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Spanish Police Bust Major Moroccan Hashish Smuggling Ring, 32 Arrested
The Spanish Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal network specialized in the trafficking of Moroccan hashish. In total, 32 people were arrested.
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Moroccan Diaspora Summer Return: 3 Million Expected as 'Operation Marhaba' Resumes
The Marhaba Operation is resuming this Wednesday, after two years of cancellation. It will allow more than three million Moroccans residing in Europe to join the kingdom via the Spanish ports to spend their summer holidays there. Nearly 150,000 passengers are expected at the port of Motril (Granada).
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Massive Morocco-Europe Migration Operation Resumes After Two-Year Hiatus
The Marhaba Operation, the largest migratory movement between Europe and Morocco, starts this Wednesday, June 15, after two years of cancellation. More than 15,000 Spanish security forces personnel have been mobilized for the occasion.
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Renewable Energy Firm Grupotec Exits Morocco, Refocuses on European Projects
The engineering company Grupotec has decided to close its office in Morocco and strengthen its presence in Europe, particularly in Spain, where it has major projects under construction and in development in the renewable energy sector.
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Record-Breaking Heat Wave Grips Spain as Temperatures Soar to 46°C
Spain has been recording high temperatures close to 46°C in recent days, caused by heat waves coming from Morocco . The situation should continue according to experts.
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Spain Threatens to Reverse Sahara Stance Amid Morocco-Algeria Tensions
The Spanish government wants to demand that Morocco respect the agreement reached on April 7 in Rabat, at the end of the meeting between Pedro Sanchez and King Mohammed VI. It threatens to go back on its decision on the Sahara to end tensions with Algeria.
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Ryanair Faces Potential Flight Cancellations as Spanish Cabin Crew Plan 6-Day Strike
The airline Ryanair risks canceling flights operated to Morocco again. This is because the USO and SITCPLA unions, representing cabin crew in Spain, are planning a six-day strike.
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US Pressure Shapes Spain's Sahara Policy Shift, Impacting North African Relations
Spain’s foreign policy in North Africa is not conducted solely in Madrid. It is strongly influenced by the United States. This is evidenced by the role played by Washington in Spain’s change of position on the Sahara.
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Spanish Intelligence Warns of Potential Surge in Algerian Migration Amid Diplomatic Tensions
The National Intelligence Center (CNI) has alerted the Spanish government to the massive arrival, in the coming months, of migrants from Algeria. Can the country exert migratory pressure on Spain?
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Spain Admits Protocol Oversight: Upside-Down Flag at Moroccan Iftar Sparks Controversy
Spain admits that the protocol service did not carry out the usual checks of the room where the iftar organized in honor of Pedro Sanchez during his visit to Rabat in April was held, to find that the Spanish flag was upside down.
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Spanish Court Sentences Three Brothers for Recruiting Jihadist Killed in Syria
The Spanish justice system has sentenced three brothers, members of a terrorist organization based in Badalona (Barcelona), to eight years in prison for the death of a young Moroccan whom they indoctrinated and who died in a bombing in Syria while fighting alongside the Islamic State.
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Morocco Prepares for Smooth 'Marhaba 2022' Transit as Diaspora Returns Home
The Consul General of Morocco in Algeciras, Mohamed Rafaoui, reviewed the actions taken so far by the Moroccan and Spanish authorities to prepare the Marhaba Operation 2022, which promises to be exceptional.