Crisis

20/09/2022. (L-R) The Third Vice President of the Government and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, the Minister for Territorial Policy and Government Spokesperson, Isabel Rodríguez, and the Minister for Health, Carolina Darias, during the press conference after the Council of Ministers. Photo: La Moncloa.

Economy & Business

ENERGY CRISIS

Spanish government lowers VAT on gas to 5% from October

The Nomad Today 9/23/22

Madrid stated that depending on how events evolve, the tax reductions could be extended into next year

02 June 2022, Spain, Ceuta: Migrants queue at the port of Ceuta to embark to mainland Spain. The group, which includes 30 migrants of sub-Saharan origin, have left the Center for Temporary Stay of Immigrants (CETI) to take a boat to various NGO resources in mainland Spain. Photo: Antonio Sempere/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

Moving to Spain

MIGRATION CRISIS

Spain and four other nations call for EU solidarity on migration

The Nomad Today 6/4/22

The Mediterranean countries in particular have repeatedly called for more support and redistribution mechanisms, because they are where most migrants arrive

Spain

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.

19 March 2022, Tunisia, Tunis: Tunisians take part in a rally along the Beb Saadoun Street heading to the Bardo square on the 66th Independence Day of Tunisia and against President Kais Saied, accused by opponents of grabbing power amid a deepening political crisis. Photo: Hasan Mrad/IMAGESLIVE via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

ARAB WORLD

Mass protest in Tunisia against president as crisis drags on

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/20/22

Tunisia, long seen as the sole democratic success story of the 2010-2011 Arab uprisings, has since been in turmoil

02 February 2022, Berlin: Pablo Casado, chairman of the Spanish Partido Popular party, speaks at the start of the closed-door meeting of the Christian Social Union (CSU) parliamentary group at the German Bundestag. The traditional winter retreat was supposed to take place at the beginning of January, but had to be postponed due to several corona cases. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa.

Spain

PP CRISIS

Spain's main opposition party in crisis as leader resigns

The Nomad Today 2/24/22

The decision came at a meeting Pablo Casado had with regional party leaders that ended in the early hours of Thursday morning

The general secretary of the PP Teodoro Garcia Egea resigned on Monday from the ranks of the Spanish conservatives. Photo: PP.

Spain

PP CRISIS

Power struggle triggers fresh resignations in Spain's conservative PP

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/23/22

Pablo Casado has long been controversial within his own party. Since he took to the helm of the PP in 2018, the party has achieved some of the worst election results in its history

FILED - Kazakhstan's President-elect Kassym-Jomart Tokayev speaks during a press conference after the Kazakh presidential elections. Photo: -/Kazakh Presidency/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

World

RIOTS

Kazakh president issues shoot-to-kill order against protesters

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/7/22

On Friday morning, state television reported that 26 demonstrators had been killed and over 3,000 arrested since the unrest began

15 December 2021, Spain, Barcelona: People queue in front of the vaccination center installed at the Fira de Barcelona before receiving their Coronavirus vaccine booster dose. Photo: Paco Freire/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Spain to hold Covid crisis meeting on Wednesday as cases surge

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/19/21

The leaders of the various Spanish regions will join the videoconference to discuss measures that can be taken against the pandemic

17 December 2021, Turkey, Istanbul: People walk in front of a currency exchange shop in Istanbul. The Turkish central bank cut its benchmark interest rate to 14 per cent on Thursday, the fourth consecutive cut since September, leading the lira to fall to historic lows. Photo: Serkan Senturk/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

TURKEY CRISIS

Turkish currency crisis spirals as lira plummets to fresh record low

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/17/21

Local media is full of images of long lines for cheap bread , quotas on certain goods in supermarkets and panic buying of essential items

Sports

LA LIGA

Osasuna's late goal denies Xavi's Barcelona and deepens its crisis

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/12/21

Barcelona are eighth in the table and effectively out of the title race

09 November 2021, Poland, Kuznica: Migrants stand behind the barbed wire border between Poland and Belarus near the Kusnica border crossing. The migration crisis at the Poland-Belarus border with refugees trying to enter the European Union via Belarus worsened on Monday, with Belarusian authorities saying that many hundreds of migrants had arrived at the border, and Poland reporting that some had already tried to break through. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa.

World

IMMIGRATION

Belarus warns against 'provocations' as EU border crisis intensifies

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/9/21

Hundreds of migrants without shelter remained trapped in freezing temperatures in what is effectively a no-man's land

FILED - Pedro Castillo, president of Peru, participates in the ceremony marking the 53rd anniversary of the Social Protection and Assistance Fund (CPAS). Photo: Alberto Orbegoso/Presidencia Peru/dpa - ACHTUNG: Nur zur redaktionellen Verwendung und nur mit vollständiger Nennung des vorstehenden Credits

World

LATIN AMERICA

Peru's prime minister resigns, sparking government crisis

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/7/21

Bellido is being investigated for money laundering and justifying terrorism

26 September 2021, Tunisia, Tunis: Supporters of Tunisia's Islamic Ennahdha party, take part in a demonsration on Habib Bourguiba Avenue, against President Keis Saied, after expanded his powers by taking over legislative and executive authorities. Photo: Chokri Mahjoub/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

World

AFRICA

Thousands protest against Tunisian president amid political crisis

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/26/21

"We want to return to democracy," said one young man who was turned away by the police.

Finland

REPLACEMENTS IN GOVERNMENT

Finland appoints a media researcher as new Minister of Finance

The Nomad Today 5/27/21

Annika Saarikko, until now Minister of Science and Culture, replaces her party colleague and former Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen at the head of this key portfolio in times of crisis.

Helsinki airport and air traffic control tower. Photo: Finavia.

Finland

BUSINESS

Passengers at Finnish airports decreased 91% in January 2021

The Nomad Today 2/24/21

Altogether, 179,304 passengers flew through Finnish airports, which was 91% fewer than twelve months earlier.

Finnair aircraft on the ground. Photo: Mikko Pylkkö/Finnair.

Finland

AIRPLANES ON GROUND

Finnair reports net loss of 523 million euros in 2020

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/18/21

The airline expects travel to begin to recover from summer 2021 onwards.

HANDOUT - 27 January 2021, Belgium, Brussels: European Commissioner in charge of Health Stella Kyriakides speaks during a press conference on the COVID-19 vaccine by AstraZeneca, at EU headquarters in Brussels. Photo: Aurore Martignoni/European Commission/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

AstraZeneca vaccine delay dispute in EU not resolved by crisis talks

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/28/21

AstraZeneca claimed that British production sites and chains were more efficient, and that low yields at a site in Belgium were to blame for delays to the 27-member bloc.

FILED - 27 April 2019, Spain, Palma: A Norwegian plane takes off from Palma airport. Low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle plans to cancel thousands of flights due to the spread of the coronavirus. Norwegian Airlines called for additional financial aid on Friday, saying it would not survive into 2021 due to huge losses stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Clara Margais/dpa.

Economy & Business

AIR TRAFFIC CRISIS

Norwegian Air's losses grow due to coronavirus pandemic

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/10/20

Norwegian flew almost 1 million passengers in the third quarter, a drop of 91% year-on-year, and operated only 25 aircraft out of its 140-strong fleet.