The participation of Podemos leaders in the "March for Freedom" in support of the Sahrawi people, which took place on Saturday in Madrid, has revived tensions between Spain and Morocco. For the Moroccans, it is a "provocation".
Spain sold defense equipment (grenades, explosives, detonators, etc.) to Morocco for a total value of 12.5 million euros in 2020, according to a report by the Secretary of State for Trade.
The Spanish government has remained laconic in its written response to the opposition’s questions seeking clarification on the humanitarian reception in Spain of Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front, and on the diplomatic crisis with Morocco.
The final scenes of the famous Spanish series "La casa de Papel" will be shot in Ouarzazate and Casablanca . It will feature the participation of Moroccan footballer Mohcine Nachit.
Spain’s new position, which is now ready to "consider any solution" proposed by Morocco on the Sahara , can be considered a victory for Moroccan diplomacy, according to an expert in international relations who stresses that this could be the beginning of a easing of tensions between Rabat and Madrid.
The future of the operating contract for the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline that connects Algeria and Spain by crossing Moroccan territory is far from being mortgaged. Negotiations for its renewal will resume next July.
Younes Bilal, the young Moroccan victim of a racist crime in Mazarrón (Murcia), was buried on Sunday in Morocco.
A month after the massive arrival of Moroccan migrants in Ceuta, the juvenile judge, José Luis Puerta, notes that the situation is unsustainable for the autonomous city. For him, the enclave was not prepared to receive and manage so many people, especially minors.
The Moroccan Association of Immigrant Workers expresses its gratitude, as well as that of Younes’ widow, to the people who have shown their support.
After the massive influx of Moroccan migrants into the city of Ceuta in May, the Port Authority is calling on the State to take urgent and immediate action to protect the security infrastructure set up in the port.
Ryan (pseudonym) has hidden his homosexuality in Morocco for years, for fear of facing discrimination or threats. He is one of the around 1,000 migrants who massively entered Ceuta on May 17 and 18. Last week, he went to the asylum office in the autonomous city to apply for international protection.
The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that it "does not have a file on the entry of Brahim Ghali into Spain". This, despite the many public interventions of Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya on the subject, since the opening of the diplomatic crisis with Morocco, provoked by the reception of the leader of the Polisario Front.