In view of hosting the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2025) and co-organizing the 2030 World Cup with Spain and Portugal, several construction sites will be opened in Rabat in accordance with a letter dated January 20, 2025 from the Wali of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region, Mohamed Yacoubi.
Several shootings have been recorded in Marbella in recent months. Most of them are settling of scores between rival gangs active in drug trafficking, particularly of cocaine and hashish, some of which are of Moroccan origin.
The National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) plans to build a 990 megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in northern Morocco at the Alwahda site near a pipeline that the kingdom has been using since 2023 to import natural gas from Spanish terminals.
The information that FIFA is considering reducing the number of stadiums selected to host the 2030 World Cup that Morocco will co-organize with Spain and Portugal by excluding the Fez stadium is false. Fouzi Lekjaa, president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), responds to the Spanish rumors.
Things are accelerating for the project to build a tunnel connecting Punta Paloma in Spain to Punta Malabata in Morocco. The Spanish public company for studies on fixed communication through the Strait of Gibraltar (SECEGSA) has entrusted a German company with carrying out the feasibility study for this underwater rail infrastructure.
In just a few years, Morocco has developed its automotive industry, becoming one of the largest exporters of cars to Europe. A rise that is making Spain tremble.
Spain has been conducting military exercises in Melilla for a few days in order to fend off any possible attack from Morocco, which maintains its claims on Ceuta and Melilla, as well as the Spanish islands and rocks.
Spanish public television TVE is at the center of a controversy. The channel broadcast a map of Morocco over the weekend that included the Sahara, prompting the Polisario Front to demand the correction of this "error".
FIFA is considering reducing the number of stadiums selected to host the 2030 World Cup that Morocco will co-host with Spain and Portugal. A Moroccan stadium could be excluded from the tournament’s plans.
The families of Mustafa Dris, 49, and Mohamed Abdeslam Ahmed, 40, two men from Sebta killed in Spanish waters by a Royal Gibraltar Police patrol boat in March 2020, continue to demand justice. A new hearing is scheduled for May 2025.
Spanish companies are rushing more towards Morocco where environmental and tax regulations seem more flexible than those of the European Union.
Faced with the lack of incentive measures to promote investments in airports, Ryanair has decided to close some bases in Spain and turn to competitive markets like Morocco.