A helicopter in Moroccan colors, coming from Girona and heading to Murcia, made a stopover at the Castellón aeroclub. An unusual fact that aroused the curiosity of the city’s inhabitants.
The Spanish government has confirmed that it has been engaged for two years in discussions with Morocco regarding the management of the airspace of the Sahara, assuring that these exchanges do not aim at a transfer of control of this airspace to Morocco.
After the episode of Moroccan strawberries contaminated with hepatitis A, several supermarkets in Spain have replaced this Moroccan product in their shelves with locally produced red fruits.
Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente, during a visit to Morocco in March, renewed Spain’s interest in the Gibraltar Strait tunnel , a "strategic" project that will be on the agenda of the next High-Level Meeting between Morocco and Spain.
The Spanish Constitutional Court has granted protection to Ali Aarrass, a Belgian-Moroccan who claims to have suffered torture and inhuman and degrading treatment in Morocco after being extradited by Spain.
The director of the presidency’s cabinet, Óscar López, described as "hoax, slander and conspiracy theory" the information that Morocco would be behind the espionage of Pedro Sánchez’s mobile phone using the Israeli software Pegasus.
The Spanish government announced on Monday the abolition of the "golden visa" program that granted residence to foreigners, including Moroccans , investing in real estate. This decision aims to fight against the surge in housing prices and to promote access to affordable housing for Spanish citizens.
Moroccans are among the top foreign buyers of homes in Castellón, in eastern Spain.
Spain has just offered the Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie 200 night vision goggles to strengthen the fight against illegal immigration and drug trafficking in the Strait of Gibraltar.
The surprise landing of two flights destined for Germany from Morocco and Namibia at Palma de Mallorca airport (Spain) put the National Police and the Civil Guard on alert. They feared a repeat of what happened on November 5, 2021 at Palma Son Sant Joan airport, where Moroccan migrants fled after the emergency landing of an Air Arabia Morocco plane.
After the batches of Moroccan strawberries contaminated with hepatitis A, the Spanish authorities have just issued a new health alert concerning a batch of melons from Morocco containing a high level of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide banned in the EU since 2019.
In Catalonia, senior Moroccan officials were suspected of links with the separatist movement. As part of the investigation opened to confirm or refute these suspicions, the Moroccan consul in Barcelona, Ghoulam Maichane, had been spied on.