A retiree had been granted an AOW pension in the Netherlands calculated at the single-person rate. Two months later, he married in Morocco without notifying the pension authority. The SVB eventually recalculated twenty months of payments from the date of the marriage.
His flight was due to leave Amsterdam on August 1, 2022. Royal Air Maroc first tells him it will depart from Maastricht, then postpones the trip until the following day. The first change was announced early enough; the second requires the airline to pay the passenger 400 euros.
A taxpayer claimed to be a tax resident in Morocco and had failed to declare more than €28 million in capital gains in France. An investigation reconstructed his movements: 170 days in France, compared with just 15 in Morocco.
MoroccoThe procedure for obtaining a residence certificate has been digitized in Morocco. The document can be issued within a maximum period of 48 to 72 hours, according to the General Directorate of National Security.
MoroccoBuying an apartment from abroad can quickly become a nightmare when construction stops or the developer disappears. In Morocco, the law precisely regulates off-plan sales. Yet Moroccan expats must verify several documents before paying a single dirham.
MoroccoMoroccan automotive exports declined in 2025, hit by a sharp fall in finished vehicle sales. Still heavily dependent on combustion engines and the European market, the industry must accelerate its transition to electric vehicles.
SportCasablanca’s Wydad financial report does not detail either the salaries or bonuses of Hakim Ziyech and Nordin Amrabat , while the company managing the professional team shows 115.8 million dirhams in commitments.
BelgiumThe death of a spouse who worked in Belgium can open the right to a survivor’s pension, even when the surviving spouse lives in Morocco. The Belgium-Morocco convention protects this right, but it depends on age conditions, career requirements, and administrative procedures.
MoroccoMajor international hotel chains are multiplying their projects in Morocco ahead of the 2030 World Cup. But increasing the number of rooms won’t be enough: the country still needs to strengthen training, service quality control and the retention of qualified staff .
MoroccoThe Royal Navy will strengthen its capabilities with two unmanned surface vessels, designed for fighting submarines and marine mines . The contract, subject to Dutch export authorization, reaches 13 million euros.
MoroccoA man suspected of illegally operating as a tour guide was arrested in Marrakech after a video went viral. He allegedly demanded 1,000 dirhams for a ten-minute tour before slapping one of the tourists.
SpainOperation Marhaba 2026 confirms a sharp decline in crossings linking Motril to Moroccan ports. While certain routes to Tangier and Nador are holding steady or advancing, connections departing from the Andalusian port are recording spectacular drops since the start of summer.
SpainSpain and Algeria want to close four years of diplomatic crisis. But the rapprochement initiated in Algiers does not call into question Spain’s shift on the Sahara, which was at the origin of the rift between the two countries.