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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·Drugs

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

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

Spain mobilises relief aid for Morocco as earthquake death toll rises above 2,000

THE OVERNIGHT death toll released by the Moroccan authorities after Friday night’s devastating earthquake rose to at least 2,012 people, with another 2,059 reported injuries.

10 Sep, 2023 @ 10:45

Lead·Must Read

Powerful earthquake leaves at least 820 dead in Morocco

A POWERFUL earthquake on Friday night left hundreds dead in Morocco, according to information released by the North African country’s Interior Ministry. At least 820

9 Sep, 2023 @ 09:27

Lead·Must Read

Olives with ‘illegally high levels of pesticides’ are being imported into Spain from Morocco, health experts warn

A FOOD alert has been issued this week by the European Union in Spain warning that a shipment of olives exported from Morocco contain high

9 Sep, 2023 @ 09:15

Food & Drink·Lead

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

Arrival of 400 migrants on Spain’s southern coasts raises alarms for authorities

BOATS carrying around 400 migrants have arrived on the coasts of Spain’s Almeria, Granda and Murcia in just a few days. In many cases, holidaymakers

4 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Almeria·Granada·Lead·Murcia

Spain’s caretaker prime minister slammed by opposition for picking Morocco as holiday destination

NOT EVEN on vacation can Spain’s caretaker prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, escape attacks from the country’s opposition parties. This time, the Socialist Party leader has

3 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·Politics

A migrant travelling in a dinghy with another 33 people dies near Almeria’s coast

A MIGRANT travelling in a small boat with more than 30 people has died near the coast of Adra (Almeria). The man was found dead

25 Jul, 2023 @ 14:15

Almeria·Andalucia·Lead

Billboard installed by right-wing evictions company in Madrid targeted by protestors

A HUGE advertising billboard installed in central Madrid by a notorious right-wing evictions company continued to cause controversy on Friday, after activists partially covered it

7 Jul, 2023 @ 13:30

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Thirty years later, Supreme Court finally quashes rape conviction against Moroccan bricklayer

THE SUPREME COURT has quashed a rape conviction passed down to a Moroccan bricklayer for a sexual assault that took place more than 30 years

30 Jun, 2023 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead

‘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