A French woman born in Morocco and her husband had backed out of a €420,000 property purchase. Their withdrawal was outside the deadline. After four years of legal battles, a missing document ultimately allows them to recover their €21,000.
Clare Mitchell, 31, travelled from England for a four-day holiday in Agadir but was found dead in her hotel room the day after she arrived. Without travel insurance, her family must now raise up to £6,000 to bring her body home.
Mario Lemina insisted he didn’t know Lamine Yamal. After FC Barcelona’s 4-1 victory over Galatasaray, the young Spanish international of Moroccan origin responded with humor. But the Gabonese midfielder’s reply took an unexpected turn: his own son adores the Barcelona star.
WorldBorn in a village in the Rif and arriving in the Netherlands at the age of ten unable to read or write, Ahmed Marcouch will be honored in Arnhem on Friday, October 16. The Moroccan-born mayor is one of eight recipients of a new award recognizing their contributions to Dutch society.
MoroccoMorocco has major advantages that could make it a green industrial production hub on Europe’s doorstep. But a European study published on Wednesday, October 14, identifies three obstacles that could hold back its ambitions: financing, energy infrastructure and Brussels’ new trade rules.
FranceA French-Moroccan man made repeated trips to Morocco to visit his daughter, who was born in 2020 and has health problems. The CAF is seeking repayment of €4,125 in social benefits. Despite his explanations and his doctor’s approval, the court upheld the debt.
WorldMorocco has signed an agreement in Washington giving it access to a new US program for acquiring drones and counter-drone systems. The US Army says it will cut some procurement procedures from several months to just a few days.
MoroccoA French national is seeing her land rights transferred to the Moroccan state on six agricultural properties totalling more than 608 hectares. Two orders published in the Official Bulletin on October 5 detail the properties concerned in the province of Sidi Kacem.
WorldA tanker carrying 40,000 tonnes of Russian diesel headed for Morocco after loading on Tuesday, October 13. The shipment comes days after an agreement between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin aimed at restarting Russian fuel exports and lowering global prices.
MoroccoCasablanca Finance City was expected to host 500 companies by 2025. A year after that deadline, the Moroccan financial hub has only about 300. Its leaders have now given themselves until 2030 to reach the target.
WorldA homeless Moroccan man was stopped in Italy with ten antique silver coins valued at more than 80,000 euros. When police asked where they came from, he said he had found them near a bin. The story has left investigators puzzled.
BelgiumArrested this summer at a shopping mall in Dubai, Nasserdine “Nadori” Tarrahi has been extradited to Belgium. The Moroccan-born drug trafficker, sentenced to 12 years in prison for importing 840 kilos of cocaine, is also facing other legal proceedings.
SpainSeville, Murcia, Ciudad Real and the Canary Islands could come within range of Moroccan missiles. According to the Israeli press, Rabat is negotiating to acquire the LORA ballistic missile system, capable of precision strikes over several hundred kilometers. The prospect is causing concern in Spain.