The Moroccan passport scores just 15.5 out of 100 for international mobility, compared with 97.4 for the Spanish passport and 96.4 for the French one. Morocco thus trails its two European neighbours by more than 80 points in the ease of travelling around the world.
A Moroccan national has obtained the annulment of the decision to close his French naturalization application without further action. The Marne prefecture accused him of ignoring several summonses from the police and gendarmerie. In court, it was unable to prove they had been sent to him.
Trains ordered by Morocco from Spanish manufacturer CAF are at the center of controversy following the rail disaster at Urda, which killed 69 people. Their specifications call for a safety technology that had not yet been fully deployed on the Madrid–Seville line at the time of the accident.
MoroccoIn Témara, a notary and a real estate developer prosecuted for fraud have received different prison sentences. The victims are members of a housing cooperative.
MoroccoAfter the violent earthquake of September 8 that caused hundreds of deaths, injuries, and massive damage, Morocco should receive an insurance premium from a global insurer.
SpainThe arbitral tribunal set up to hear the dispute between the Spanish real estate company Marina d’Or and Morocco, relating to real estate investments of more than 400 million euros lost in Rabat and Tangier, held its first session last Monday.
BelgiumSentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum sentence of 22 years for his participation in the November 2015 Paris attacks, Mohamed Abrini and other Moroccans involved in the March 22, 2016 attacks lose their Belgian nationality.
SportMorocco defeated Burkina Faso (1-0) on Tuesday in Lens, in a friendly match charged with emotions for the Moroccan national team led by Walid Regragui, after the deadly earthquake that killed nearly 3,000 people in Morocco.
MoroccoThe deputies and parliamentary councilors of the two chambers of the Moroccan parliament have decided to each donate one month’s allowance to the Special Fund dedicated to the reconstruction of the areas affected by the deadly earthquake of Friday, September 8.
MoroccoAmerican fashion designer Pamella Roland highlights Morocco in her Spring-Summer 2024 Ready-to-Wear collection and also pledges to come to the aid of the victims of the violent earthquake that shook the country.
FranceFrench President Emmanuel Macron wished for an end to the "controversies that have no place" on the refusal of the aid offered by France to Morocco, hit by a powerful earthquake that has already killed nearly 3,000 people.
MoroccoFollowing the September 8 earthquake that shook Morocco , tour operators and airlines have taken a number of measures.
MoroccoAlgeria "takes note" of Morocco’s decision to inform it that it does not need its humanitarian aid.