Aymane Esbai, a 19-year-old Moroccan, has realized his dream of joining Spain and pursuing his studies. Like him, many young North Africans flee their country in search of a better future in Europe.
The airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) offers travelers from List B countries, including France, Spain and Tunisia, the possibility to change their flight dates free of charge. A decision that follows the latest update of Lists A and B established by Morocco as part of the reopening of its airspace.
The Zaragoza investigating court has decided to prosecute the three members of the Pedrola gang who robbed and violently assaulted two people and murdered a third during the summer of 2019. They will be tried before an ordinary court for the assaults and before a popular jury for the homicide.
The Spanish National Police intercepted on the coast of Malaga a 4.35-meter drone equipped to transport drugs from Morocco to Spain.
The brand new Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, officially took office on Monday. In his speech, the new head of Spanish diplomacy indicated that one of his priorities is to "strengthen relations with Morocco, a great friend and neighbor to the South".
A group of 119 sub-Saharan migrants illegally entered Melilla on Monday, crossing the high metal fence that separates the autonomous city from Morocco.
Freshly appointed following the government reshuffle, José Manuel Albares , the new head of Spanish diplomacy, has made the restoration of dialogue between Madrid and Rabat one of his priorities.
José Luis Dominguez Iborra, an official of the Customs Security Service in Algeciras, died on Sunday after the helicopter he was in crashed into the sea during a chase.
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, indicated on Friday that it is not up to France to mediate between Spain and Morocco. He remains confident that the two countries will overcome this crisis through "dialogue" and in a "serene" manner.
Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya was ousted from the government on Saturday as part of the latest reshuffle carried out by Pedro Sanchez. The Spanish Executive found in her the ideal scapegoat to try to appease Morocco in the serious crisis that has been open since the reception in April of Brahim Ghali, leader of the Polisario Front, in a hospital in Logroño.
The Provincial Court of Cadiz has rejected in an order the request of the lawyer of Mohamed Amahda, known as Tony, who had requested his extradition to Morocco last April to serve the rest of his sentence. The accused had been sentenced in 2013 for the murder of Laura Gutierrez, a young nursing student, to a sentence of 18 years and 3 months in prison, reduced in 2014 by the Supreme Court to 14 and a half years.
The murder of Mohamed Taieb Ahmend, known as El Nene, a drug baron assassinated in 2014, has not yet been solved in Spain. His body had been found in the strait.