For several weeks, wild rumors have been circulating about a possible interest of the Moroccan Abu Azaitar, reputed to be close to King Mohammed VI, in the acquisition of Club Deportivo Tenerife, the football club of the Canary Islands.
Despite the failures of previous initiatives, largely due to the complexity of the geology, Morocco has not abandoned its dream of finding crude oil in its offshore areas. Explorations are underway in the waters off the coast of the kingdom and the Canary Islands.
Discussions between Spain and Morocco regarding the management of the airspace of the Sahara raise questions. Morocco is expanding its influence over this territory, gradually modifying the area under Spanish responsibility.
More than 1,500 Spanish Air Force pilots have been deployed in the airspace of the Canary Islands where they are participating in Exercise Sirio 24. A message sent to Morocco, which is seeking to control this airspace.
The President of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, was in Rabat on Tuesday where he exchanged with the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita on a matter of common interest: illegal immigration. An opportunity for the Canarian official to welcome the good cooperation between the two countries on migration issues.
More than two years after the normalization of relations between Morocco and Spain and the adoption of a new roadmap defining common objectives including the delimitation of territorial waters, the two countries are preparing to conclude an agreement.
For a few weeks now, Morocco has been avoiding collaborating with Spain in the context of rescue missions off the Canary Islands and near the waters of the Sahara.
Intelligence expert Fernando Cocho has warned of a co-sovereignty agreement between Morocco and Spain on Ceuta and Melilla by 2030, with the support of the European Union and France.
Spanish air traffic controllers have detected the presence of supposed Moroccan "spy balloons" in the airspace of the Canary Islands.
Under the impetus of the dictator Francisco Franco, Spain had embarked on an ambitious but secret quest: the Islero Project. Born in the wake of Morocco’s independence in 1956, this project aimed to equip Spain with a nuclear arsenal, thus allowing it to counter Moroccan ambitions.
The shipping company Trasmediterránea has decided to change the name of the ship "Ciudad de Melilla" and restore its original name, Fortuny, after the ship, which served the Malaga-Melilla route, was selected to serve the Nador-Almeria line as part of Operation Marhaba 2024.
Juan Antonio Ballesta Miñarro, second in command of the Canary Islands air force, stated that the archipelago is prepared to "respond to any potential threat from Morocco".