Portal:Current events/2021 November 22

November 22, 2021 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Tigray War; Oromo conflict
- TDF–OLA joint offensive
  - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a former soldier, announces that he will lead his country's army from the battlefront beginning tomorrow. (The Washington Post)
Insurgency in the Maghreb
- Gunmen open fire at a security post in Sanmatenga, Burkina Faso, killing ten civilians and nine gendarmes. Another person is injured and a healthcare center is burned. (The Washington Post)

Business and economy

2021 United Kingdom natural gas supplier crisis
- Bulb Energy, which supplies 1.7 million customers in the United Kingdom, collapses into administration, becoming the largest energy supplier to have ever collapsed. The company will also be the first energy supplier to be placed under "special administration", which means that the company will be run by the government regulator Ofgem. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

Nine people die in a fire at a nursing home in the village of Royak, Dalgopol Municipality, Bulgaria. (Reuters)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Austria
    - Austria enters its fourth full nationwide lockdown that prohibits people from leaving their home except for specific reasons, while allowing schools to remain open, in order to reduce the number of new COVID-19 cases. (AP)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in France
    - Prime Minister Jean Castex tests positive for COVID-19. (Reuters)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
    - Greece begins to implement measures that ban people who are unvaccinated or who have not recovered from COVID-19 from entering indoor public places and also mandates the wearing of masks in all workplaces in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. (Ekathimerini)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia
    - Slovakia imposes a lockdown for those who are unvaccinated against COVID-19, which prevents them from entering non-essential shops. Slovakia is currently experiencing one of the world's highest infection rates. (Medical Xpress)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, COVID-19 vaccination in Israel
    - Israel begins administering the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. (The Times of Israel)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
    - Singapore partially eases its social gathering restrictions and will allow up to five vaccinated people to dine in at food and drink establishments, hawker centres, and coffee shops as the country moves to the endemic phase due to a decrease in the number of new COVID-19 cases. (Singapore Business Report)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
  - The Kenyan government approves a measure requiring people to present proof of vaccination in order to enter businesses, restaurants and government offices. This is also to encourage vaccination in a country where only 5% of the population is vaccinated. (The New York Times)

International relations

Bulgaria–United States relations, Bulgaria–Russia relations
- The United States expresses a "deep concern" over Bulgarian President Rumen Radev's remarks, where he referred to Crimea as "Russian". Radev has expressed his views of maintaining "pragmatic ties" with Russia. The statement by the United States comes after Ukraine summoned the Bulgarian ambassador to Kyiv three days ago. (RFE/RL)

Politics and elections

Aftermath of the 2021 Venezuelan regional elections
- Opposition leader Juan Guaidó calls for unity and to rebuild the opposition's fragmented strategy, after suffering a heavy loss at the regional elections and losing 20 gubernatorial races to the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela. (Reuters)