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FILED - Former President of the Generalitat of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont (centre) in Italy in September. The EU General Court upheld the waiver of immunity on Catalonian independence leader Carles Puigdemont on Friday, a court press release stated. Photo: Lorena Sopêna/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

EU JUSTICE

EU court rejects bid to restore immunity of Catalan separatist MEPs

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/26/21

The European Parliament withdrew the lawmakers' immunity at Spain's request earlier this year

25 November 2021, Spain, Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrives at a plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies in Madrid. The draft state budget 2022 faces a final vote in plenary today after an intense week of debate. Photo: Eduardo Parra/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

POLITICS

Spanish government gets budget approved thanks to Netflix, HBO

The Nomad Today 11/25/21

The political support of the nationalist parliamentary groups of Catalonia (ERC, PDeCAT) and the Basque Country (PNV and Bildu) has been crucial

22 November 2021, Spain, Madrid: A snowplow removes snow from the roads of Puerto de Navacerrada after a heavy snowfall. Photo: Rafael Bastante/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

REGIONS ON ALERT

Spain prepares to face a snowstorm

The Nomad Today 11/23/21

The government has activated alerts to face the expected snowfalls in Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, La Rioja and Madrid on Tuesday and Wednesday

The President of the right-wing opposition party PP, Pablo Casado. Photo: Partido Popular.

DICTATOR ANNIVERSARY

Controversy over attendance of PP boss to mass in memory of Franco

The Nomad Today 11/22/21

November 20 in Spain is usually a date on which Franco's followers and some nostalgic for his regime hold events to glorify the figure of the dictator

17 June 2021, Spain, Fuerteventura: Migrants arrive ashore after the Salvamar Mizar vessel rescued a boat of 56 sub-Saharan migrants, including two babies and possibly a pregnant woman. Photo: Europa Press/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

FRAUD

Man in Valencia charged €600 to immigrants for municipal registration

The Nomad Today 11/22/21

He kept them registered in his flats for three years, the time necessary to apply for a residence permit based on roots

19 November 2021, Spain, La Palma: Lava and smoke rise from the Cumbre Vieja volcano. Photo: Europa Press/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

CUMBRE VIEJA

Nine weeks of volcanic eruption on La Palma and no end in sight

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/22/21

The destruction has been enormous, with 7,000 of the 85,000 islanders having to leave their homes

19 November 2021, Spain, La Palma: Smoke and Lava flow from the volcano in Cumbre Vieja area, during its eruption in La Palma on the Canary Islands. Photo: Kike Rincón/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

CUMBRE VIEJA

La Palma counts cost of damage two months after volcanic eruption

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/19/21

More than 1,040 hectares of land have been covered by a metre-thick layer of lava

19 November 2021, Spain, A Coruna: A general view of a Spanish plane operated by Violeta originally coming from Bilbao that made an emergency landing after the airline received a bomb threat, that was later deemed as a 'false alarm'. Photo: M. Dylan/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

ALARM

Spanish flight evacuated due to bomb threat in La Coruña

The Nomad Today 11/19/21

The Civil Guard took over the investigation

18 November 2021, Spain, Madrid: Cuban government critic Yunior Garcia Aguilera holds a press conference at the Galileo Cultural Center. Aguilera, who left for Spain, wants to continue his fight against the leadership in Havana on the Caribbean island. Photo: A. Pérez Meca/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

CUBA

Cuban dissident to continue campaign, won't apply for Spanish asylum

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/19/21

The activist entered the country on a tourist visa with his wife, Dayana Prieto, the Spanish government announced on Thursday

A car overtaking a truck on a conventional road. Photo: Pixabay.

ROAD SAFETY

New traffic rule: Not allowed to exceed maximum speed when overtaking

The Nomad Today 11/18/21

The main right-wing opposition parties doubt that the mandatory slowdown will make overtaking maneuvers safer

15 November 2021, Spain, Malaga: A group of Cubans living in Malaga hold white flowers during a protest in support of the 15N (15 November) protests called by dissidents in Cuba to demand freedom on the island. Photo: Lorenzo Carnero/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

CUBA

Leading Cuban dissident arrives in Spain 'with ideas intact'

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/18/21

He expressed thanks to "the many people who have made this journey possible"

10/05/2021. The Minister of the Presidency, Relations with the Courts and Democratic Memory, Félix Bolaños, appeared in the Moncloa press room after the meeting of the Council of Ministers. Photo: La Moncloa.

DEMOCRATIC MEMORY

Government promotes reform to judge Franco's crimes against humanity

The Nomad Today 11/17/21

The agreement also stipulates that the Valley of the Fallen (Valle de los Caidos) will regain its old name of Valle de Cuelgamuros

Spanish police van. Photo: Twitter/@policia

CRIME

Police arrest 8 for blackmailing men who contacted prostitutes online

The Nomad Today 11/17/21

The person making the threats claimed to be from Albania or some other Eastern European country

FILED - A man with a mouth-and-nose guard walks in front of a mural of former Cuban President Fidel Castro. In Cuba, 5310 people have contracted Covid-19. Photo: Guillermo Nova/dpa

PRESS FREEDOM

Ahead of protests, Cuba revokes work permits for Spanish news agency

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/14/21

It's the first time that an entire news service's work has been shut down on the island nation

25 August 2021, Spain, Arguineguin: Employees of the sea rescue service help a migrant to disembark the vessel Guardamar Talia. The Coast Guard spotted 46 sub-Saharan migrants south of Arguineguin. Among the occupants of the boat were 30 men, 14 women and two minors. Photo: Europa Press/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

IMMIGRATION

Eight migrants die on sea journey from Africa to Spain's Canaries

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/14/21

The UN's Organization for Migration (IOM) has confirmed at least 785 dead or missing at sea from the beginning of the year until August

FILED - 09 November 2021, Spain, La Palma: A person stands on the Los Guirres beach and watches lava flowing out of Cumbre Vieja volcano, during its eruption in La Palma on the Canary Islands. Photo: Kike Rincón/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

VOLCANO ERUPTION

Body found as La Palma volcano claims first victim

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/13/21

The man found on Saturday is believed to have been trying to clean up the volcanic ash on his property

The Spanish police arrested 43 people in an operation against the introduction of counterfeit currency into the financial system. Photo: Policia Nacional.

CRIME

Spanish Police arrest 43 for trading fake banknotes online

The Nomad Today 11/12/21

Police officers learned of a profile on a social network where counterfeit 20 and 50 euro banknotes were sold

09 November 2021, Spain, La Palma: A worker carries on his shoulders banana trees, which are covered with ash due to the volcanic eruption. Photo: Kike Rincón/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

VOLCANO ERUPTION

New lava flow reaches sea on La Palma

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/11/21

The Navy warship Castilla began its mission to bring workers by sea to harvest banana plantations that have become inaccessible

Image captured by the security cameras of the civil guards practicing the Heimlich maneuver on the child. Image: Civil Guard.

SUFFOCATION

Civil Guard saves life of 6-year-old boy who choked on a candy

The Nomad Today 11/10/21

The boy's mother later stated that, while they were at her home, the boy ingested a candy that apparently caused the suffocation

Image: screenshot of video posted by police on Twitter.

CRIME

Police dismantle organization that sold fake asylum documents

The Nomad Today 11/9/21

In the last 4 years the group produced more than 700 forged asylum documents, for which it obtained a profit of more than 200,000 euros