At the request of the Committee of Ministers, the decision-making body of the Council of Europe, Ceuta and Melilla will have to rule on Arabic and darija, two languages widely spoken in the two enclaves. In this sense, a deadline has been granted to Spain.
Algeria, which has severed its relations with Morocco , has opted to end the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline. During a meeting with Spanish ambassador Fernando Moran at the headquarters of his ministerial department, Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines, Mohamed Arkab reiterated his country’s "total commitment" to "cover all of Spain’s natural gas supplies through Medgaz".
Civil Guard agents found the lifeless body of a man who may be of Moroccan origin on the beach of El Chorrillo, in Sebta, on Wednesday.
The families of Emin and Pisly plan to demonstrate this Friday, August 27 in Melilla to demand justice. Like every month since the death in 2013 of the two young men, their relatives will denounce the silence of the Moroccan and Spanish authorities. This time, the rally will take place in front of the Assembly.
Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares is said to have given up validating the proposal to appoint Camilo Villarino as Spain’s ambassador to Moscow. This, in order to avoid any new tension with Morocco.
Civil Guard agents arrested in Inca (Majorca Island) a Moroccan who had repeatedly violated the restraining order with his ex-wife. Before his arrest, he threatened to jump from the fifth floor.
Algeria’s decision to "break off diplomatic relations with Morocco" raises fears in Spain of a rethinking of the dialogue initiated with the kingdom with a view to resuming diplomatic relations.
The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchez, has committed to providing more resources to Ceuta in order to facilitate the return of minors to Morocco. In the meantime, the operation has been suspended by the Ceuta justice system, which ruled that it was carried out in violation of the current regulations.
The Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) is asking the Spanish Ministry of the Interior to exceptionally open the border to allow the repatriation of the body of Abdelfattah Charkaoui, who died by drowning on August 11 while trying to reach Melilla by swimming.
Moroccan workers who, for a year and a half that the borders have been closed, have not been able to go to Ceuta and Melilla to work, are calling on the Moroccan and Spanish authorities to consider reopening the borders as part of the ongoing negotiations aimed at restoring relations between the two countries.
The Popular Party (PP) does not approve of the "dialogue without taboos" on the Sahara and on Ceuta and Melilla, announced by the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs in the context of the resumption of relations with Morocco. According to the opposition party, "there is nothing to negotiate on Ceuta and Melilla".
A 19-year-old Moroccan woman was kidnapped, tortured and raped at the end of July by two young compatriots in Formentera (Balearic Islands). The news has caused outrage in Spain.