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.
MoroccoMorocco has indeed ordered the construction of two sophisticated Israeli spy satellites from Israel in order to strengthen its armament, especially its surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.
MoroccoThe lack of public toilets led some participants in the Marrakech International Marathon organized on Sunday to relieve themselves in the open. Images of this act, widely shared on social media, have outraged local and regional authorities as well as associations.
MoroccoDuring an intervention, Mehdi Bensaid, member of the leadership of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) and Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, deplored the destruction of historical and heritage monuments in Casablanca by the "land mafia" that is rampant in the city, welcoming the government’s efforts to preserve this priceless heritage.
SpainDue to Storm Herminia in the Campo de Gibraltar, almost all connections to Tangier from the port of Tarifa have been canceled this Monday. The ferry scheduled to reach the Moroccan port from Algeciras this morning has also been suspended.
MoroccoViolent gusts of wind swept through northern Morocco on Monday morning, disrupting air traffic and causing the diversion of several flights destined for Tangier. Ibn Battouta airport had to redirect planes to other platforms in the country.
SportMorocco is hosting the best teams and federation officials on the continent for the draw of the 35th Africa Cup of Nations on Monday in Rabat. But Walid Sadi, president of the Algerian Football Federation, will be conspicuous by his absence.
BelgiumOthman El Ballouti, 37, is one of the first cocaine traffickers to fructify his illegal activities in Dubai. Since his last conviction in 2013, he has disappeared from the radar. He is not the subject of any arrest or search warrant.
MoroccoRabat and Ankara are paving the way for strengthening their military cooperation. A delegation from the Turkish company "Aselsan", led by Erhan Olgun, Director of the Middle East and Africa region, was in Morocco as part of a strategic visit.
MoroccoA violent explosion shook the construction site of the Mokhtar Soussi dam elevation, located in the commune of Ouzioua, province of Taroudant.
MoroccoThe authorities in Rabat are conducting a campaign to dismantle air conditioners installed on building facades. The objective is to preserve the urban aesthetics.