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Morocco exercised its legitimate sovereign right to delimit its territorial waters and remains open to negotiations with Spain in case of overlaps, said foreign minister Nasser Bourita. Delimiting territorial waters is a sovereign right guaranteed by the international law, he said following talks with Spanish foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya, in Rabat Friday Spain delimited […]
Spanish Foreign Minister reiterated Friday her country’s steady position in support of the UN process in the Sahara, which aims at reaching a political and mutually acceptable solution to the over-four decade dispute. The Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya, who was on a working visit to Morocco, her first trip abroad, outside the European […]
Thousands of Moroccan female seasonal workers working in Spanish strawberry farms continue to live in dire conditions in Spain despite multiple promises to improve their working environments, wrote Nuevatribuna. This year 16,500 Moroccan woman prepare to work in the fields of the Huelva region where slavery-like practices persist with workers having to walk several kilometers […]
The number of Moroccans legally settled in Spain grew to 734,402 in 1st semester of 2019, a 2.9 pc increase compared to same period of last year, says the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE) in its latest survey. Moroccans maintained their top position as the first foreign community legally living in this EU member country. […]
King Mohammed VI sent a message of congratulations to Spain’s caretaker socialist PM Pedro Sánchez for winning a confidence vote in parliament, enabling him to govern in coalition with far-left Podemos. In his message, the Sovereign wished success to Mr.Sanchez in his mission to meet the Spanish people’s aspirations for more progress and prosperity. […]
Morocco’s navy will be bolstered with the acquisition of two Spanish patrol boats made by Navantia, state-owned shipbuilding company, which offers its services to both military and civil sector. The deal, worth €260 million, was reported by Far-Maroc, a website specializing in Moroccan defense news. “Morocco is in a pressing need of patrol boats of […]
Spanish airline Iberia will launch an air link between Madrid and Fez next summer starting July 28. The company said it will operate four flights weekly between the two cities on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The air route is part of Iberia’s expansion plan in Morocco where it already connects Marrakech, Casablanca and Tangier […]
Morocco is a key country in the fight against terrorism in the region, said Spain’s senior prosecutor Jesus Alonso. “Morocco is in a frontline and is committed like Spain, France and Belgium to uproot this transnational phenomenon that threatens the security and stability of the international community,” Alonso said at a meeting bringing together prosecutors […]
The Spanish city of Granada is hosting an exhibition highlighting the history and cultural heritage of the Amazigh (Berber) people. The exhibition, featuring rare pieces that date back to the golden age of Andalusia in medieval Spain, was inaugurated Thursday by Queen Letizia of Spain, in the presence of the president of the Junta of […]
Spanish financial group Bankia has opened lately an office in Morocco’s economic capital, Casablanca, to support the expansion of Spanish companies in the North African Kingdom, one of Spain’s major trade partners. Bankia managing director Jesús Miramón said Morocco is a key market for Spanish businesses which are looking for growth opportunities beyond their national […]