Like his counterpart in Ceuta, the President of Melilla, Eduardo de Castro, has condemned the remarks of former Housing Minister María Antonia Trujillo concerning the Spanish identity of the two autonomous cities, describing them as "despicable" and "disloyal".
Algeria has asked Staffan de Mistura, the UN special envoy for the Sahara, on a mission in the region, not to land on its territory with the military aircraft provided by Spain, which has already recognized the Moroccanness of the Sahara.
The Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) of Melilla considers the statements of the former Socialist Minister of Housing, María Antonia Trujillo, on the integration of Ceuta and Melilla into Morocco as "false and unacceptable". The party maintains that the Spanishness of the two autonomous cities is "unquestionable".
The Ceuta rescue service (Marsave) managed to rescue on Saturday an exhausted young Moroccan, after he had tried to reach the autonomous city by swimming from Morocco.
The president of Ceuta, Juan Vivas, described as "unacceptable" and "disloyal" the remarks of the former Spanish Minister of Housing, Maria Antonia Trujillo, who defended during the international congress in Tetouan that Ceuta and Melilla are "vestiges of the past that hinder the economic and political independence of Morocco and the good relations between the two countries".
During two separate operations, customs elements in coordination with the police at the Bab Sebta crossing point foiled attempts to traffic a significant quantity of drugs and arrested two German women and a Moroccan residing in Spain.
The national police of Elda-Petrer (Alicante) arrested after a long car chase, two men of British and Moroccan origin transporting 13.5 kilos of marijuana as well as 2,803 euros in cash, hidden in a vehicle.
Moustapha, a young Moroccan with mental disabilities, has been stuck in Ceuta for several weeks. Without papers, he has already been expelled three times by Moroccan agents at the Tarajal border. His only wish is to find his family in Kenitra.
A 30-year-old man of Moroccan origin died on Saturday from injuries sustained in a traffic accident that occurred in the municipality of Berceo (La Rioja), in northern Spain.
After several months of uncertainty, Moroccan international Abdessamad Ezzalzouli has renewed his contract with FC Barcelona. But he will spend the season on loan at Osasuna .
After announcing his candidacy for the presidency of the Rassemblement national (RN), Jordan Bardella intends to start his campaign in Spain through a meeting with the president of the Spanish nationalist party Vox, before heading to Ceuta, one of the gates that allow migrants to enter Europe illegally.
The growth of Moroccan tomato exports to the EU is worrying Spanish producers, who are calling for a "policy to improve competitiveness".