Writer Najat El Hachmi has sharply criticized Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of Spain’s People’s Party, who wants to tighten the requirements for obtaining Spanish nationality. Born in Morocco and now a Spanish citizen, she denounces rhetoric that, she says, fuels prejudice against people from immigrant backgrounds.
Former Netherlands international Marciano Vink praises the Moroccan Football Federation’s progress in recruiting young dual nationals. He says Abdellah Ouazane and Ayoub Oufkir chose to represent Morocco because of its effective scouting strategy and the Atlas Lions’ sporting results.
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.
SportIn preparation for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Moroccan Olympic team lost 1-0 to Iraq on Thursday at the Père-Jégo stadium in Casablanca.
MoroccoRoyal Air Maroc (RAM) has decided to suspend its AT228 flights from October 14 to 18 and AT229 flights from October 15 to 19, 2023 to and from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
MoroccoMorocco should produce 1.07 million tons of olives in the fall of 2023, a production that would bring 7.4 billion dirhams to the kingdom, an increase of 10% compared to the same period in 2022.
MoroccoThe Casablanca council has hired a consulting firm to conduct an inventory of its real estate assets. The finding is disconcerting: 14,000 apartments and houses belonging to the city are rented at derisory prices or exploited free of charge.
FranceFrench Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire has been on a working visit to Marrakech since Wednesday. This trip would aim to "warm up" bilateral relations between Paris and Rabat.
FranceAccused of being an accomplice to the jihadist Larossi Abballa in the murder of a couple of police officers in Magnanville on June 13, 2016, Mohamed Lamine Aberouz was sentenced Wednesday to life imprisonment by the special assize court in Paris.
MoroccoIn a context of escalating Israeli-Palestinian tensions, the Secretary General of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), Abdelilah Benkirane, is demanding the expulsion of the head of the Israeli liaison office in Morocco. A reaction seen as an interference in the diplomatic affairs of the kingdom.
FranceThe judicial police of Paris are investigating a burglary that occurred on Tuesday in Fontenay-aux-Roses (Hauts-de-Seine). The victim, an 80-year-old woman, is none other than the widow of former Moroccan Prime Minister Abdellatif Filali. Objects worth an estimated 300,000 euros were taken.
SportBrahim Diaz’s entourage has denied the information that the Real Madrid midfielder has finally chosen to play for the Moroccan national team.
BelgiumIn the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco in the night of September 8, killing nearly 3,000 people, the Algerian association of Mons-Borinage (Belgium) quickly mobilized to show its solidarity with the victims.