The chief of staff of the Spanish Army visited Melilla to examine the situation of the garrison, its equipment and its facilities. The visit comes less than three weeks after Spain’s highest-ranking military official visited Melilla and Sebta.
Three separate complaints were filed after the only Moroccan television channel available at the Belgian prison of Merksplas disappeared. The competent commission rejected them all: the removal had been decided by the package provider, not by the prison authorities.
Spain is deploying six F-18 fighter jets, a missile frigate and an air-defense unit in the south of the peninsula and in the Alboran Sea. The aircraft must be able to take off within fifteen minutes of detecting an unidentified aircraft.
MoroccoA Moroccan team has qualified for the international final of a major cybersecurity competition. VoidSec, from the company IKLIGHT, is one of five winners of a tournament that brought together 1,657 teams from 98 countries.
SpainThe European Union will provide Spain with 114.7 million euros following the mass crossings from Morocco at the end of July. Part of this sum will directly fund new surveillance resources in Sebta: thermal cameras, buoys and underwater drones.
MoroccoA 55-year-old Briton found himself stranded in Marrakech after his flight to London was cancelled. He says he was only informed upon arriving at the airport and had to pay for two additional nights in Morocco.
SpainAlberto Núñez Feijóo directly challenged Pedro Sánchez’s relations with Morocco before the Spanish Parliament. “If Morocco speaks, you’re out,” the opposition leader told the prime minister, whom he accuses of no longer being a “free” president.
MoroccoMoroccan households could produce their own solar electricity and sell the surplus to the grid. The measure is included in the RNI’s electoral programme, which also promises the installation of photovoltaic panels without an initial financial contribution from families.
MoroccoThe Boumadine mining project in Morocco could generate nearly $11 billion in revenue over fourteen years. A new study by Aya Gold & Silver sharply increases the estimated economic value of this gold, silver, zinc and lead deposit.
SpainSome 70,000 Sahrawis could obtain Spanish nationality through a law that is due to be submitted to Congress on Thursday. The PSOE has decided to support it, but some Socialists acknowledge fearing the consequences for relations with Morocco.
SpainMembers of Ultras Sur burned a portrait of King Mohammed VI, as well as a Moroccan flag and a depiction of Pedro Sánchez, on Tuesday evening near the Santiago Bernabéu, before the Real Madrid–Inter Milan match.
MoroccoMorocco will benefit from a new US technical assistance program entrusted to Pratt & Whitney. The contract, worth a total of 19.3 million dollars, is intended to enable the personnel concerned to become more self-sufficient in operating and maintaining the manufacturer’s equipment.
FranceA Moroccan woman who has lived in France since 2016 was refused a ten-year resident card on the basis of the Franco-Tunisian agreement. The prefecture subsequently corrected its mistake and refused her a second time. The courts have just annulled both decisions.