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Spain has endured its most intense heatwave since records began, lasting 16 consecutive days in August, according to the national meteorological agency Aemet. Preliminary data show that this heatwave surpassed the one recorded in July 2022, with average temperatures 4.6°C higher than those of a......
Morocco secured over 606,000 Schengen visas from European Union countries in 2024, with a refusal rate of approximately 20%, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita. This marks a significant milestone in visa issuance, reflecting improved Morocco-EU relations. France leads in visa issuance France......
Europe faces widespread destruction as wildfires fueled by an ongoing heatwave continue to rage across multiple countries, including Spain, Portugal, Greece, Albania, and Turkey. In Spain, where the heatwave enters its third week, wildfires are concentrated in the northwest and western regions. The......
Morocco is sending two Canadair firefighting planes to Portugal following Lisbon’s activation of bilateral cooperation after two of its own aircraft broke down. The Portuguese Interior Ministry announced on Monday that the planes are expected to arrive during the day and will join efforts to combat......
The Portuguese government issued a preventive alert on Saturday due to a very high risk of wildfires expected from Sunday onwards, as extreme heat grips the Iberian Peninsula in the coming days. “This will be a difficult week,” stated Interior Minister Maria Lucia Amaral. Both Portugal and......
Liverpool players and staff gathered in Gondomar, a small town in northern Portugal, on Saturday to bid farewell to their teammate, Diogo Jota, following his untimely death in a car crash. The 28-year-old forward and his younger brother, André Silva, lost their lives in an accident in Spain on......
Morocco and Mauritania have formalized a significant partnership in archival preservation through a newly signed cooperation agreement. The accord, signed at the Moroccan Archives Foundation headquarters in Rabat, establishes a framework for bilateral efforts in collecting, processing, and enhancing......
Morocco has secured a prominent position in global cultural preservation efforts by being elected vice-president of UNESCO’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Body (STAB). Azzedine Karra, an experienced underwater heritage specialist, will represent Morocco in this influential role. A key seat......
Just six weeks after a massive blackout affected the entire Iberian Peninsula, the Spanish island of La Palma, part of the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, faced its own power outage lasting nearly three hours on Tuesday. This outage, while significantly shorter than the extensive blackout on......
Spanish Crown Princess Leonor de Borbón is expected to visit the occupied city of Ceuta for the first time in June 2025 as part of her military training program with the Spanish Navy. She will arrive aboard the frigate Blas de Lezo, which will dock in Ceuta for 48 hours from June 21 to June 23. Spanish......
Searches for Madeleine McCann, who disappeared 18 years ago from an apartment complex in Praia da Luz, Portugal, have resumed. Portuguese and German authorities are focusing on disused buildings and wells in the municipality of Lagos, near Praia da Luz. The investigation Madeleine McCann was three......
A significant disruption in Spain's telecommunications infrastructure occurred on Tuesday, as a partial outage in Telefonica's fixed telephone and internet networks rendered vital emergency service numbers inoperative for several hours. This incident marks yet another challenge facing the nation's......
Spain's government has officially ruled out a cyberattack as the cause of the significant blackout that affected the Iberian Peninsula last month. This announcement comes as authorities continue to investigate the outage, which occurred on April 28, leaving cities across Spain and Portugal in darkness......
