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Rescatados 61 Migrantes Subsaharianos A Bordo De Una Patera En Las Costas De Tenerife

‘Spain has become a Greece’: 39 feared to have drowned trying to reach the Canary Islands after rescue services dawdled

AS many as 39 people, including four women and a baby, are feared to have died en route to the Canary Islands after their dinghy

22 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Canary Islands·Lead

Man jumps from air bridge in Malaga airport

Watch: Man in Malaga falls off jet bridge onto tarmac in bid to reach missed plane

REGULAR AIR travellers will no doubt at some time have arrived too late for their flight, only to be faced with a closed gate. Few,

18 Jun, 2023 @ 19:45

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Spain deploys more than 19,000 police officers to monitor return of millions of Moroccans to home country

FROM TODAY, Thursday, more than 19,000 Spanish police officers will begin to monitor what is known as Operación Paso del Estrecho, or Operation Crossing the

15 Jun, 2023 @ 15:45

Andalucia·Lead

Banderas Del Reino Unido, Marruecos, Gibraltar Y Gibraltar Maroc Business Association

Gibraltar ramps up cultural and business links with Morocco opening office and holding events in Tangier

GIBRALTAR is ramping up cultural and business links with the Moroccan city of Tangier as the Rock moves ever closer to a possible hard frontier

15 Jun, 2023 @ 09:30

Gibraltar·Lead

Andalucia Birding Trip to Morocco a Success

There are some good people in the world, folk who give a lot of their time and energy to providing great experiences for others with

22 May, 2023 @ 15:50

Andalucia·Olive Press Travel

‘I’ll get you in the street’: Defendant threatens his own lawyer in Spain’s biggest ever narco mega-trial

SPAIN’s largest ever drug trafficking trial was nearly derailed at the end of its first week after one of the defendants threatened his own lawyer.

18 Apr, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Scuffles between Spanish riot police and Peruvian footballers

Watch: Spain’s riot police involved in scuffles with Peruvian national football team after not recognising players

MEMBERS of Peru’s national football team were involved in scuffles with Spanish riot police on Monday evening, as they tried to leave their hotel in

28 Mar, 2023 @ 19:00

Lead·Madrid·Sport

Move over Ukraine: Spain and Portugal have a new Moroccan darling in their bid to host 2030 World Cup

Morocco has announced it will join forces with Spain and Portugal to launch a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup. The move would

15 Mar, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·National News·World Cup 2022

Spain and Portugal could include Morocco in 2030 World Cup hosting bid

SPAIN and Portugal’s candidacy to host the 2030 World Cup may end up including a third country: Morocco. The Spanish and Portuguese Football Federations are

10 Mar, 2023 @ 20:00

Lead·National News·Sport

Human Trafficking Gang Planned Fleet Of Charter Boats For Dangerous Sea Trips To Spain's Murcia Coast

People smuggler jailed for taking Moroccans in UK who ‘didn’t like Britain’ back out

A man who tried to smuggle 15 Moroccan migrants back out of the UK to Spain because they ‘didn’t like Britain’ has been jailed. The

9 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

The strongest form of protest: Furious Moroccan man sets himself on fire in front of Moroccan consulate in Madrid

There was horror on the streets of Madrid as a visibly furious man set himself ablaze outside the Moroccan embassy, with the motive for such

8 Feb, 2023 @ 14:15

Lead·Madrid

Moroccans given path to formal employment in Spain through lorry driver visa amid labour shortage

Spain has announced plans to train and employ truck drivers from Morocco in an effort to ease labour shortages. The move follows the recent release

3 Feb, 2023 @ 11:07

Lead·National News

Forgetful father faces homicide charge in Spain after 'his daughter, 2, dies in locked car in ordeal lasting for hours

Two members of alleged Islamic State terror cell detained in Spain’s Andalucia

SPANISH and Moroccan police have dismantled an alleged Islamic State cell consisting of three people ready to commit terrorist acts. The Policia Nacional arrested two

11 Jan, 2023 @ 17:45

Almeria·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Gang that exploited undocumented migrant workers from Morocco busted in Spain’s Malaga province

A criminal group that exploited undocumented migrant workers, mainly from Morocco, in the agricultural sector has been broken up. The group is accused of selling

5 Jan, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·Malaga

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A wild 36 hours in Morocco – via the disaster of public transport

With such quick and easy access to Morocco across the Strait of Gibraltar, it’s something of a wonder that more people in the south of

1 Jan, 2023 @ 18:00

Olive Press Travel

Two Brits Caught Out During Storm When Sailing With Over Four Tonnes Of Hashish Off Spain's Anadalucia Coast

Stormy weather catches out two Brits off Spain’s Andalucia coast with South America-bound drugs stash

TWO British men crewing a boat packed with drugs have been arrested by the Policia Nacional off the Andalucia coast. The 16-metre-long and five-metre-wide vessel,

28 Dec, 2022 @ 09:15

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Amnesty International slams Spain and Morocco for migrant death disaster in Melilla

AMNESTY International has accused Spain and Morocco of trying to cover up what happened in the enclave of Melilla on June 24 when dozens of

14 Dec, 2022 @ 12:51

Lead·National News

Would-be migrants flee plane at Barcelona airport after fake medical emergency forces landing

TWENTY-EIGHT people fled an aeroplane travelling from Casablanca (Morocco) to Turkey on Wednesday morning, after an apparently faked medical emergency forced the aircraft to make

7 Dec, 2022 @ 17:15

Barcelona·Lead·National News

Police put on alert ahead of Spain-Morocco World Cup clash

SPANISH police are reportedly on alert ahead of possible altercations tomorrow related to the World Cup last-16 match between Spain and Morocco. Disturbances were seen

5 Dec, 2022 @ 15:45

Sport

Migrant reaches Spanish soil from Morocco by flying over border in paraglider

WOULD-BE migrants trying to reach Spanish soil from North Africa will go to desperate measures to get across the borders at the exclave cities of

2 Dec, 2022 @ 17:15

Lead·National News

Gang kept stolen cars from across Europe at base on Spain’s Costa Blanca before shipping them to Morocco

A criminal gang lived the high-life in luxury villas on the Costa Blanca with money earned from selling off high-end cars stolen across Europe. The

21 Nov, 2022 @ 11:38

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Monster haul of drugs, luxury items in Spain linked to Moroccan drug lord

A Costa del Sol lawyer specialising in cases of drug trafficking has been arrested over allegedly working for ‘one of the most wanted drug traffickers

15 Nov, 2022 @ 12:07

Almeria·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Spain forms specialist 'hate' crime police units to counter increase in racist and homophobic assaults

Opposition party calls on Spain’s interior minister to quit over Melilla migrant tragedy that killed 23

SPAIN’S main opposition Popular Party (PP) has called on Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska (pictured above) to be sacked over the Melilla migrant tragedy in June,

8 Nov, 2022 @ 18:15

Lead·National News

BBC documentary about Spanish border tragedy prompts fresh calls from political parties for explanations

A DOCUMENTARY from the BBC about the tragic migrant deaths in June this year at the border between Morocco and the Spanish city of Melilla

2 Nov, 2022 @ 18:45

Lead·National News

British retirees living in Spain's Benidorm can now apply for financial help with carers

Murcia carer tries to flee Spain after stealing €18,000 from elderly client

POLICE intercepted a thieving Murcia region care giver as she was about to flee the country, having stolen €18,000 from her client’s bank account. The

5 Oct, 2022 @ 16:34

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Suspected Jihadist Terrorist Recruiter Arrested In Costa Blanca Area Of Spain

Thirteen arrests made in joint Spanish-Moroccan swoop on suspected jihadists

SPAIN’S National Police today arrested 10 people in the North African city of Melilla and one person in the Spanish city of Granada due to

4 Oct, 2022 @ 15:35

Lead·National News

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