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The low-cost airline Ryanair launched its new air route between Madrid and Dakhla on Wednesday, enhancing thus air connectivity between Morocco and Spain. Ryanair will service two weekly flights, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, under a memorandum of understanding signed with the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT). With this launch, Ryanair becomes the fourth partner of […]
Morocco’s support for Spain following the floods that impacted the neighboring Iberian nation illustrates the “depth of the relations between the two friendly and brotherly countries,” emphasized Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska on Wednesday. In a video broadcast during a ceremony held in Valencia by Spanish authorities to mark the end of the Moroccan contingent’s […]
Ways and means of strengthening judicial cooperation between Morocco and Denmark were discussed at a meeting Wednesday in Rabat between Minister of Justice Abdellatif Ouahbi and Denmark’s Ambassador Berit Basse. During the talks, Berit Basse welcomed the “outstanding quality” of judicial cooperation between the two countries, voicing her deep gratitude to Moroccan authorities for their […]
The UK has warned against all travel to all Algeria’s borders except with Morocco, in a travel advice that exposes the fragile security conditions in the country and debunks the military regime’s propaganda which has often taken aim to describe Morocco as the source of all threats. On its travel advice official website, the UK […]
Head of Cadiz port authority, Teófila Martínez, said talks are ongoing with Agadir port officials to launch a direct maritime route. The link will also be dedicated to roll-on/roll-off or trucks, Martinez told Radio Cádiz. The new route will be conducive to the region of Agadir’s agri-food exports to the European market via Cadiz, he […]
A legal action has been launched in Paris against Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune for “enforced disappearance” of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal. The legal proceeding was initiated by a local French association which holds the Algerian presidency accountable for the enforced disappearance, deprivation of liberty, and arbitrary detention of the 75-year-old novelist. Sansal was arrested at […]
Since the ousting of Syrian president Bashar Assad, there has been a surge in Russian air and maritime traffic to Libya, where Moscow seeks a new Mediterranean hub. Flights increased from the Syrian Hmeimim base to Al Khadim’s airbase in the Libyan desert, where Russia was transferring its military equipment, according to data analyzed by […]
French President Emmanuel Macron hailed on Monday the “unprecedented ambition” of the partnership built with Morocco during his recent state visit to the Kingdom, at the invitation of King Mohammed VI. “One of the highlights of recent months has been what we managed to build with His Majesty King Mohammed VI during the state visit,” […]
French authorities arrested three Algerian influencers on social media who threatened to use violence against Algerian regime’s opponents in France. The arrest signals that France will take seriously the calls for violence emanating from figures with ties to the Algerian regime, which has mobilized many influencers to smear and attack opposition figures. A spate of […]
The growing insecurity in Algeria and heightened geopolitical tensions have pushed the UK foreign Office to issue a new warning against all travel to within 30km of Algeria’s borders with Libya, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Tunisia. According to British authorities, the “threat from terrorism is higher” in some parts of Algeria, especially in the southern […]