Spain-Morocco: Spanish media hails Madrid’s support for Autonomy Initiative as a strategic decision for solid relationship

Spanish media have largely commented on Madrid’s shift in its position on the Sahara issue, pointing out that by expressing clear-cut support to the Morocco-proposed autonomy initiative for the Sahara, as “the most serious, realistic and credible basis” to settle the issue, Spain has adopted a “strategic and courageous” decision to build a “stable, solid, […]

Marsa Maroc Acquires 45 Percent Stake in Spanish Port Operator Boluda

Morocco’s leading port operator Marsa Maroc has acquired 45 percent capital and voting rights in Spain’s Boluda Corporacion Maritima (BMT) for €80 million, establishing strategic presence across the Strait of Gibraltar. BMT operates nine ports spanning the Iberian Peninsula and Canary Islands. This strategic partnership “opens pathways to synergies” between both groups, “pooling complementary expertise […]

Eid Al Adha: King Mohammed VI pardons 1,526 inmates, including convicts in extremism, terrorism cases

On the occasion of Eid Al Adha, celebrated Saturday June 7 in Morocco, King Mohammed VI granted pardon to 1526 people, sentenced by the different Moroccan courts, the Justice Ministry said in a statement. The Ministry of Justice unveiled the list of the beneficiaries of the royal pardon, who are either detained or serving a […]