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Morocco’s security management during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, was executed “without any major incident or breakdown” across six host cities and nearly a month of competition, French media wrote. According to the French weekly JDD, Morocco’s success reflects a long‑term national security strategy developed under King Mohammed VI. JDD notes that AFCON 2025 […]
Morocco’s successful staging of the Africa Cup of Nations has bolstered its bid to co-host the 2030 World Cup alongside Portugal and Spain, said the Independent daily. The smooth running of the 24-team tournament, underpinned by impressive stadiums, efficient transport, and robust tourism infrastructure, confirms the North African nation’s capacity for hosting the global spectacle […]
Morocco’s decision to suspend frozen sardine exports to the European Union while maintaining Russian fleet access to its waters has triggered significant anger in Spain. Spanish industrial and maritime sectors are expressing mounting frustration over the policy, which they view as severely damaging to Spain’s canning industry, particularly in Galicia, a region heavily dependent on […]
Economic cooperation between Morocco and Spain continues to deepen in the agri-food industry, with investors from both countries demonstrating strong interest in biscuit manufacturing and industrial bread production. Competition authorities recently disclosed several major concentration operations signaling this growing partnership. The Moroccan Competition Council announced that Mexican multinational Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V., through its […]
Morocco, Germany and Spain have assessed the levels of coordination and cooperation between their respective security departments in areas of common security and intelligence interest, with focus on the fight against terrorism, irregular migration, drug trafficking, cybercrime, as well as coordination in the field of sports security. This came during a tripartite working meeting that […]
Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, highlighted on Wednesday the qualitative progress achieved in cooperation between Spain and Morocco, stressing that bilateral relations are experiencing “their best historical moment.” In an address to the Congress of Deputies devoted to foreign policy, Albares stated that the two countries are making steady progress in several […]
The Spanish government has hailed UN Security Council resolution 2797 endorsing Moroccan Autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty. In a statement adopted following the 13th High-Level Moroccan-Spanish Meeting, held in Madrid, Spain reaffirmed its position expressed in the Joint Declaration of April 7, 2022, and welcomed the latest UN development on […]
A 160-year dream has moved closer to reality as feasibility studies conclude that an undersea tunnel connecting Morocco and Spain beneath the Gibraltar Strait is technically achievable, despite its massive complexity and estimated €8.5 billion price tag. German engineering firm Herrenknecht, a global leader in tunnel boring machine manufacturing, conducted the decisive study commissioned by […]
In the wake of the 50th anniversary of Morocco’s Green March and just days after a UN Security Council resolution reaffirmed the primacy of Rabat’s autonomy plan for the Sahara, Spain’s main opposition party, the Partido Popular (PP), has launched a multi-pronged campaign targeting Morocco’s diplomatic gains. The PP’s stance directly opposes that of the […]
The Spanish Civil Guard announced on Wednesday that a criminal network specialized in hashish trafficking with the help of drones has been dismantled, thanks to collaboration with the Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie. This operation, carried out within the framework of security cooperation between the Civil Guard and the Royal Gendarmerie, successfully neutralized the cross-border drug trafficking […]