Spain could do without Algeria, which has gone from being the Iberian peninsula’s main gas supplier to its second supplier. It is now surpassed by the United States, after the closure of the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline crossing Morocco. Madrid is now reducing its dependence on Algerian gas.
The president of Vox Melilla, José Miguel Tasende, stated that the "increasingly massive and violent" migrant assaults are not reassuring for businessmen who would like to invest in the autonomous city.
General Fernando Alejandre Martínez, former Chief of the Defense Staff, believes that Morocco does not currently represent a direct threat to Spain and denounces the Spanish government’s policy of "turning its back on Morocco".
A ship from the Balearia company that operates the Malaga-Melilla route collided on Saturday with a container ship in the high seas of the Alboran Sea. No injuries were reported.
Abdessamad Ezzalzouli is reportedly suffering from a knee injury, according to the announcement made on Saturday by FC Barcelona B. Bad news that compromises Morocco’s chances of having the player for the playoff matches at the end of March.
National police and Mossos d’Esquadra agents dismantled a criminal group specialized in the manufacture of counterfeit 50 and 20 euro banknotes. Fourteen people, including Moroccans, were arrested in this operation coordinated by Europol.
A Moroccan, a security guard at a nightclub in Alcalá de Henares in the Community of Madrid, allegedly killed a customer last week while trying to defend a waitress. He was arrested on Friday and placed in pre-trial detention.
The president of the Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Melilla (CEME-CEOE), Enrique Alcoba, believes that the pandemic "has been the perfect excuse" for Morocco to achieve its goal of "economically suffocating Ceuta and Melilla".
The judge in charge of the Brahim Ghali case, Rafael Lasala, has just ordered the police to investigate the identity of the person responsible who coordinated the entry of the Polisario Front leader into the Zaragoza air base last April.
A Bonelli’s eagle, ringed in the Aude in 2019 and equipped with a beacon, was found dead near Perpignan after an incredible journey that took it to Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Mauritania.
The Vox party has denounced "the economic blackmail and demographic pressure" of Morocco which "prepares and organizes the assaults at its convenience". It also accuses the Spanish government of not properly fulfilling its mission of protecting the borders.
Spanish exports of automotive components to Morocco fell by -1.2% in 2021 compared to 2019, according to data from the Spanish Association of Automotive Component Producers (SERNAUTO).