No goods destined for Morocco are allowed to cross the border posts of Beni Ensar in Melilla and Tarajal in Ceuta since the reopening of the borders on May 17. Businessmen in the two autonomous cities are calling for reciprocity in traffic.
The investment fund BlackRock no longer intends to finance the work to expand the Medgaz, the gas pipeline that connects Algeria to Spain, to 16 billion cubic meters per year. This is due to the tensions between the two countries that opened up after Spain’s change of position on the Sahara.
Travelers from Morocco have been authorized for a few days to cross the Ceuta border with certain food products such as vegetables, fruits, bread derivatives or spices, but in limited quantities and intended exclusively for personal use.
The National Intelligence Center (CNI - Spain) revealed in a report that a group of Moroccan hackers infected Spanish websites, just days after the Ghali affair broke out in April 2021.
The Spanish police have managed to dismantle an international drug trafficking network that was supplying the Moroccan market with pink cocaine, a new party drug stronger than regular cocaine. Several traffickers were arrested as part of this operation.
The shipping company Trasmediterránea is resuming this Saturday the passenger and vehicle traffic between Almeria and Nador, suspended for more than two years due to the closure of maritime borders by Morocco.
Bayern Munich is reportedly on the verge of signing the Moroccan-Spanish prodigy Adam Aznou Ben Cheikh , a young talent from La Masia.
Achraf Hakimi revealed that he was the first to be informed of his teammate and friend, Kylian Mbappé’s decision to stay at Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).
Since the resumption of relations with Spain, Morocco has reiterated its wish to resume negotiations on the delimitation of maritime borders with the Canary Islands.
Algeria has still not forgiven Spain for changing its position on the Sahara issue. It has taken a new punitive measure against the Iberian peninsula.
The Spanish justice system has "closed" the case Brahim Ghali , the head of the Polisario, who entered Spain on April 18, 2021, under a false identity bearing the name Mohamed Ben Battouche. A case that had strained diplomatic relations between Rabat and Madrid.
The Government Delegation in Ceuta recalled on Wednesday that all vehicles wishing to enter Morocco must go through the control area, access to which will be regulated, stressing that this area will be operational 24 hours a day from this Thursday.