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Doubts remain about the viability of the project for a tunnel between Spain and Morocco. In order to have all possible data on the feasibility of this mega-project as well as its cost, new studies have just been entrusted to a German company.
The Spanish public company Ineco has recently launched a call for tenders for "the feasibility study of the excavation for the fixed communication project across the Strait of Gibraltar". The work consists of "verifying the feasibility of excavating (…)

Soufiane Dahou Touil, then a young migrant under guardianship, was welcomed by Pilar Ferriz and Joan Oñate, a Catalan couple living in Sant Fellu de Llobregat. Twelve years later, the Moroccan, supported by this adoptive family, has obtained Spanish nationality and has become a fulfilled man.
Originally from Tangier in Morocco, Soufiane arrived in Spain at the age of 17, after a long journey under the chassis of a truck. The young man, who had dropped out of school in Morocco and spent (…)

The cancellation of the Feast of Sacrifice in Morocco is a blow to the Spanish livestock sector, which has been hit hard by a severe crisis in recent years, forcing many producers to abandon their activities due to a lack of profitability.
Spanish sheep farmers were counting on the celebration of Eid al Adha in Morocco to recover from the crisis. But alas! In a public message on February 26, King Mohammed VI invited Moroccans to refrain from celebrating Eid al-adha this year due to the (…)

Moroccans constitute the main foreign workforce in Spain with more than 340,000 people of working age, surpassing Romanians who had been at the top of the ranking in recent years.
Fatima Kahoul Elhais joined Spain with her mother and siblings in 2003. "My father settled here earlier, in the 1990s," the 31-year-old woman residing in Palencia tells El Pais. Like her, many Moroccans have chosen to emigrate to Spain to build a better future. Over the years, their number has grown (…)

In the Canary Islands, protesters have set fire to and vandalized about twenty rental cars, in reaction to mass tourism in the archipelago. Incidents that could encourage tourists to turn to other countries like Morocco.
In a video, we see a group of protesters roaming around several rental cars, parked in a parking lot in the seaside resort of Costa Adeje, in the south of the island of Tenerife. To the rhythm of Edith Piaf’s song "Non, je ne regrette rien", the group began to break the (…)

The Spanish Air Force carried out the largest military exercise called "Exercise Sirius" in the Canary Islands in 2024. The objective is to prepare to react to any possible attempt to control the resources of the Tropic mountain, claimed by Morocco.
Spain is determined to defend its strategic spaces, including the Tropic submarine, a mountain located 500 kilometers south of El Hierro, and which constitutes one of the largest rare earth reserves in the world. Exercise Sirius consisted of (…)

The Catalan authorities arrested in early March at the Barcelona airport a 44-year-old woman from Morocco carrying two kilos of hashish in her stomach, as she was trying to pass customs.
The suspect from Fez, Morocco, was hiding 187 balls of hashish weighing two kilos in her stomach. She was arrested on March 4 by Guardia Civil agents at the customs control post of Barcelona airport, reports El Caso.
Placed in custody, the woman showed signs of nervousness and gave incoherent answers to (…)

Spain fears that US President Donald Trump may transfer the US military bases in Rota (Cadiz) and Moron de la Frontera (Seville) to Morocco, a privileged ally of Washington.
Donald Trump has warned NATO countries that do not allocate at least 2% of their GDP to defense that they will not have the support of the United States in the event of armed conflict. Spain, concerned in more than one way, fears a withdrawal of US air bases from its territory and their transfer to Morocco, reports La (…)

Udyco (Drug and Organized Crime Unit) agents arrested six members of a Moroccan hashish trafficking network, known as the "French clan", in Ceuta. They face heavy prison sentences.
These drug traffickers, arrested as part of the Doha operation, were transporting large quantities of hashish from Ceuta to the peninsula, mainly to the Costa del Sol, in vehicles with hidden compartments, reports El Faro de Ceuta. A Civil Guard agent involved in this drug trafficking was arrested and remanded (…)

Spain has multiplied its arms sales to Morocco by 13 in 2024, representing an increase of 1,264.77% compared to 2023, according to data from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Commerce. Meanwhile, the Iberian peninsula refuses to increase its military budget, as recommended by NATO.
In 2024, Spain sold 21 million euros worth of weapons to Morocco, compared to only 1.5 million in 2023. The country notably sold 12.8 million euros worth of bombs, grenades and torpedoes to the kingdom, (…)