The Spanish political debate is inflaming on issues of sovereignty. In the Canary Islands, the radical left-wing formation Podemos has issued an alarmist warning: by supporting the interventionist policies of Donald Trump, the Spanish right would weaken Madrid’s position in the face of Morocco’s territorial claims.
The mega-project of fixed link across the Strait of Gibraltar faces a new obstacle, this time judicial. Spanish private engineering companies have declared war on the government, contesting the "opaque" allocation of study contracts to the public company Ineco. An appeal has been filed to block the process.
Jurist and feminist activist Noor Ammar Lamarty delivers an uncompromising analysis of Spanish society. In an interview with La Vanguardia , the native of Tangier denounces a structural "Moroccophobia", criticizes the instrumentalization of the veil, and points to political hypocrisy towards migrant women.
The year begins in blood for the Moroccan community in Spain . A 38-year-old Moroccan national became, on Thursday evening, the first homicide victim recorded in Madrid in 2026. The man was fatally stabbed during a fight.
It is no longer just a rear base for money laundering in the sun. The formidable "Mocro Maffia" is mutating in Spain, transforming the Costa del Sol and the south of the country into a real logistics platform for drug trafficking and organized crime. Between judicial flaws and uncompromising violence, the authorities are sounding the alarm.
Moroccan citrus exports to Spain have exploded in 2025, multiplying volumes by four. This spectacular breakthrough, driven in particular by the mandarin, is fueling the anger of Iberian farmers who denounce unfair competition due to production costs deemed unbeatable.
A spectacular police operation in the Spanish capital. The police apprehended three individuals suspected of being contract killers working for the formidable "Mocro Maffia". Wanted for a bloody shooting that occurred in mid-December in Belgium, the fugitives were attempting to cross the Iberian peninsula to find refuge in Morocco via the port of Algeciras.
While the Spanish government continues to repeat that relations with Morocco are going through the "best moment in their history", the reality of this year 2025 is more nuanced. Behind the absence of friction, Rabat maintains the pressure: Spain must take the decisive step on the Sahara, like the United States and France.
Unease is growing in the Spanish countryside. Faced with a sharp drop in their production and declining profitability, Iberian farmers are pointing the finger at a clear culprit: the "fierce" competition from third countries, with Morocco at the forefront of the criticism.
Another blow to Moroccan agricultural exports to Europe. The Spanish health authorities have triggered an alert via the European RASFF system after detecting traces of cadmium, a heavy metal, in a shipment of tomatoes from the Kingdom .
The tragedy was narrowly averted thanks to the courage of a single man. Last Monday, in the La Plata neighborhood of Seville, a violent fire broke out in a family home , trapping two young girls inside. Without the intervention of Ibrahim, a young Moroccan present at the scene, the outcome would have been fatal.
The flight was short-lived. Three young men from Limburg, suspected of being the perpetrators of a violent shooting in Genk, were intercepted by the Spanish police . The trio, who were the subject of an international alert, were trying to reach Morocco to escape Belgian justice.