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Three dead in Morocco as anti-government violence erupts over joint-hosting of 2030 FIFA World Cup with Spain

THREE people have been killed by police in Morocco after protests against investment in the 2030 FIFA World Cup – set to be jointly-hosted with

3 Oct, 2025 @ 19:26

International Affairs·Lead·Sport

Spain’s racial tensions simmer again as thugs assault migrant children in Madrid after reports of sex attack on girl, 14, by Moroccan asylum seeker

SPAIN’S racial tensions have been brought to the boil once again after thugs targeted a Madrid centre housing young migrants following reports one of its

3 Sep, 2025 @ 10:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

WATCH: Angry sunbathers rugby tackle migrants to the ground after dinghy makes landfall on popular beach in Spain’s Andalucia

THIS is the moment a small migrant boat made landfall in Andalucia – before those on board were tackled to the ground by angry beachgoers.

5 Aug, 2025 @ 11:58

Granada·Lead·Travel News

Spain’s Andalucia on measles alert: Health outbreak ‘originating from Morocco’ hits the Costa del Sol

HEALTH authorities in southern Spain have sounded the alarm over a growing measles outbreak across Andalucia, with the Costa del Sol among the worst affected

17 Apr, 2025 @ 11:06

Andalucia·Health·Lead

Scandal as Moroccan investigators find the entrance to narco tunnel to Spain inside house belonging to ‘local military’

MOROCCAN authorities have found the entrance of a drug smuggling tunnel going into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta. Somewhat embarrassingly it was inside a

15 Apr, 2025 @ 18:45

Crime & Law·Lead

Pictured: The secret ‘narcotunnel’ between Morocco and Spain that went undiscovered for YEARS – as ‘corrupt cops’ arrested

THIS is the underground tunnel between Morocco and Spain that was used by drug traffickers to smuggle large quantities of hashish. Images shared by the

20 Feb, 2025 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Earthquake in Portugal shakes multiple cities in Spain’s Andalucia

A MAGNITUDE 5 earthquake has been felt in Sevilla and other Andalusian locations. According to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, the epicenter was 17 kilometers south

18 Feb, 2025 @ 12:19

Environment·Lead·Nature

Earthquake in Morocco rocks SIX provinces in southern Spain: Panicked locals call in police

AN earthquake in Morocco has been felt in at least six provinces in the Spanish region of Andalucia. The quake, measuring 4.9 on the Richter

11 Feb, 2025 @ 10:41

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

Spain-Morocco tunnel latest: Hopes dashed that it will be completed in time for 2030 World Cup amid reports of 'decade-long' delay

Spain-Morocco tunnel latest: Completion hopes dashed for 2030 World Cup amid reports of ‘decade-long’ delay

PLANS for a rail tunnel linking Spain and Morocco have hit the buffers due to ‘complex conditions’ and it may not be ready until 2040.

30 Jan, 2025 @ 18:30

Andalucia·Cadiz·Lead

Chaos in Ceuta: Man drowns and police fire shots into the air as hundreds of migrants attempt to cross Spain’s border with Africa

HUNDREDS of migrants have tried to cross Spain’s border with Africa in an attempt to enter Europe. There were chaotic scenes near the fence separating

16 Sep, 2024 @ 13:44

Lead·National News·Politics

Earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale is detected off Spain's Cadiz

Earthquake off the coast of Portugal is felt in Spain and Morocco

A BIG offshore earthquake in Portugal with a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale was felt in southern Spain and Morocco on Monday morning.

26 Aug, 2024 @ 12:22

Andalucia·Huelva·Lead

Spain men’s football team will battle France for Olympic gold in Paris – just weeks after Euro 2024 victory

SPAIN will clash with France in a mouth-watering men’s football gold medal match at the Olympics on Friday after defeating Morocco 2-1 in the semi-final.

6 Aug, 2024 @ 13:15

Lead·Sport

A mock-up of a possible tunnel running between Spain and Morocco

Underwater tunnel connecting Spain and Morocco by train could be finished in time for the 2030 World Cup, say researchers

AN UNDERWATER tunnel connecting Spain and Morocco via train could be constructed in just five years, meaning that potentially it could be ready in time

23 Apr, 2024 @ 10:01

Costa del Sol·Lead·Travel News

EXCLUSIVE: ‘I took the ferry from Spain to Morocco to explore the North African country- these are my top tips’

Hopping on the ferry to Morocco? These are my top tips for visiting the North African country. Getting there From the Costa del Sol, Morocco

20 Apr, 2024 @ 12:30

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Revealed: How Ukrainian fighter pilots were paid €150,000 per flight to carry millions of euros worth of drugs into Spain in low-flying helicopters in the dead of night

UKRAINIAN pilots who imported drugs from Morocco to Spain on helicopters have been busted by the Guardia Civil and the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie. READ MORE:

2 Apr, 2024 @ 12:46

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News·Sevilla

Families of missing migrants ‘were asked to pay HUNDREDS of euros for information on their loved ones’: 14 people arrested in Spain for ‘profiteering off grieving relatives’ as NGO ‘categorically denies’ any involvement

FAMILIES of migrants who disappeared on the perilous journey from Africa to Spain have claimed they were asked to pay hundreds of euros for information

21 Mar, 2024 @ 14:19

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

What is hepatitis A? All you need to know after the infectious disease was detected in strawberries arriving from Morocco

A SHIPMENT of 1.5 tonnes of strawberries arriving into Spain from Morocco on Monday was found to contain a dangerously high trace of hepatitis A.

7 Mar, 2024 @ 11:42

Health·Lead·Other News

What are ‘narcolanchas’? The boats used by drug traffickers to carry up to 3 TONNES of narcotics into Spain – after the high-speed vessel killed two Guardia Civil officers in Cadiz

TWO Guardia Civil officers, David Perez, 43, and Miguel Angel Gomez, 39, were killed last week in the coastal town of Barbate after being deliberately

13 Feb, 2024 @ 16:17

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Search for two young men who vanished whilst fishing off Spain’s Marbella is called off

THE desperate search for two young men who disappeared whilst fishing off the coast of the Costa del Sol has been called off after rescue

29 Jan, 2024 @ 10:53

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

No sign of two young men who vanished while fishing off Spain’s Marbella – as more details emerge

TWO young men who disappeared off the Andalucian coast last Tuesday, January 16, remain unaccounted for as Spanish authorities continue their desperate search. The European

19 Jan, 2024 @ 11:57

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

French couple who ‘plotted to kill their 5-year-old son in the Sahara desert’ because they believed he was ‘possessed’ are arrested in southern Spain

SPANISH police have arrested a French couple in Algeciras for allegedly plotting to murder their five-year-old son in Morocco. According to authorities, the couple, originally

6 Jan, 2024 @ 11:22

Algeciras·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Border guards find 90 kilos of cocaine with ‘Scarface’ pictures smugglers tried to take INTO Morocco from Spain’s Andalucia

POLICE have found 90 kilos of cocaine hidden inside a car smugglers tried to take into Morocco at a ferry port in Spain’s Andalucia. The

7 Nov, 2023 @ 09:10

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law

Train from Spain to MOROCCO: Dream of underwater tunnel edges closer as bilateral research gathers pace – but what would the routes be?

THE long-anticipated dream of an underwater train connecting Spain with Morocco could be that much closer. New research funded by Spain and Morocco has identified

22 Oct, 2023 @ 12:37

Gibraltar·Lead

Explainer: Spain chosen by Fifa to host 2030 World Cup – but it won’t be alone

FIFA, the international governing body for football, yesterday announced that it had chosen Spain as host for the 2030 World Cup. But there’s a catch:

5 Oct, 2023 @ 10:33

Lead·Sport

Marbella firemen and rescue dog Rasty head to Morocco to help search for survivors following catastrophic earthquake

TWO FIREFIGHTERS from Marbella will be travelling to Morocco to assist with rescue efforts after the devastating earthquake that hit the North African country on

11 Sep, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·Marbella

Earthquake rattles Sevilla in southern Spain as locals report feeling tremors

Two earthquakes shake Spain’s Andalucia just hours after deadly Morocco disaster – but experts insist they are not linked

THE two tremors that were felt over the weekend in Sevilla and Jaen, originally believed to be aftershocks of the earthquake in Morocco, are unrelated

11 Sep, 2023 @ 08:45

Andalucia·Lead