Due to Storm Herminia in the Campo de Gibraltar, almost all connections to Tangier from the port of Tarifa have been canceled this Monday. The ferry scheduled to reach the Moroccan port from Algeciras this morning has also been suspended.
Several shootings have been recorded in Marbella in recent months. Most of them are settling of scores between rival gangs active in drug trafficking, particularly of cocaine and hashish, some of which are of Moroccan origin.
A small scare at El Prat airport in Barcelona. On Friday, a bus transporting passengers from the terminal to the Ryanair plane that was to take off for Morocco had an accident, injuring about ten people, including the driver.
Spain has been conducting military exercises in Melilla for a few days in order to fend off any possible attack from Morocco, which maintains its claims on Ceuta and Melilla, as well as the Spanish islands and rocks.
Spanish public television TVE is at the center of a controversy. The channel broadcast a map of Morocco over the weekend that included the Sahara, prompting the Polisario Front to demand the correction of this "error".
The families of Mustafa Dris, 49, and Mohamed Abdeslam Ahmed, 40, two men from Sebta killed in Spanish waters by a Royal Gibraltar Police patrol boat in March 2020, continue to demand justice. A new hearing is scheduled for May 2025.
Trade relations between Morocco and Spain have exploded in 2024, said Friday Karima Benyaich, the Moroccan ambassador to Spain, stating that more than 260 weekly flights and 60 daily maritime links serve the two countries.
Members of the Spanish Congress accuse the National Intelligence Center (CNI) of having had links with the imam of Ripoll, Abdelbaki Es Satty , involved in the August 17, 2017 attacks in Catalonia.
The family of Mariam Fajouni, alias "Meri", a 38-year-old woman of Moroccan origin murdered on December 30 in Almeria, is demanding justice for the murder of their daughter who would have been three months pregnant.
The seven Andalusian ports (Algeciras, Motril, Malaga, Almería, Huelva, Tarifa, Seville) have decided to join forces to face the port of Tanger Med, a formidable competitor.
Spanish and French farmers denounce the "massive" imports of fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes, from Morocco, as well as the EU’s inaction to prevent the collapse of the prices of their products.
The Spanish authorities handed over on Wednesday to Germany the alleged Moroccan spy Youssef El Assrouti, suspected of investigating Rif exiles in Germany.