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The Nomad Today

22/12/2021. Finance Minister María Jesús Montero speaks at the lower house of Parliamente (Congreso de los Diputados). Photo: Eva Ercolanese/PSOE.

Economy & Business

TAX FRAUD

Spanish Tax Agency focuses new anti-fraud plan on cryptocurrencies

The Nomad Today 2/2/22

The objective of the Treasury is to tax the capital gains derived from this type of operations with virtual currencies

03/12/2021. Minister of Labor and Social Economy Yolanda Díaz, at a press conference at the end of the extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers. Photo: La Moncloa.

Work

EMPLOYMENT

Spain loses jobs, unemployment rises again in January

The Nomad Today 2/2/22

Compared to the month before, unemployment rises specially in Services and in Agriculture

World

TERRORISM

Norwegian court rejects mass killer Breivik's application for release

The Nomad Today 2/1/22

The right-wing extremist was convicted of the murder of 77 people in Oslo and on the island of Utoya

04/09/2020. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez received the Chief Public Prosecutor Dolores Delgado, who presented him with a copy of the annual report of the Public Prosecutor's Office. Photo: La Moncloa.

Spain

SEXUAL ABUSE

Spanish judiciary to investigate child abuse in Catholic Church

The Nomad Today 2/1/22

Chief Public Prosecutor Dolores Delgado has already instructed the regional public prosecutors' offices to collect all suspected cases and reports and send them to Madrid within the next 10 days

People walking and on the terraces in Barcelona. Photo: Pixabay.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Catalonia to reopen nightlife without Covid pass on 11 February

The Nomad Today 2/1/22

The Catalan government believes that the sixth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, caused by the Omicron variant, "has reached its peak."

31 January 2022, Saarland, Sulzbach: Police officers are on duty in the city centre. Two suspects were taken into custody on Monday about 12 hours after police in western Germany began a manhunt for the killers of two of their fellow officers in the village of Ulmet. Photo: Thomas Frey/dpa.

World

CRIME

Suspects in double police killing to appear in court

The Nomad Today 2/1/22

Police reports suggest the young woman was killed immediately

10 January 2022, China, Anyang: Health workers take swabs for the Covid-19 test from residents of Huatong Century City Community in the sealed area of Hua county, Anyang City. China records 157 new confirmed cases of the corona, 97 of which are local. Photo: Wang Zirui/SIPA Asia via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Government limits validity of antigen tests to enter Spain to 24 hours

The Nomad Today 2/1/22

The decision does not affect the requirements and regulations applied to vaccines, PCR tests or other Covid-19 detection tests

Video

Operacion Troya Sevilla

The Nomad Today 1/31/22

Spain

CRYPTOCURRENCY

Spanish cops searching for drugs find illegal cryptocurrency farm

The Nomad Today 1/31/22

The illegal connection to the electricity network could generate a monthly electricity fraud of 2,000 euros

Woman-girl-supermarket-lemon-fruits-shop-food-mask-flu-sick-ill-influenza by Pexels.

Economy & Business

BUSINESS

Spain retail sales decline in December

The Nomad Today 1/31/22

Food sales decreased 2.6 per cent, while non-food sales plunged 10 per cent

A fresh food market in Palma. Photo: Pixabay.

Economy & Business

CONSUMER PRICES

Spanish inflation rises 6% in January, remains at 30-year high

The Nomad Today 1/31/22

The Consumer Price Index continues at rates not seen for 30 years

Spain

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Vox's far-right summit blast Russia for taking Europe to brink of war

The Nomad Today 1/30/22

The conference was hosted by Santiago Abascal and attended by the heads of government of Poland and Hungary, Mateusz Morawiecki and Viktor Orban , as well as French presidential candidate Marine…

12/28/2021. The Second Vice President of the Government and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, during the press conference after the Council of Ministers. Photo: La Moncloa.

Work

WORK IN SPAIN

Spain created 840,700 jobs in 2021, the highest employment figure since 2005

The Nomad Today 1/29/22

The unemployment rate fell by 2.8 points to 13.3%, but youth unemployment is still the highest at 30.7%

28 January 2022, Spain, Palma: Spanish Health Minister Carolina Darias (C) speaks during a press confernece during her visit to the Son Llatzer University Hospital. Photo: Isaac Buj/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Spanish health minister: Worst of latest Covid-19 wave done

The Nomad Today 1/28/22

"Everything indicates that the curve of infections is falling," Health Minister Carolina Darias said

Jose Ignacio Goirigolzarri (L) and Gonzalo Gortázar at CaixaBank results press conference. Photo: CaixaBank..

Economy & Business

BANKING SECTOR

CaixaBank posts a recurring profit of 2,36 billion euros in 2021

The Nomad Today 1/28/22

The bank announced that it will pay more than € 1.1 billion in dividends to shareholders in the coming months

The First Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs, Nadia Calvino. Photo: Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Economy & Business

NATIONAL ACCOUNTS

Spanish economy grows 5% in 2021, well below the Government forecast

The Nomad Today 1/28/22

Foreign demand has been a growth driver: exports grew by 6.5% quarterly and 15.8% compared to the previous year

Photos

27 January 2022, Poland, Tolcze: Construction vehicles are seen working to build a wall along the border with Belarus. Poland has started building wall on its eastern border intended to block migrants pushed by Belarus, in what the European Union calls a “hybrid attack,” from crossing illegally into EU territory. Photo: Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

Galleries

World in pictures 5

The Nomad Today 1/28/22

Work

EMPLOYMENT

Spanish joblessness rate declines to lowest level since 2008

The Nomad Today 1/27/22

In industry, job creation rose by 37,100

The Minister of Finance and Public Function, María Jesús Montero, speaks at a press conference after the meeting of the Council of Ministers. Photo: La Moncloa.

Economy & Business

'FORM 720'

EU Court says declaration of overseas assets required by Spain is illegal

The Nomad Today 1/27/22

Spain now has to adjust the law to the terms of the ruling and the taxpayers who have been sanctioned will be able to claim the amounts of the fines from the State