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HANDOUT - 26 January 2022, Belgium, Brussels: EU Commissioner for Internal Market and consumer protection, Industry, Research and Energy Thierry Breton speaks during a joint press conference with EU Commissioner of Competition Margrethe Vestager (not pictured), on the proposal for a European declaration on digital rights. Photo: Aurore Martignoni/European Commission/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

ECONOMY

Chips, please: EU plan to pump billions into semiconductors presented

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/8/22

The aim is to mobilize more than €40 billion, including €12 billion for research and development, and €30 billion to help establish huge manufacturing plants

FILED - 27 August 2020, Berlin: Jens Stoltenberg, Nato Secretary General, speaks at a press conference. NATO has to find a successor to Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who is set to leave his post to head Norway's central bank, the Norwegian Finance Ministry announced in Oslo on Friday. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa-pool/dpa.

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

NATO chief hits back after Beijing backs Russia in Ukraine stand-off

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/7/22

The world must "not return to an age of spheres of influence where the big powers can tell others what they can or cannot do so," Stoltenberg said

Waterfalls and lake in Iceland. Photo: Pixabay.

TOURIST ACCIDENT

Four bodies found after small plane crash east of Reykjavik

The Nomad Today 2/7/22

South Iceland Police Chief said it was not yet absolutely certain that the remains were the four men who had been on board the plane

INDIA

Lata Mangeshkar: Iconic singer and India's 'Nightingale' dies at 92

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/6/22

Her condition had deteriorated in recent days and she died of multiple organ failure

FILED - 19 October 2021, United Kingdom, London: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, attends the Oldie of the Year Awards at the Savoy Hotel. According to the Queen's will, the Duchess should one day become Queen alongside the heir to the throne, Prince Charles. Photo: Chris Jackson/PA Wire/dpa.

BRITAIN

Queen Elizabeth uses jubilee to set queen consort title for Camilla

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/6/22

As she reached her 70th year on the throne, Elizabeth II, in the twilight years of her reign, set out her hopes for her daughter-in-law, once a royal mistress and now certain to be called Queen…

HANDOUT - 20 July 2021, Russia, Zhukovsky: A general view of models of a new light tactical single-engine jet fighter at the Sukhoi pavilion of the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Russia moves fighter jets into Belarus ahead of military exercise

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/5/22

The alliance has accused Russia of amassing some 30,000 combat troops in Belarus, including aircraft, nuclear-tipped Iskander missiles, S-400 air defence systems, and special units of the…

HANDOUT - 04 February 2022, Austria, Soelden: Rescue workers are on duty at the scene where four people were killed in an avalanche at the Austrian province of Tyrol. Photo: -/Zoom.Tirol via APA/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

TRAGEDY

Austrian avalanches claim eight lives, including four from Sweden

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/5/22

According to the Austrian avalanche warning system, there is considerable danger in many areas of the mountains, rated third in a five-level risk scale

FILED - 29 November 2018, Argentina, Buenos Aires: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and his wife Emine Erdogan, arrive in Buenos Aires for the 2018 G20 summit. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he and his wife Emine have tested positive for the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, but they are doing well at home. Photo: Hernan Nersesian/G20/dpa.

PANDEMIC

Erdogan says he and wife contracted 'mild' cases of Omicron

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/5/22

The president will rest at his apartment in Istanbul for a week before he is administered a second test

Prime Minister Sanna Marin and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen meeting in Helsinki 3.2.2022
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NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Von der Leyen assures Finland of EU solidarity against Russia

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/4/22

Finland has a longer border with Russia than any other EU member state, and while it is not a member of NATO, it enjoys close ties with the military alliance

HANDOUT - 03 February 2022, Russia, Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez during their meeting. Photo: -/Kremlin /dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

AMERICA

Argentina in talks with Moscow to reduce dependency on US and IMF

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/3/22

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez offered Putin help in deepening Russia's entry into the Latin American market

FILED - 07 September 2016, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bonn: A general view of the offices of Deutsche Welle in Bonn. Russia is banning German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle, closing its Moscow bureau and revoking the accreditation of its journalists, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said, after Germany blocked Russian TV channel RT DE. Photo: picture alliance / dpa.

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

Russia and Germany engage in mutual bans of TV channels

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/3/22

Moscow's move is retaliation for a German regulator's ruling on Wednesday that blocked broadcasts of Russian TV channel RT DE

FILED - 16 June 2018, Lower Saxony, Hamburg: The container ship "Mumbai Maersk". A 400-metre-long container ship has run aground off the coast of Germany, the nation's Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said on Thursday.off the island of Wangerooge. Photo: Dietmar Hasenpusch/dpa.

DANISH-FLAGGED VESSEL

Container ship runs aground off German island of Wangerooge

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/3/22

A first attempt to bring the container ship back into deeper water failed, a spokesperson for the command said

01 February 2022, Russia, Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (not pictured). Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Putin says West has 'ignored' Russia's security demands

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/2/22

The Kremlin is insisting on a halt to NATO's eastward expansion and the rolling back of offensive weapons and troops on the eastern flank of the military alliance