In the Netherlands, Nadira Ettahiri has set up businesses to help employees and job seekers held back by language barriers. After more than twenty years in business, the Dutch-Moroccan businesswoman is one of five finalists for an award recognizing women entrepreneurs with international reach.
In Milan, WhatsApp conversations reveal a troubling relationship between an informant and the head of a municipal police team. Italian investigators are now challenging eight arrests. Six officers have been placed under house arrest.
A Moroccan living abroad enters Morocco carrying 1,000 euros in cash. No declaration is required at the border. But if he later wants to deposit the money into a foreign-currency account, the customs declaration may be essential, even for this modest sum.
FranceA Moroccan man had told the prefecture that he had just found a job and wanted to switch to employee status. The administration replied that it had taken his request into account. Four days later, however, he received a residence permit refusal and an OQTF.
FranceBorn in France to Moroccan parents, Sajida Zouarhi wanted to use computer science to help patients waiting for a kidney transplant. Ten years after her first work on the project, the engineer is one of five finalists for an international regional award recognizing women in technology.
WorldMorocco has climbed to second place among the countries receiving the most money from Italy, behind Bangladesh. The latest data from the Bank of Italy show transfers to the kingdom rising even as remittances abroad decline overall.
SpainTwo legionnaires said they were attacked with pepper spray during an operation in Ceuta. The Moroccan man on trial also faced a possible ten-year ban on entering Spain. Inconsistencies in the testimony changed the outcome of the trial.
WorldDrones, military facilities, intelligence and counterterrorism: Washington wants to shape its cooperation with Morocco through 2036. A US bill lays out the missions the Pentagon could be tasked with to turn the alliance into concrete military programs.
WorldAn 80-year-old Moroccan man living in Italy was prosecuted for receiving nearly 15,000 euros in social benefits while staying in Morocco. Medical documents weighed heavily in the case. The verdict is in: he was acquitted.
SpainIn Madrid, Hajar Brown takes things month by month. The Spanish actress, born to Moroccan parents, also works as an engineer and has more than 100,000 followers online. She explains why buying a home seems beyond her reach.
MoroccoNine Moroccans employed in Italian agriculture allegedly paid 37,500 euros to convert their seasonal residence permits into salaried work permits. Investigators say the procedure was free. In Trento, the case led to the judicial seizure of 790,514 euros.
WorldAfter messages pleading for help were sent on 4 October, Hajar’s disappearance was initially deemed non-urgent. Her family is questioning the response of Amsterdam police. On 22 October, investigators published their timeline of the case.
MoroccoMoroccan combat drones will be fitted with munitions made in the United Arab Emirates. Behind the contract signed in Marrakech is another partnership that helps explain the choice: UAE-based EDGE works with Baykar, the Turkish manufacturer of drones used by the Royal Moroccan Air Force.