When Franco dreamed of the atomic bomb against Morocco Under the leadership of dictator Francisco Franco, Spain embarked on an ambitious but secret quest: Project Islero. Born in the wake of Morocco’s independence in 1956, this project aimed to equip Spain with a nuclear arsenal, thus enabling it to thwart Moroccan ambitions. The emancipation of […]
Tunnel under the Strait: a financial abyss for Spain The Spanish government has increased the subsidies allocated to the Spanish Society for Studies on Fixed Communications across the Strait of Gibraltar (SECEGSA), in charge of studies of the tunnel with Morocco, in order to avoid its closure. SECEGSA had warned in a report published in […]
A flying taxi between Spain and Morocco With 150 euros and in just 15 to 20 minutes, it will be possible to travel in a taxi plane from Spain to Morocco by 2030. The private flight operator iJet is the initiator of this project. The company has already launched an order with Crisalion, the electric […]
In Spain, the war against Moroccan agricultural products A major Spanish farmers’ union, close to Vox, is pressuring the Spanish government to toughen measures against Moroccan agricultural products. Spanish farmers are still targeting Moroccan products. They are putting strong pressure on Pedro Sánchez to have his government step up controls on imported food, especially those […]
A new battlefield between Spain and Morocco? Spain and Morocco are fighting over ownership of the Tropico seamount, located 4,000 meters under the sea and full of essential materials for the production of green energy. The Tropico submarine is an inactive volcano submerged in the sea. It measures about 3,000 meters from the base and […]
Sebta: soldiers on a “deterrence” mission but without ammunition The Spanish government sent soldiers without ammunition and equipment to Ceuta, not far from the border with Morocco, a few months ago to carry out a surveillance and deterrence mission. An act that has caused a stir within the Spanish army. In the images of this […]
Who is Yusef Kaddur, the Spaniard who became a close friend of King Mohammed VI? Yusef Kaddur, an MMA fighter from Melilla, was recently seen alongside King Mohammed VI who took a ride in a convertible Mercedes in northern Morocco where he is enjoying his vacation. Who is this athlete who has become close to […]
MRE: be careful on Spanish roads! The Mossos d’Esquadras have decided to reinforce controls on the AP-7 motorway, which is very busy with Moroccans from Europe in transit to Morocco during the summer, in order to combat the growing insecurity on this road. Faced with the insecurity on the AP-7 crossing Catalonia, also called the […]
At 18, a Moroccan is forced to survive on the streets in Spain After being chased like a “dog” from a reception center for unaccompanied minors, an 18-year-old Moroccan man is forced to sleep on the street. From Morocco to Spain, the chaotic journey of Abdellatif Bouhlal. At the age of 15, he made a […]
Spain and Morocco, soon to be united? The movement of tectonic plates could lead to the formation of supercontinents, scientists say, and estimate that Spain and Morocco, and by extension Europe and Africa or the two shores of the Strait of Gibraltar, will collide within 250 million years. According to a study by the University […]