Portugal and Switzerland have reaffirmed in separate statements support for a political solution to the regional conflict over the Sahara under the aegis of the United Nations. The head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Ignazio Cassis reiterated on Wednesday the Swiss government’s support for a political, just, lasting and mutually […]
The judiciary has started examining the cases of 152 people accused of inciting to illegal migration, with 53 already receiving jail sentences varying from 3 months to 10 months. On September 15, some 3000 would-be migrants attempted to cross into the Spanish-occupied enclave of Ceuta in response to calls for mass crossings on social media. […]
In a move that shows that hostility to Morocco remains a guiding line in Algeria’s foreign policy, Algerian authorities have refused to accept the nomination of the new Spanish Ambassador in Algiers José Maria Ridao because he is deemed “too close to Morocco.” Ridao, Spain’s former ambassador to the Unesco, is an intellectual close to […]
