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Always wanted to move to Spain? A new digital nomad visa is expected to launch this January

Travel

Spain is poised to introduce a digital nomad visa that would give non-EU nationals the chance to live and work there for up to five years.The scheme, recently approved by parliament, is expected to pass in January 2023. If it goes ahead as planned, the country will join a number of other European nations that have introduced some form of digital nomad scheme in the last few years including Italy, Greece, Croatia and Portugal.When plans were first announced back in January 2022, the country was hoping to “attract and retain international and national talents by helping remote workers and digital nomads set up…

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MEP corruption scandal: Parliament moves to lift two lawmaker’s immunity

Europe

The European Parliament moved to lift the immunity of two MEPs on Monday, amid a major corruption scandal that has sent shockwaves through Brussels. President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola launched an urgent procedure to waive the legal protections of two lawmakers, following a request from Belgian judicial authorities. The scandal began in December, with the arrest of Greek MEP Eva Kaili. She is accused of accepting large sums of money to peddle influence for Qatar and Morocco at the European Parliament. Other EU lawmakers are implicated in the alleged corruption and an investigation is ongoing in Brussels. “From the very first moment the European…

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