Tesla drivers in Morocco should soon be able to use Grok directly from their vehicles. The artificial intelligence assistant will be able to answer their questions, as well as manage navigation, calls, music and climate control.
Morocco could overtake Vietnam and become as soon as this year the destination most sold by Intrepid Travel to its British and Irish clients. The tour operator has just organized its largest familiarization trip in its history there.
More than 100 criminal groups operate on the Costa del Sol, which has become a hub for international drug trafficking. Its proximity to Morocco, Gibraltar and the port of Algésiras facilitates business, but also settling scores between rival networks.
WorldKilled in an accident in 2023 along with his wife and children, a Moroccan employed in Saudi Arabia leaves behind compensation that remains inaccessible to his heirs. A lawmaker is asking the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to recover the funds held by the embassy in Riyadh.
SpainFive Moroccan women remain hospitalized in Sebta after giving birth, although some could already leave the facility. However, lacking suitable accommodation, their discharge would leave them on the streets with their newborns.
MoroccoThe dirham continues to lose ground against the euro. In three weeks, the equivalent value of 1,000 euros has increased by 131 dirhams, according to Bank Al-Maghrib’s reference exchange rates.
MoroccoSweetCott, a new mandarin developed in Morocco, has obtained definitive plant variety protection in the European Union. Granted on September 7, the title will remain valid until December 31, 2056, and will regulate its production and marketing on the European market.
SpainJudge María Tardón wants to determine what became of a Spanish intelligence warning sent the day before the mass crossings into Ceuta. The testimony of a former aide could now put Madrid’s representative in the enclave in difficulty.
MoroccoDisruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are undermining global supplies of nitrogen fertilizers and driving up their costs. In this strained market, Morocco’s immense phosphate reserves are taking on new importance, although they cannot replace nitrogen.
FranceAhmed, a 22-year-old Moroccan employed without being declared, died after falling more than five meters at a construction site in the Tarn. The tradesman who had made him work on an asbestos roof was sentenced to six months in prison.
WorldA Moroccan couple living in the Netherlands obtained their divorce in Tangier. Dutch justice recognizes the separation and the child support, but refuses to apply the Moroccan court’s decisions concerning their two children.
WorldFormer Algerian diplomat Amar Belani seems to have found his main subject: Morocco. Five of his last thirteen columns are devoted directly to it. A remarkable editorial loyalty, even if the ungrateful kingdom does not seem to share this attachment.
FranceTwo prefectures had refused to issue him a residence permit, ordered his expulsion, banned him from returning to France and placed him under house arrest. The Moroccan father of two French children has just had all these decisions overturned.