The economic development of Ceuta is a concern for the newspaper El Español-Invertia, which is organizing an Economic Forum from Tuesday, September 28 to Wednesday, September 29, to analyze the economic, tourist and social potential of the city and the opportunities available to it.
The far-right party Vox will present on Monday to the Defense Commission of Congress a bill requesting the government to include the cities of Ceuta and Melilla under the protection of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
The police elements of Fnideq managed to seize a drone that was transporting large quantities of "Rivotril" tablets to Ceuta . An individual with links to an international psychotropic trafficking network was also arrested.
The borders of Ceuta and Melilla with Morocco will remain closed until October 31 "subject to possible modification", according to an order from the Spanish Ministry of the Interior published on Saturday in the Official Journal of the State (BOE).
Spain and Morocco are willing to resume their diplomatic relations, after four months of crisis. In this sense, the Foreign Ministers of the two countries exchanged by telephone on Wednesday and agreed to meet very soon. But despite this resumption of contact, the opening of the Ceuta border with Morocco remains an equation to be solved.
The president of the far-right party Vox in Ceuta, Juan Sergio Redondo, disapproves of the introduction of Eid al-Fitr as a public holiday in the city’s work calendar and accuses the Popular Party (PP) of continuing to work for the "Moroccanization" of Ceuta.
The police and the Civil Guard have intercepted in the El Príncipe neighborhood in Ceuta narcodrones loaded with hashish from Morocco. These devices can carry up to 25 kilos of drugs per flight.
The Ceuta Assembly has approved the proposal of the PSOE and MDyC to consider May 2, 2022, the date on which Aid el Fitr (Ramadan) will be celebrated, as a public holiday in the city’s work calendar, in place of Monday, December 26, 2022, the day after Christmas. For the far-right party Vox, which voted against this text, it is a "historic shame".
Five months after the massive influx of Moroccan migrants to Ceuta, 1,200 of them have already left the autonomous city to join Spain or other European countries, after applying for and obtaining asylum.
European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas stated that the migration crisis in Ceuta is "an attack by Morocco against the external border of the European Union. An organized, premeditated and hybrid attack" whose consequences go beyond the bilateral framework of relations with Spain, which required a strong reaction from Europe.
The far-right party Vox is continuing its campaign against Muslims in Ceuta. After describing some Muslim deputies as pro-Moroccan in parliament, it is demanding the removal of the Feast of Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) from the work calendar of the autonomous city.
The Governing Council of the autonomous city of Ceuta announced on Friday that it will hire eight interpreters fluent in Darija for a period of four months in order to facilitate exchanges during individual interviews with minors with a view to their return to Morocco. A budget of around 100,000 euros will be devoted to this mission.