Leaked WhatsApp messages reveal the story behind Spain, Portugal, and Morocco's successful joint bid for the 2030 World Cup. As early as July 2018, talks between Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Royal Spanish Football Federation president (...)
The estimated cost of a massive power cable project connecting Morocco and the UK has surged significantly, according to a report by British magazine New Civil Engineer on Wednesday. Xlinks, the developer behind the project, now estimates it could (...)
Morocco makes its debut as a guest of honor at the Salon gourmets de Madrid, held April 22-25, 2024, in the Spanish capital. This major event, considered Europe's largest trade show for gourmet and delicatessen products, provides a prime platform to (...)
The 2030 FIFA World Cup, with Morocco, Spain, and Portugal as the sole candidate approved by the FIFA Council, will be a «great success», Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez declared during a joint press conference in Madrid with Portuguese Prime (...)
After a three-year wait, France has finally authorized the United Arab Emirates to sell 30 Mirage 2000-9E aircraft to Morocco. «Bad news for Spain», laments the Spanish daily La Razon. The sale benefited from the recent rapprochement between Rabat (...)
Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Group E - Japan v Spain - Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar - December 1, 2022 Spain coach Luis Enrique reacts REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
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While France has given the green light to its public operators to invest in the Sahara, Dakhla will be in the spotlight in the new edition of the Morocco-Spain investment forum on April 16, in Madrid. A meeting organized by the Kingdom's embassy in (...)
Spanish far-right party Vox has condemned an exhibition of photos celebrating Polisario fighters held at the Cantabrian parliament headquarters. Leticia Díaz, the party's spokesperson in the regional parliament, called it a «scandal» to display (...)
While authorities in Morocco are still working with families to identify the victims of a shipwreck off Nador in February, football club Najm Midar has learned that one of its players, Houcine Biay, is among the young Moroccans who died after their (...)
The Spanish government has rejected an initiative by its allies in a party called Sumar to impose an embargo on arms sales to Morocco. «Spain's defense exports comply with national, European, and international regulations, all of which prioritize (...)
11 Moroccan women were arrested, Thursday, in Lleida, a city in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region, for «pretending to be victims of domestic violence in order to speed up the process of legalizing their stay in Spain».
According to Spanish (...)
As requested by the People's Party (PP), the Spanish Prime Minister will appear before the Lower House of Parliament on April 10 to answer questions on his visit to Morocco on February 21. This announcement was made by the spokesman for the (...)
Spain's «Patriotic Police» has reportedly spied on Moroccan diplomats accredited in the European country. The kingdom's former consul in Barcelona, Ghoulam Maichane, currently Morocco's ambassador to Guinea, is among those targeted, reveals a (...)
France is encouraging French companies to get involved in development projects in the Sahara. This move aims to secure a larger economic role in the region for France, competing with other countries like Spain, Germany, and the United States.
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Addressing concerns expressed by the Canary Islands government about Morocco's naval military exercises near the Spanish archipelago, the Spanish Foreign Ministry confirmed that they are happening «well outside the Spanish territorial sea».
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Morocco's naval exercises off the Sahara will be on the agenda of a meeting between the President of the Autonomous Government of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, and the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares.
The date of the (...)
Berklee College of Music and the Gnaoua and World Music Festival have announced the launch of a new edition of the Berklee on the Road program, which will take place from Monday 24 to Saturday 29 June 2024 in Essaouira.
The program, called Berklee (...)
More dust from the Sahara Desert in North Africa, is reaching Europe. changes in wind patterns, desertification, and drought in Maghreb region to be blamed.
Dust from the Sahara, a vast desert spanning much of North Africa, has been increasingly (...)
Spain's Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Luis Planas, said on Monday that the European Union is prepared «for any scenario» regarding the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement, as the Court of Justice might annul the deal.
«We shouldn't prejudge the (...)
The Royal Moroccan Navy is planning to carry out military maneuvers in Moroccan Atlantic waters from March 29 to June 28. The news of naval forces sailing 120 kilometers off the Canary Islands has put Iberian media on high alert.
On March 19, two (...)
The UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, landed in London, where he held talks with British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs for South and Central Asia, North Africa, the UN and the Commonwealth, Lord (...)
Brahim Diaz expressed his happiness after making his debut for the Moroccan national team, saying that his start was «great».
Real Madrid star Brahim Diaz made his debut for the Moroccan national team on Friday, in a friendly held at the Agadir (...)
The Spanish Civil Guard, in collaboration with the Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie, dismantled a criminal ring and arrested its nine members who were transporting drugs by helicopter from Spain to Morocco, Spanish news agency Efe reported on (...)
The new players summoned to join the Atlas Lions in their friendlies against Angola and Mauritania in Agadir are integrating well with the rest of the team, Morocco's national football team coach Walid Regragui said on Thursday.
The squad announced (...)
The Grand Stade de Casablanca stadium will be designed by Populous and Oualalou + Choi. The sports facility, designed to host the 2030 World Cup games, will draw inspiration from the traditional Moroccan gathering known as the moussem.
Architecture (...)