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.
MoroccoAccused of issuing a bounced check worth 400,000 dirhams, a man bit the hand of a lawyer for the victim and swallowed the check during a "reconciliation session" in her office.
MoroccoAbdelouafi Laftit, the Minister of the Interior, assured that the Walis of the regions and the governors of the prefectures and provinces are instructed to ensure strict compliance with the measures aimed at rationing water, in particular the prohibition of filling private and public swimming pools more than once a year.
SportStruggling with Galatasaray, Hakim Ziyech seems poised to bounce back in the United Arab Emirates. According to several local sources, the Moroccan international has reached an agreement with Al-Nasr, who have just released his compatriot Adel Taarabt, who has moved to Sharjah FC.
FranceAccused of stabbing his partner, Laura de Pradena Caceres, to death in Marmande, Younès Moudni, a 44-year-old Moroccan, faces a sentence of life imprisonment.
MoroccoA Moroccan city has big ambitions, is hosting many projects and can rival Marrakech, a city considered the best tourist destination in Morocco.
FranceSince Monday, January 20, the Social Affairs Committee of the French National Assembly has been examining the draft law on the financing of Social Security. One of the proposed amendments concerns pensions received by foreigners, including Moroccans, outside French territory.
BelgiumVictim of a violent attack in the back of a cafe in Saint-Gilles in July 2023, Amine El Aamri, 20, succumbed to his injuries. After nearly two years of investigation, justice is considering referring the case to the criminal court. The victim’s family, of Moroccan origin, cries out for injustice.
MoroccoAyoub, a young Moroccan, tried to reach the Canary Islands by swimming from Tarfaya, in southern Morocco, with only a truck tire, flippers and some provisions as equipment. Leaving with his friend Mohcine, he spent eight days at sea in extreme conditions.
MoroccoThe allegations that Moroccan phosphate fertilizers are "naturally very high in cadmium" are false.
FranceThe project of the great mosque in Metz, already marked by numerous controversies, has just experienced a new twist. A donation of one million euros from King Mohammed VI has been revealed, provoking strong reactions and relaunching the debate on foreign influence and secularism.