Spain granted Morocco a €754.3 million loan to finance the purchase of trains. In March 2025, Madrid refused to disclose the interest rate, citing diplomatic relations. Yet an official Spanish Treasury document reveals particularly favorable terms: 0.5% over 30 years.
A 31-year-old woman living in Morocco is trying to obtain a French visa to celebrate her wedding in Toulouse. Despite postponing the ceremony several times and filing five urgent appeals, she has been unable to overturn the French authorities’ refusal, which is based on concerns that she may settle permanently in France.
After living in the Netherlands for thirty years, Nezha, a 51-year-old Moroccan woman, would like to grow old in her country of origin. But her children have built their lives in the Netherlands. In an interview with her daughter Maria, she explains what is keeping her from deciding to return.
MoroccoThe tribute concert in honor of Cheb Hasni and Cheb Akil, scheduled for January 31 in Tangier, was canceled after the opposition of the families of these deceased Algerian artists.
MoroccoThe mega-project of Zenata Mall, which was to host the international furniture brand Ikea, a Marjane hypermarket, leisure and multiplex cinema offerings, has been put on hold by Marjane Holding and the Zenata Development Company.
MoroccoIn Marrakech, a joint commission has been set up to control furnished apartments.
FranceTwo men of Moroccan nationality were arrested on the A9 motorway in possession of a large quantity of cannabis. They were sentenced on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 to imprisonment by the Perpignan court.
MoroccoMorocco is acquiring a cutting-edge weapon. A AH-64E Guardian Apache helicopter in Moroccan army colors has been spotted in a Boeing factory in the United States. It is one of the 24 aircraft ordered by the kingdom for an amount of $4.25 billion, according to the US State Department.
MoroccoWhile Moroccans were expecting a drop in olive oil prices after the end of the harvest and pressing phases, nothing has apparently changed for them.
SpainThe trial of Ali Khouch, a 39-year-old Moroccan, accused of killing his pregnant wife and their 7-year-old son in Sa Pobla (Majorca) in May 2021, continued this Monday, January 27 before the provincial court of the Balearic Islands. The defendant confessed to his crime. He faces life imprisonment.
MoroccoThe Regional Council of Casablanca-Settat has validated an important partnership agreement project for the financing of urban bus transport. This convention, which will apply from 2025 to 2029, defines the modalities for the implementation of a new contractual model of delegated management, involving the various local authorities in the region.
MoroccoOpposition MPs attacked the government on Monday in parliament, accusing it in particular of having taken into account 50% of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) in the 17.4 million tourists who arrived in the kingdom in 2024.
SportThe Belgian-Moroccan kickboxing champion, Jamal Ben Saddik , is preparing to step back into the ring. On February 22 in Rotterdam, the 34-year-old fighter will make his comeback, after more than two years of suspension by Glory.