The Spanish government announced on Monday the continued closure of the Ceuta border with Morocco at least until the months of "May or June" due to the "current health conditions".
The Spanish government denies that subsidies to Morocco have been planned in the state budget and even approved since the beginning of last year as part of international police cooperation to combat migratory flows.
Spanish imports of Moroccan fruits and vegetables, particularly watermelon, tomato, citrus fruits and grapes, have increased by 30% over the past five years.
Mango is back in Morocco. After leaving the kingdom in 2017, the Spanish company is opening a new store in Casablanca this Tuesday, in partnership with the Maltese group, Hudson, a partner of Nike in several African countries.
King Felipe VI has publicly spoken, for the first time, about the serious diplomatic crisis that has been open with Morocco for nearly a year. He is calling for appeasement.
The Moroccan ambassador to Spain, Karima Benyaich, was absent from the traditional reception offered by King Felipe VI in honor of the diplomatic corps stationed in the country, once again leaving doubts about the quality of relations between the two countries.
José Manuel Villarejo, a former Spanish commissioner, made rather disturbing revelations about the attacks of August 17 and 18, 2017 in Catalonia, which had left 16 dead.
The trial of an international drug trafficking network between Morocco, Spain and Belgium originating from a fruit and vegetable company in Saint-Josse will resume on February 2. This is the decision taken by the Brussels criminal court.
Salvador Guerrero, a 50-year-old Spaniard, incarcerated in the Tetouan 2 prison in Morocco for 17 months, denounces the poor conditions of detention and the ill-treatment of which he says he is a victim.
After the closure at the end of October of the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline (GME) linking Algeria to Spain via Morocco, Medgaz has become Algeria’s only alternative to continue supplying gas to Spain. But with a smaller capacity than the GME, this gas pipeline was not fully meeting Spain’s needs. In a few weeks, the situation will change radically.
The Spanish athlete of Moroccan origin, Adel Mechaal, won this Sunday the second edition of the relay race organized in Platja d’en Bossa by the Ibiza athletics club, with a time of 27:50, narrowly missing the Spanish record in the 10,000 meters.
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, praised the good migration cooperation with Morocco, which has prevented the entry of more than 1,000 migrants into Ceuta and Melilla on Christmas Day. He also wishes for a rapid resumption of relations with the kingdom.