Sanchez

Spain

WAR IN UKRAINE

Spain's Sánchez and EU's von der Leyen address Ukraine war at Davos

The Nomad Today 5/24/22

Spain has six liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and large storage capacities, but limited transportation capacities

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Photo: La Moncloa.

Spain

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

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.

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.

Spain

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…

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.

Spain

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.

Spain

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

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.

Spain

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

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.

Spain

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.

Spain

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

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

Spain

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

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.

Spain

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

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.

Spain

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

03/18/2022. The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, addresses the media after meeting with the Prime Minister of Italy, Mario Draghi, the Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, and the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Photo: La Moncloa.

Spain

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Spain accepts autonomous W Sahara within Morocco in historic shift

The Nomad Today 3/19/22

The Spanish left-wing party Unidas Podemos , junior partner of the Socialists in the governing coalition, criticized Sanchez's move and stressed that the wishes of the Western Sahara inhabitants…

09.03.2022 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during Parliamentary question time at the lower house of Parliament (Congress of Deputies). Photo: Eva Ercolanese/PSOE.

Spain

POLITICS

Prime Minister Sanchez blames Putin for the sharp rise in prices

The Nomad Today 3/9/22

The spokeswoman of the People's Party (PP), Cuca Gamarra, demanded tax reductions - for example on fuels - to curb the inflation

02/24/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has made an institutional statement in La Moncloa to report on the situation in Ukraine and the crisis caused by Russia, after the meeting of the National Security Council chaired by King Felipe VI. Photo: La Moncloa.

Spain

MONARCHY

Prime Minister Sanchez says old king owes Spaniards an explanation

The Nomad Today 3/8/22

Sánchez was reacting publicly for the first time to information provided by the judiciary last week, when the Attorney General's Office had dropped all investigations into the former king

02.03.2022 Pedro Sanchez
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, before the plenary session of the Congress of Deputies, to report on the situation in Ukraine. Photo: Eva Ercolanese.

Spain

WAR IN UKRAINE

Sanchez backtracks and announces arms shipments to Ukraine

The Nomad Today 3/3/22

The head of the Madrid government said that the weapons would be handed over to the "Ukrainian resistance"

02/25/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, has participated, by videoconference, in the meeting of Heads of State and Government of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to address the situation in Ukraine.

Spain

WAR IN UKRAINE

Sanchez says Spain will not send offensive weapons to Ukraine

The Nomad Today 3/1/22

The prime minister avoided responding to the most difficult questions related to the disagreements within the leftists coalition partners from Unidas Podemos (Left), a party that is being very…