The far-right party Vox will present on Monday to the Defense Commission of Congress a bill requesting the government to include the cities of Ceuta and Melilla under the protection of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
The Civil Guard has carried out an operation to dismantle a major criminal organization specialized in drug trafficking from Morocco to the Spanish coasts of Cadiz and Huelva. In total, 42 people were arrested and six tons of Moroccan hashish seized.
The police elements of Fnideq managed to seize a drone that was transporting large quantities of "Rivotril" tablets to Ceuta . An individual with links to an international psychotropic trafficking network was also arrested.
The far-right Vox party of Ceuta proposes the installation of a permanent post of the Civil Guard on the Persil (Leila) islet in order to strengthen "control and surveillance" in the Strait of Gibraltar, which has become a hub for drug and human trafficking.
The Civil Guard’s Counter-Terrorism Unit (UCE-2) will present its conclusions on Monday to the National Court at the end of the investigation into the Moroccan who died on Friday, September 17 in Roldán (Murcia) , after causing the death of one person and injuring several others. He would be the author of a terrorist act.
The Spanish actress of Moroccan origin, Mina El Hammani, said she had to resort to a specialist to keep her head on her shoulders after playing in the famous Netflix series "Elite".
Algeria remains Spain’s main supplier of natural gas, with 50% of imports as of the end of July 2021. But this Algerian hegemony would be threatened by the political tensions between Algiers and Rabat, and especially by the non-renewal of the concession contract for the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline (GME) which expires at the end of October.
The borders of Ceuta and Melilla with Morocco will remain closed until October 31 "subject to possible modification", according to an order from the Spanish Ministry of the Interior published on Saturday in the Official Journal of the State (BOE).
The case of Brahim Ghali , the Polisario leader, admitted to the San Pedro de Logroño hospital under a false identity on April 18 after contracting Covid-19, has landed at the UN. Pedro Sánchez, President of the Spanish government, defended the Spanish administration during his speech on Thursday at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
The Algerian decision not to renew the contract on the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline crossing Morocco and connecting Algeria to Spain will not have a significant impact on Rabat. This is at least what a diplomatic source claims, assuring that the kingdom had prepared for all eventualities concerning the future of the GME.
Spain and Morocco are willing to resume their diplomatic relations, after four months of crisis. In this sense, the Foreign Ministers of the two countries exchanged by telephone on Wednesday and agreed to meet very soon. But despite this resumption of contact, the opening of the Ceuta border with Morocco remains an equation to be solved.
The lifeless body of a Moroccan was found on Tuesday on the coast of Melilla. He died after trying to reach the autonomous city by swimming.