Spain is adapting its military system. The rapid modernization of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), now equipped with cutting-edge technologies, is pushing Madrid to rethink its static defense strategy on its southern flank to face a new security environment.
Faced with a chronic shortage of 30,000 truck drivers, Spain is facilitating the arrival of Moroccan drivers to save its logistics. A pragmatic measure by the Sánchez government that is facing the hostility of local unions.
The Catalan police have prevented 47 forced marriages over the past five years. Among the cases handled, seven involve Moroccan families. In total, 28 minors have been protected, including a 9-year-old girl.
The Spanish Civil Guard has dealt a fatal blow to a particularly ingenious criminal network based in Almería. Under the cover of a passenger transport company, the organization was transporting hashish from Morocco to Belgium, hidden at the very heart of the air conditioning systems of the buses.
The flight of a Moroccan mother has come to an end at the gates of the Kingdom. The Spanish police intercepted, at the port of Tarifa, a woman attempting to board a ferry to Tangier with her three children, who had been taken away from her by the French justice system.
Spain remains a major host country despite a housing crisis that is suffocating its metropolises. While Madrid and Barcelona see their residents flee the high cost of living, foreign immigration is exploding, driven in particular by a large Moroccan community . But behind these record figures, the latest INE report raises a scathing finding on the qualification level of the new arrivals.
The Strait of Gibraltar is once again being battered by violent winds . After a brief lull on Monday, maritime traffic between Spain and Morocco is experiencing new disruptions this Tuesday, December 16, completely paralyzing connections departing from Tarifa.
She’s back and she doesn’t intend to be a mere extra. Nissy Lahr, the Moroccan-German contestant who had made an impression in Secret Story in 2022 , joins the explosive cast of La casa de los gemelos 2. A comeback demanded by internet users that already promises its share of clashes and controversies.
The promise of a modern border has turned into a nightmare. Instead of facilitating the passage, the new "smart border" system implemented by Spain has transformed the crossing to Nador into a real hell. The Moroccans of the enclave or the Moroccans living abroad (MRE) find themselves trapped in a failing system, enduring endless waiting times.
After the altercation that occurred on board an Air Arabia flight diverted to Palma de Mallorca, the Spanish authorities have applied an accelerated procedure. Barely released by the courts this Sunday, the nine Moroccan passengers were confronted with a strict administrative measure: immediate return to the country or placement in a detention center.
The latest high-level meeting between Madrid and Rabat has left an unfinished taste. While fourteen agreements were signed, the core burning issues - sovereignty, territorial waters, customs - were carefully avoided, illustrating a geopolitical shift where Spain now seems to be subject to the law of a Moroccan neighbor in full strategic ascent.
The warning from the Polisario Front to Spain awakens old geopolitical demons. By evoking a possible threat to the Canary Islands , the Sahrawi separatists are highlighting the expansionist doctrine of the "Great Morocco", born in the 1920s and which continues to shape, in the background, the relations between Rabat and Madrid.