After six weeks of decline, the dirham has rebounded against the euro. Between October 7 and 14, the value of 1,000 euros fell by 153 dirhams. The reversal changes the picture for Moroccans living abroad.
A young Moroccan woman with a degree in human resources who has already entered the workforce was ordered to leave France. The prefecture had recorded the wrong date on her diploma. The Cergy-Pontoise administrative court has now overturned her deportation and ordered the authorities to issue her a residence permit.
In French supermarkets, some 0.99-euro punnets of cherry tomatoes now display an unusual origin: “Dakhla Oued Ed-Dahab.” Behind the label is a new European rule that precisely governs the labeling of products grown in the southern provinces.
MoroccoMorocco is setting its sights even higher for its railway network. Its investment program has now reached 134 billion dirhams by 2030, up from 96 billion. To support this expansion, Rabat is approaching international banks and seeking new sources of funding.
FranceA Moroccan man, now 50, who arrived in France in 1976 when he was just five months old, is facing deportation. After securing the cancellation of an order to leave France, he has suffered a setback before the Nancy Administrative Court of Appeal, which was asked to review the case by the Vosges prefecture.
BelgiumA colleague in tears, more than a thousand police officers gathered at the Cinquantenaire and a posthumous decoration. On Friday, Brussels paid national tribute to Nordine El Talbi, a 41-year-old inspector of Moroccan origin who was killed while responding to an incident in Jette.
WorldAhmed learned that his younger brother had died at a railway construction site in Florence. Ayoub, a Moroccan worker who was about to turn 31, was crushed by a metal beam. A father of one, he leaves behind a devastated family, including his parents, who still live in Morocco.
MoroccoDining at Alain Ducasse’s restaurant on the 33rd floor of the Tour Mohammed VI comes at a considerable price. Gault&Millau puts the bill at between 900 and 1,200 dirhams per person, excluding drinks. It gives the new Rabat restaurant a score of 14/20.
SportThree police interventions during celebrations after Morocco’s matches at the 2026 World Cup did not comply with the rules in force in the Netherlands. Police leadership accepted the findings of a specialist commission, according to an official report published Friday, October 16, by The Hague city government.
MoroccoIn 1989, a British man injured himself skateboarding with his son. Immobilized in hospital, he came across an announcement by King Hassan II encouraging investment in Morocco. A few years later, an abandoned kasbah in the High Atlas became a renowned hotel, now celebrated by the Financial Times.
WorldHajar, 29, who had been missing in Amsterdam since October 4, was found dead Friday in the waters of the Amstel. Her family reported her missing the following day. Dutch police confirmed she was the victim of a crime and opened a criminal investigation.
MoroccoA graduate of a prestigious Swiss hospitality school, Mounia Ezzaher returned to Essaouira to modernize her family business. Her first proposals met with strong resistance. Four years later, almost all have been adopted. The young executive recounts her difficult start to the American magazine Forbes.
WorldA 44-year-old man of Moroccan origin was killed in a crash in Bologna, Italy, on Friday. He was a passenger in a car that overturned after a violent collision and lived in Budrio. Two other people were injured.