The surprise landing of two flights destined for Germany from Morocco and Namibia at Palma de Mallorca airport (Spain) put the National Police and the Civil Guard on alert. They feared a repeat of what happened on November 5, 2021 at Palma Son Sant Joan airport, where Moroccan migrants fled after the emergency landing of an Air Arabia Morocco plane.
After the batches of Moroccan strawberries contaminated with hepatitis A, the Spanish authorities have just issued a new health alert concerning a batch of melons from Morocco containing a high level of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide banned in the EU since 2019.
In Catalonia, senior Moroccan officials were suspected of links with the separatist movement. As part of the investigation opened to confirm or refute these suspicions, the Moroccan consul in Barcelona, Ghoulam Maichane, had been spied on.
The Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal network specialized in the sale of vehicles imported from Morocco that it passes off as vehicles from European Union countries. In total, 17 people have been arrested.
In an interview, Moroccan international Sofyan Amrabat spoke about the co-organization of the 2030 World Cup in Morocco alongside Spain and Portugal. The Atlas Lion also revealed the name of the most difficult player he has faced in his career.
Spain has a more powerful naval fleet than Morocco, according to the latest ranking by Global Firepower.
The Mohammed V Casablanca airport is displaying its new ambitions: its transformation into a mega hub, like Hong Kong and Dubai (United Arab Emirates), by 2030, where Morocco will co-host the World Cup alongside Spain and Portugal.
The naval exercises conducted by Morocco off the Canary Islands are taking place in "well-defined and very remote areas from Spanish waters," assured the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, after the concerns expressed by the government of the archipelago.
The hashish trafficking networks from Morocco to Spain via the Strait of Gibraltar now transport drugs not only by sea, but also by air using light aircraft or helicopters.
Morocco and the United States are finalizing the preparations for the 2024 edition of African Lion, the military exercises they co-organize each year in the kingdom. As in the previous year, the Spanish army will not participate in this twentieth edition scheduled for late May.
The Spanish coach of Paris Saint-Germain, Luis Enrique, is willing to release the Atlas Lion Achraf Hakimi so that he can participate in the Olympics to be held in France from July 26 to August 11 with the Moroccan Olympic team.
The Spanish-Moroccan striker of Real Madrid Brahim Diaz made his long-awaited debut with the Moroccan national team against Angola (1-0) on March 22 and Mauritania, on March 26 (0-0) at the Grand Stadium in Agadir. Back in Spain, the new face of the Atlas Lions shared his feelings.