Two buyers of Moroccan origin have been ordered to pay €96,000 for occupying a building in France for eight years while seeking to buy it. The sale was never completed, leading to a lengthy legal battle. The Saint-Quentin court ordered the return of the €150,000 paid to the notary, as well as the payment of occupancy compensation.
Response times for complaints, pensioners’ life certificates and remote access to administrative documents: MP Souad Frikech has demanded answers from Nasser Bourita about how Moroccan consulates operate. She wants to know what measures are planned to make procedures easier for Moroccans living abroad.
Naturalized as a French citizen in November 2022, a Moroccan man lost his nationality two years later for concealing his marriage, which took place in Sefrou. The Council of State upheld the decision in a ruling on May 26, 2026, finding that he should have informed the authorities of his change in marital status before being naturalized.
SpainThe Spanish justice system has confirmed the 26-year prison sentence handed down by the Huesca court against Abdelkader Abid Allah Ben Moussa, 52, for the murder of his ex-wife, Hasna A., whom he stabbed 12 times in Barbastro on June 30, 2021, in the presence of their three minor children.
MoroccoThe Spanish hotel giant Barceló has acquired two luxury hotels in Casablanca and Rabat for 80 million euros. The two establishments will be completely renovated in the coming months.
SpainAlgeria continues to "punish" Spain for officially expressing its support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara. After suspending its trade exchanges with this country, Algiers has recently withdrawn from Spanish companies contracts for the construction of water desalination plants.
MoroccoA video that went viral on social media shows a tourist apparently staying at a renowned hotel in Marrakech violently pushing a server holding a tray of glasses into the pool. A scene criticized by Internet users.
MoroccoA former commune president, his son as well as three gendarmes and four other individuals (two civil servants and two farmers) were brought before the Attorney General of the King near the Court of Appeal of Rabat on Tuesday, who ordered their detention. They are being prosecuted for "forgery and use of forgeries".
MoroccoThe banker from Tangier accused of embezzling 12 million dirhams from his clients’ accounts, as well as his 26 co-defendants, will soon be informed of their fate.
MoroccoThe British airline, Jet2.com, will launch two new routes to Morocco, in collaboration with Jet2 Holidays.
MoroccoThe "Marhaba 2023" operation , aimed at facilitating the passage of Moroccans residing abroad (MRE), recorded a record flow this year, with nearly 2.84 million passengers and 642,000 vehicles transiting through Moroccan ports between June 5 and September 15.
SportMainz 05 (Germany) has excluded Dutch striker Anwar El Ghazi from the team for what his club calls an "intolerable position" on the conflict between Israel and Palestine, after the footballer of Moroccan origin claimed that the Israeli state was committing "genocide" in the Gaza Strip.
MoroccoIsrael has proceeded to evacuate its diplomatic personnel from Rabat on October 18, following massive demonstrations expressing solidarity with the Palestinians.