin (Not Pictured) at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

World

DIPLOMATIC CRISIS

Erdogan declares 10 western ambassadors persona non grata

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/23/21

The ambassadors of Finland, Denmark, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the US called in a statement on Monday for a "just and speedy resolution" to Osman…

Opinion

Tunisia’s democratic journey goes on

Sarra Chaouani Abidi 8/16/21

World

SUMMIT IN GENEVA

US and Russia agree to reinstate ambassadors after summit

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/16/21

The envoys returned home earlier this year as tensions between the two countries ratcheted up.

The new Finnish ambassador to Iraq, Matti Lassila. Photo: Petri Krook/Finnish government.

Finland

DIPLOMATIC SERVICE

New Finnish ambassador to Iraq

The Nomad Today 4/9/21

Matti Lassila joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1987.

FILED - A Senegalese soldier works near Goma, in the Congo, in 2015, while with a UN mission. The Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed during a visit to a volatile part of the country in a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

World

AFRICA

Italian ambassador to Congo killed in ambush on UN convoy

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/22/21

Luca Attanasio, 43, was shot in the stomach and later died of his injuries in a UN hospital in Goma.

FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto attends an interview with Reuters in Budapest, Hungary, October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Marton Dunai

Finland

Hungary summons Finnish ambassador over criticism of Orban's rule

The Nomad Today 5/14/20

The origin of the incident is in a letter sent on 6 May to the Council of Europe by the Foreign Ministers of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland.

Russia Moscow cathedral church Saint Basil by pixabay.

Finland

New ambassadors to Russia, US, Portugal, South Korea and Bangladesh

The Nomad Today 5/12/20

Mikko Hautala will move to Washington DC from Moscow, where we served as head of mission since 2016.

A view of Valletta, the capital of Malta. Photo: Pixabay.

Finland

Malta ambassador to Helsinki resigns after comparing Merkel to Hitler

The Nomad Today 5/11/20

Foreign Minister stressed that the ambassador's comments on German Chancellor do not represent the "friendship and mutual respect" between both countries.

Coronavirus

Spanish Ambassador warns of possible incidents with Finnish authorities

The Nomad Today 3/23/20

The diplomat warns Spaniards that in Finland coronavirus tests are hardly done and "hospitalization is rare." "If discriminatory treatment before Finns cannot be demonstrated, consular…