After several years of closed borders with Morocco, and given the uncertainty about the reopening of customs, the cities of Ceuta and Melilla want to boost their economies by creating the conditions to attract betting companies.
The President of the House of Advisors and member of the executive bureau of Istiqlal, Enaam Mayara, declared on Friday that Morocco will eventually "recover the two occupied cities of Ceuta and Melilla", calling on Moroccans residing in Spain to form a "lobby" to help defend the homeland.
The maritime companies linking the port of Algeciras to Ceuta and Tanger Med have resumed their departures this Thursday morning, after most of the links were suspended the day before due to a windstorm raging in the Strait region.
Due to unfavorable weather conditions (gusts of wind and storm), several shipping companies connecting Morocco from Algeciras and Tarifa had to cancel or suspend their routes.
Morocco will eventually recover Ceuta, Melilla, the Chafarinas Islands and the Canary Islands, said a Moroccan journalist, even going so far as to claim that the transfer of the two autonomous cities has already been agreed between the two countries.
Four French tourists from Charente-Maritime were arrested at the Moroccan customs for using two drones during their vacation in the Sahara, unaware that these devices are prohibited in Morocco.
The Civil Guard arrested on Monday in the port area of Ceuta a Moroccan transporting 79 kilos of hashish on board his French-registered vehicle, destined for Algeciras. He is accused of a presumed crime against public health.
The Association of Halal Consumers of Ceuta (Acohace) has sent a letter to the government delegate in Ceuta, Rafael García Rodríguez, to request the removal of restrictions and the destruction of food products from Morocco at the Tarajal border.
Vox Ceuta denounces the silence of the government of Pedro Sanchez after the statements of the analyst Fernando Cocho on a possible co-sovereignty of Ceuta and Melilla with Morocco.
The traffic jam continues at the Ceuta border with Morocco. On Wednesday, travelers spent more than two hours waiting to enter Morocco or the autonomous city.
Morocco has stopped stamping the passports of travelers from Melilla, holders of a Spanish or Moroccan passport, at the border.
The police arrested a minor in Ceuta for his involvement in the shooting in which a 17-year-old Moroccan minor was seriously injured on February 20. The victim is still hospitalized.