http://www.euronews.com en Latest news from Euronews Euronews 2026 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 22:45:33 +0100 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 22:45:33 +0100 30 https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews_flatblue.png http://www.euronews.com http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/31/un-security-council-approves-resolution-backing-moroccos-plan-for-western-sahara http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/31/un-security-council-approves-resolution-backing-moroccos-plan-for-western-sahara Fri, 31 Oct 2025 22:28:52 +0100 The UN Security Council backed Morocco's claim over Western Sahara in a resolution supported by the US, marking a significant shift in international stance. http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/29/will-washington-succeed-in-mending-the-western-sahara-rift http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/29/will-washington-succeed-in-mending-the-western-sahara-rift Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:00:58 +0100 The Western Sahara dispute, rooted in a 50-year conflict, presents major obstacles to US envoy Steve Witkoff's 60-day peace proposal for Morocco and Algeria, say analysts. http://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/07/30/christopher-nolan-criticised-for-filming-the-odyssey-in-occupied-western-sahara http://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/07/30/christopher-nolan-criticised-for-filming-the-odyssey-in-occupied-western-sahara Wed, 30 Jul 2025 12:46:18 +0200 The Oscar-winning director of 'Oppenheimer' has shot scenes for his upcoming epic 'The Odyssey' in Dakhla, which has been under Moroccan occupation for 50 years. The filmmaker and his team have been accused of "perhaps unknowingly" contributing to Morocco’s “repression of the Sahrawi people." http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/10/hackers-breach-moroccos-social-security-database-in-unprecedented-cyberattack http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/10/hackers-breach-moroccos-social-security-database-in-unprecedented-cyberattack Thu, 10 Apr 2025 22:40:34 +0200 The hackers who posted the documents on Telegram said the attack was in response to alleged Moroccan 'harassment' of Algeria on social media platforms, pledging additional cyberattacks if Algerian sites were targeted. http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/01/macron-and-tebboune-attempt-to-defuse-french-algerian-diplomatic-crisis-with-phone-call http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/01/macron-and-tebboune-attempt-to-defuse-french-algerian-diplomatic-crisis-with-phone-call Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:18:25 +0200 After a months-long diplomatic spat, the French president and his Algerian counterpart have reiterated their commitment to work together. http://www.euronews.com/2025/02/28/france-to-reexamine-1968-historic-migration-pact-with-algeria http://www.euronews.com/2025/02/28/france-to-reexamine-1968-historic-migration-pact-with-algeria Fri, 28 Feb 2025 19:04:05 +0100 The announcement comes after years of diplomatic friction that came to a head over a recent stabbing. http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/21/meps-expelled-from-morocco-after-detention-at-airport http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/21/meps-expelled-from-morocco-after-detention-at-airport Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:42:23 +0100 Spanish lawmaker Isabel Serra, Portuguese Catarina Martins and Jussi Saramo from Finland were detained and subsequently expelled from El Aaiún, the main city of Western Sahara, where they were to carry out a human rights observation mission. http://www.euronews.com/2024/10/28/macron-visiting-morocco-amid-new-honeymoon-over-western-sahara-pivot http://www.euronews.com/2024/10/28/macron-visiting-morocco-amid-new-honeymoon-over-western-sahara-pivot Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:02:45 +0100 The French president is in Rabat to discuss business ties and illegal immigration after saying he would support Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara in July. http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/10/04/eu-top-court-upholds-cancellation-of-eu-morocco-trade-deals-over-disputed-western-sahara http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/10/04/eu-top-court-upholds-cancellation-of-eu-morocco-trade-deals-over-disputed-western-sahara Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:53:44 +0200 The EU institutions’ consultations with the people of the Western Sahara were insufficient to establish their consent to deals which concerned them, the court said. http://www.euronews.com/2022/06/09/algeria-suspends-friendship-treaty-with-spain-over-western-sahara http://www.euronews.com/2022/06/09/algeria-suspends-friendship-treaty-with-spain-over-western-sahara Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:58:33 +0200 It is the latest blow to increasingly wobbly relations between Algiers and Madrid http://www.euronews.com/2022/06/09/algeria-suspends-friendly-treaty-with-spain-over-western-sahara-stance http://www.euronews.com/2022/06/09/algeria-suspends-friendly-treaty-with-spain-over-western-sahara-stance Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:15:45 +0200 Tensions between Algiers and Madrid soared in March when Spain aligned with Morocco over the disputed North African territory. http://www.euronews.com/2022/05/09/several-migrants-feared-dead-off-coast-of-spain-s-canary-islands http://www.euronews.com/2022/05/09/several-migrants-feared-dead-off-coast-of-spain-s-canary-islands Mon, 09 May 2022 23:18:47 +0200 Spanish authorities rescued thirteen people in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday but many more remain missing. http://www.euronews.com/2022/04/08/spain-s-pedro-sanchez-visits-morocco-in-bid-for-improved-diplomatic-relations http://www.euronews.com/2022/04/08/spain-s-pedro-sanchez-visits-morocco-in-bid-for-improved-diplomatic-relations Fri, 08 Apr 2022 00:20:37 +0200 Madrid has surprisingly changed its position on Morocco’s disputed region of Western Sahara. http://www.euronews.com/2022/03/20/spain-angers-algeria-after-it-sides-with-morocco-over-western-sahara http://www.euronews.com/2022/03/20/spain-angers-algeria-after-it-sides-with-morocco-over-western-sahara Sun, 20 Mar 2022 20:11:34 +0100 Algeria has recalled its ambassador to Spain after Madrid changed a 42-year-old policy towards its former colony Western Sahara. http://www.euronews.com/2022/03/18/western-sahara-spain-and-morocco-near-end-to-diplomatic-row-over-disputed-territory http://www.euronews.com/2022/03/18/western-sahara-spain-and-morocco-near-end-to-diplomatic-row-over-disputed-territory Fri, 18 Mar 2022 21:57:25 +0100 Rabat says that the two countries have agreed that an autonomy proposal is "serious, credible and realistic". http://www.euronews.com/2021/10/05/ex-foreign-minister-quizzed-over-letting-polisario-chief-into-spain http://www.euronews.com/2021/10/05/ex-foreign-minister-quizzed-over-letting-polisario-chief-into-spain Tue, 05 Oct 2021 16:29:07 +0200 The decision to allow the Western Sahara leader into Spain in April angered Morocco. http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2021/09/29/eu-court-scraps-farming-fishing-ties-with-morocco-over-western-sahara http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2021/09/29/eu-court-scraps-farming-fishing-ties-with-morocco-over-western-sahara Wed, 29 Sep 2021 22:18:10 +0200 The rebel Polisario Front said that the decision was a victory. http://www.euronews.com/2021/06/20/protesters-call-for-western-sahara-autonomy-amid-tension-between-morocco-and-spain http://www.euronews.com/2021/06/20/protesters-call-for-western-sahara-autonomy-amid-tension-between-morocco-and-spain Sun, 20 Jun 2021 00:30:28 +0200 Protesters in Madrid end a month-long campaign to demand recognition for the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as tensions rise between Morocco and Spain http://www.euronews.com/2021/06/01/row-between-madrid-and-rabat-heats-up-over-western-sahara-rebel-leader http://www.euronews.com/2021/06/01/row-between-madrid-and-rabat-heats-up-over-western-sahara-rebel-leader Tue, 01 Jun 2021 11:47:40 +0200 The leader of a movement seeking independence from Morocco has testified in a Spanish investigation into allegations against him of torture and genocide. The court's decision to keep him free is likely to infuriate Rabat. http://www.euronews.com/2021/05/07/morocco-recalls-ambassador-in-germany-amid-western-sahara-row http://www.euronews.com/2021/05/07/morocco-recalls-ambassador-in-germany-amid-western-sahara-row Fri, 07 May 2021 00:17:28 +0200 Berlin has said it is confused by the move. http://www.euronews.com/2020/11/17/western-sahara-who-are-the-polisario-front-and-what-do-they-want http://www.euronews.com/2020/11/17/western-sahara-who-are-the-polisario-front-and-what-do-they-want Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:57:40 +0100 Western Sahara has been occupied by Morocco since 1975 and has been described as "the last colony on earth". http://www.euronews.com/2020/11/17/sahrawi-arab-democratic-republic-declares-war-on-morocco-over-western-sahara-region http://www.euronews.com/2020/11/17/sahrawi-arab-democratic-republic-declares-war-on-morocco-over-western-sahara-region Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:39:27 +0100 A small part of Western Sahara is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Now their army broke a 29-year-old ceasefire, declaring war on Morocco. http://www.euronews.com/2020/04/10/stayinyourtent-covid-19-protective-measures-reach-sahara-desert http://www.euronews.com/2020/04/10/stayinyourtent-covid-19-protective-measures-reach-sahara-desert Fri, 10 Apr 2020 20:32:51 +0200 Sahrawi refugees, who have been living in the middle of the Algerian desert for 45 years, are facing a new kind isolation amid this global pandemic. http://www.euronews.com/2019/07/11/i-m-being-attacked-for-being-a-journalist-morocco-criticised-over-press-freedom-in-wester http://www.euronews.com/2019/07/11/i-m-being-attacked-for-being-a-journalist-morocco-criticised-over-press-freedom-in-wester Thu, 11 Jul 2019 20:34:02 +0200 A journalist has criticised Morocco over press freedom after being fined for allegedly not having the right media accreditation. http://www.euronews.com/2019/03/21/un-envoy-looking-for-a-compromise-during-second-round-of-talks-on-western-sahara http://www.euronews.com/2019/03/21/un-envoy-looking-for-a-compromise-during-second-round-of-talks-on-western-sahara Thu, 21 Mar 2019 17:56:28 +0100 A second round of talks mediated by the UN seeks a "compromise" over the Western Sahara conflict. http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2019/02/12/meps-back-controversial-eu-fishing-deal-with-morocco http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2019/02/12/meps-back-controversial-eu-fishing-deal-with-morocco Tue, 12 Feb 2019 19:03:06 +0100 The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of an EU trade deal with Morocco which includes fishing rights off the disputed coast of Western Sahara. However, MEP`s were advised by Human Rights Watch to first take the matter to the European Court of Justice, as the UN does not recogn http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/03/we-can-t-abandon-this-region-nor-ignore-this-threat-manar-slimi http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/03/we-can-t-abandon-this-region-nor-ignore-this-threat-manar-slimi Fri, 03 Mar 2017 19:19:22 +0100 Kawtar Wakil, euronews: “We are now joined by Manar Slimi, who heads the Maghreb Centre for Security Studies and Policy Analysis in Rabat. http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/03/the-western-sahara-conflict http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/03/the-western-sahara-conflict Fri, 03 Mar 2017 18:13:50 +0100 Morocco has announced the withdrawal of its forces from a U. http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/03/we-expressed-the-frustration-of-the-sahrawi-people-polisario-s-european http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/03/we-expressed-the-frustration-of-the-sahrawi-people-polisario-s-european Fri, 03 Mar 2017 14:00:03 +0100 euronews: “Mr Mohamed Sidati, Polisario’s European representative, thank you for joining us. http://www.euronews.com/2016/05/31/polisario-leader-s-death-announced http://www.euronews.com/2016/05/31/polisario-leader-s-death-announced Tue, 31 May 2016 19:51:04 +0200 68-year-old Mohamed Abdelaziz led a decades-long fight for independence in the disputed territory of Western Sahara.