Spain

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.

ENERGY CRISIS

Sanchez announces plan to lower energy bill of 40% of Spanish households

The Nomad Today 10/13/22

The head of the Spanish government estimates that 1.7 million households will benefit from savings of over 50% of the gas bill

10/11/2022. (L-R) The Deputy Prime Minister of the Government and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera; the Minister of Territorial Policy and Government spokesperson, Isabel Rodríguez, and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, have appeared at a press conference after the meeting of the Council of Ministers. Photo: La Moncloa.

ENERGY CRISIS

Government approves energy security plan to reduce consumption

The Nomad Today 10/12/22

The new strategy adopts efficiency and savings measures, promotes renewable energies and reinforces industrial capacity

A C-295 medicalized plane of the Spanish Air and Space Army. Photo: Ministerio de Defensa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Spain sends another plane with supplies to Ukraine

The Nomad Today 10/1/22

In Poland, the aircraft will pick up eight Ukrainian war wounded, who will then be transferred to Spain for further treatment

22/09/2022. Prime minister Pedro Sánchez during the press conference that he offered to the media on the fourth day of his stay in New York. Photo: La Moncloa.

TAXATION

Sanchez wants that "those who have the most, contribute the most"

The Nomad Today 9/26/22

The Spanish prime minister highlighted the upwards revision of GDP to 1.5% as a clear sign of the strength of the Spanish economy

22/09/2022. The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, during the working breakfast with investors in New York. Photo: La Moncloa.

ENERGY CRISIS

Spanish Prime Minister meets group of investors in New York

The Nomad Today 9/24/22

Pedro Sánchez expressed his confidence in the strength of the Spanish economy

29 June 2022, Spain, Madrid: Spanish Minister of Defence Margarita Robles attends a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence during the NATO Summit. Photo: A.Ortega.Pool/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

NATO SUMMIT

Spain and Germany discuss tank deliveries for Ukraine

The Nomad Today 6/30/22

Arms deals between countries often include a clause stipulating that the seller must be consulted if the buyer is to hand the weapons on to a third party

La Caleta, in the municipality of Adeje (Tenerife). Photo: Pixabay.

CRIME

Court on Spain's Canary Islands confirms sentence on German murderer

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/30/22

His wife and 10-year-old son were beaten to death with a heavy stone. The man's 7-year-old son escaped by running away

25 June 2022, Spain, Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a press conference following an extraordinary cabinet meeting. Photo: Jesús Hellín/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

ENERGY CRISIS

Spain plans to spend extra €9 billion to soften Ukraine war's impact

The Nomad Today 6/27/22

The new measures include a reduction in VAT on electricity, reductions in public transport subscription rates, an increase in lower old-age and disability pensions and a special payment of €200…

NATO SUMMIT

Anti-NATO protest in Madrid ahead of summit this week

The Nomad Today 6/26/22

The demonstrators called for NATO to be dissolved and for military bases maintained by the United States in Spain to be closed

22 June 2022, Spain, Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, speaks during a plenary session at the Spanish Congress of Deputies. Photo: Eduardo Parra/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

ENERGY CRISIS

Spanish government looks to halve VAT on electricity as prices climb

The Nomad Today 6/22/22

At the suggestion of Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz, the government is also now considering a special payment of €300 ($315) per person for all families who are in need

21 June 2022, Spain, Villardeciervos: A dead deer lies on the ground following a forest fire in the Sierra de la Culebra. Photo: Emilio Fraile/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

DISASTER

Fire brigades bring wildfires in northern Spain under control

The Nomad Today 6/22/22

However, the official forest fire season still lies ahead, in July and August

19 June 2022, Spain, Maquirriain: Firefighters extinguish the fire advancing from the area of Ujue to Maquirriain. This is one of the fires that remain active in the region. Photo: Eduardo Sanz/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

DISASTER

Evacuations as forest fires rage in northern Spain

The Nomad Today 6/21/22

The villagers have been housed in emergency accommodation

19 June 2022, Spain, Maquirriain: A firefighter arrives to the Maquirriain area after advancing the Ujue fire. This is one of the fires that remain active in the region. Photo: Eduardo Sanz/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

DISASTER

Spanish heatwave eases, but forest fires continue to rage

The Nomad Today 6/20/22

The worst fire in the Sierra de la Culebra in north-western Spain near Portugal was brought under control, however, thanks to falling temperatures and occasional rain

19 June 2022, Spain, Seville: Partido Popular (PP) candidate for the Andalusian regional election Juanma Moreno greets supporters during a rally following the Andalusian regional elections. Spain's conservative People's Party (PP) won a surprise absolute majority in regional elections in Andalusia on Sunday, according to official vote counts. Photo: Eduardo Briones/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

ANDALUSIAN ELECTIONS

Conservative party PP win absolute majority in Spain's Andalusia

The Nomad Today 6/20/22

The socialist PSOE of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez - which governed Andalusia for decades until 2018 - won just 30 seats, coming in a distant second

19 June 2022, Spain, Malaga: A woman casts her ballot during the elections of the regional President of Andalusia. The southern Spanish region of Andalusia - the country's most populous autonomous community - was voting on Sunday, with opinion polls predicting a strong victory for regional President Juanma Moreno of the conservative People's Party (PP). Photo: Álex Zea/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

ANDALUSIAN ELECTIONS

Right-wing populists eye government role as Spain's Andalusia votes

The Nomad Today 6/19/22

Andalusia could become the country's second region to be ruled by a PP-Vox coalition, following the autonomous community of Castile and León

16 June 2022, Spain, Zamora: A firefighter works to extinguish the forest fire in Sierra Culebra. Photo: Emilio Fraile/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

DISASTER

Eight Spanish villages evacuated due to forest fires

The Nomad Today 6/17/22

The fire in the region has destroyed around 9,000 hectares on the Sierra de la Culebra mountain range

30 May 2022, Spain, Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (R) receives NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of their meeting at the Moncloa Palace. Photo: Alejandro Martínez Vélez/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Madrid to become a 'fortress' during NATO summit

The Nomad Today 6/17/22

The government will call on the people of Madrid to work from home if possible and to take no unnecessary trips

17 June 2022, Australia, Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP/dpa.

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Australia's Albanese confirms he will attend NATO summit in Madrid

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/17/22

Albanese stressed that his main reason for attending the NATO summit was that Australia was making a greater contribution to Ukraine's efforts to defend itself from the ongoing Russian…

15 June 2022, Spain, Tafalla: A firefighter holds a hose to put out the forest fire near the NA-132 road. Photo: Eduardo Sanz/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

HEATWAVE

Trio of fires causes alarm in Catalonia as Spain suffers heatwave

The Nomad Today 6/16/22

Farmers in the region have been urged to come out with their tractors to dig trenches, as firebreaks

17 May 2022, Spain, Ceuta: Groups of people wait for the arrival of family, friends and acquaintances crossing the Spanish-Moroccan border in Ceuta. Spain and Morocco have reached an agreement to reopen the land borders with Ceuta and Melilla closed since March 2020. Photo: Antonio Sempere/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

SUMMER

Operation Crossing the Strait resumes after 2 years of border closure

The Nomad Today 6/16/22

Seven shipping companies participate in the Fleet Plan (Plan de Flota) to streamline movements between the two continents with 33 vessels for transporting people and vehicles