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• Barcelona Police Arrest Moroccan Man for Praising Samuel Paty Murder Online
  1 November 2020, by Bladi.net

  A Moroccan was arrested in Barcelona by the police. He would have greeted on social networks the assassination of Samuel Paty on October 16.
  The identity of the suspect has not yet been revealed, reports lindependant.fr. In addition to his support for the terrorist act, the Moroccan also encouraged other attacks against "those who do not respect the prophet".
  This Saturday, the suspect was presented to the Barcelona court. Pending his next appearance, he was released under judicial (…)

• Morocco Reopens Air and Sea Borders for Citizens and Residents Stranded Abroad
  15 July 2020, by Prince

  After extending the state of health emergency until August 10, the Moroccan government authorizes its nationals and foreign residents in Spain to return to the kingdom by plane, with departures from Madrid, Barcelona and Malaga.
  As announced last Wednesday in a joint press release from the Ministries of the Interior, Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad and Health, Moroccan citizens, Moroccan tourists stranded abroad, Moroccans residing abroad in Morocco and (…)

• Pregnant Moroccan Woman Airlifted from Mediterranean Ferry for Emergency Hospital Transfer
  16 July 2020, by Prince

  A 33-year-old pregnant Moroccan woman about to give birth on a ferry traveling from Tangier (Morocco) to Sète (France) was evacuated after the ship’s doctor recommended her transfer to the hospital in Almería.
  According to a Sasemar spokesperson, it was 2:46 pm when a UHF call was received from the Italian ferry "Excellent", requesting authorization to carry out a medical evacuation.
  The Helimer 220 helicopter was mobilized from the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center in Almería, which (…)

• Spanish Civil Guard Seizes 2,000 kg of Hashish in High-Speed Maritime Pursuit
  17 July 2020, by Prince

  The Civil Guards of Ceuta and Algeciras carried out a joint operation this week that resulted in the seizure of 2,000 kilograms of Moroccan hashish.
  Two boats of about 12 meters in length and each equipped with 3 engines of 300 horsepower, spotted several kilometers northwest of "Punta Almina", tried to escape the control of the maritime police and the command of the Civil Guard of Ceuta.
  The latter then requested the help of the maritime service of the Algeciras command to stop the two (…)

• Spain Leads Global Demand for Moroccan Peppers, Importing 45% of Exports
  18 July 2020, by Bladi.net

  131.29 million kilos of Moroccan peppers were exported in 2019 worldwide, an increase of 29.1% over 5 years. Spain is the leading exporting country with 45% of exports (59.06 million kilos) for a total value of 55.83 million euros.
  With these figures, Spain becomes the world’s largest customer for Moroccan peppers in 2019, reports le Matin. It is followed by France with 32.51 million kilos, or 24.76% of the total, for a total value of 29.18 million euros. In the hexagon, the Moroccan (…)

• Former TV Personality Sentenced to 8 Years for Child Abuse in Morocco
  18 July 2020, by Bladi.net

  Sentenced in the first instance to 8 years in prison, Félix Ramos saw this sentence confirmed on appeal, Thursday, by the criminal chamber near the court of appeal of Tangier. He would have sexually abused minor residents of a Moroccan-Spanish orphanage.
  His arrest dates back to June 2019, following a complaint from one of his victims, now 19 years old. Félix Ramos would have sexually abused the young Tangier resident when he was still 14 years old. The accused is also being prosecuted (…)

• Moroccan Driver Mehdi Bennani Clinches 2020 TCR Europe Championship
  10 November 2020, by Ginette

  The 2020 TCR final took place on the permanent Jarama circuit in Spain. It is the Moroccan Mehdi Bennani who comes out on top with a total of 285 points.
  This victory of the Moroccan driver is the result of hard work and intense preparation. Mehdi Bennani was at the wheel of an Audi RS 3 LMS TCR, and was able to overcome the obstacles up to the first place. Everything was played out in the second race where he took advantage of the retirement of the German Mike Halder to win.
  Mehdi (…)

• Spain Urges Morocco and Polisario to Resume Western Sahara Peace Talks
  15 November 2020, by Sylvanus

  The resurgence of tensions between Morocco and the Polisario is provoking reactions. Spain is calling on the two parties to resume the negotiation process.
  In a statement signed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spain, the former colonial power in the Sahara "urges the parties to resume the negotiation process and move towards a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution."
  "The Spanish government supports the efforts of the United Nations Secretary-General to ensure (…)

• Spain Tightens Border Controls for Moroccans Amid COVID-19 Concerns
  19 July 2020, by Prince

  In a decree published on Saturday in the Official Gazette, the Ministry of the Interior has defined new criteria for refusing entry into its territory to Moroccans and third-country nationals to the EU for public health reasons related to the COVID-19 health crisis.
  The decree refers to the new recommendation of the EU Council of July 16, which modifies the list of countries to which the restrictions do not apply, from which Serbia and Montenegro have been removed due to the worsening of (…)

• Diabetic Spanish Girl, 11, Pleads for Return to Melilla from Morocco Amid Border Closure
  20 July 2020, by Prince

  A 11-year-old Spanish diabetic girl, stuck with her family in Morocco, wrote a desperate letter to ask for a humanitarian corridor to return to Melilla to continue her treatment.
  The young girl, Malak B., does not understand that she is forced to go to a port in France when she is just a few minutes away from Melilla, after being blocked with her family in Nador due to the closure of the Moroccan borders because of the covid-19 crisis.
  "I am diabetic and I need insulin. In addition, I (…)