In just one decade, Morocco has doubled its vehicle production capacity, reaching one million units per year by 2025. Through this performance, the kingdom is establishing itself as a key player in the global automotive industry and is proving to be a serious competitor for Spain and Europe.
Convictions were handed down in the correctional court against two Moroccans for importing cannabis pollen (a more expensive variant) from resin between Spain and the Nîmes region.
According to a study carried out by the commander of the Spanish army, Emilio José Arias Otero, and published by the Higher Center for National Defense Studies (Ceseden), Spain is not ready to effectively respond to the growing pressure exerted by Morocco to recover the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.
Sami Bekal Bounouare, the 27-year-old Spanish national of Moroccan origin, considered the mastermind of the criminal network that attempted to assassinate the Spanish politician Alejo Vidal-Quadras on November 9, 2023 in Madrid, is still on the run. He is believed to be currently in Iran.
Implicated in corruption and financial misconduct cases, several Moroccan mayors and local officials who have been dismissed or are facing dismissal have fled abroad, notably to Spain and the United States, in order to avoid legal proceedings.
Present in Casablanca since 2014, a Spanish group providing R&D and industrial engineering services has just ended its activities.
With just a few days left before the end of the summer transfer window, some Atlas Lions have not yet found a club. Others, on the other hand, have had the chance to join clubs in Spain, Italy, France and Saudi Arabia.
Customs officers discovered 253 kilos of Moroccan cannabis resin on board a utility truck registered in Spain traveling on the A31 motorway in Lorraine. The driver - a 43-year-old Moroccan - was arrested, taken into custody and then placed in pre-trial detention. This is one of the largest seizures of the year in France.
The decision of the Spanish government to ban access to two ships of the American company Maersk suspected of transporting weapons to Israel has consequences for the port of Algeciras, which is losing competitiveness in favor of its Moroccan competitor, Tanger Med.
The project to build a tunnel connecting Morocco and Spain under the Strait of Gibraltar is progressing. Ultimately, it should help strengthen the movement of people and goods between Europe and Africa.
In search of a better life in Spain, a Moroccan footballer who played as a defender for Moghreb de Tétouan has left his club, then Morocco, before swimming to Ceuta.
If there is a real challenge that Morocco must meet before hosting the 2030 World Cup together with Spain and Portugal, it is the incivility observed in public spaces.