Born in a village in the Rif and arriving in the Netherlands at the age of ten unable to read or write, Ahmed Marcouch will be honored in Arnhem on Friday, October 16. The Moroccan-born mayor is one of eight recipients of a new award recognizing their contributions to Dutch society.
Morocco has major advantages that could make it a green industrial production hub on Europe’s doorstep. But a European study published on Wednesday, October 14, identifies three obstacles that could hold back its ambitions: financing, energy infrastructure and Brussels’ new trade rules.
A French-Moroccan man made repeated trips to Morocco to visit his daughter, who was born in 2020 and has health problems. The CAF is seeking repayment of €4,125 in social benefits. Despite his explanations and his doctor’s approval, the court upheld the debt.
BelgiumBelgian Minister of Justice Annelies Verlinden intends to accelerate the transfer of foreign prisoners, particularly Moroccans, to their countries of origin in order to decongest the prisons. Since the country signed an agreement with Morocco on October 23 to repatriate at least 50 prisoners per year, not a single transfer has been carried out.
MoroccoThe major real estate developers in the city of Tanger have been in the sights of the inspectors of the Ministry of Finance for a few weeks now, who are closely examining their tax review operations over the past five years.
MoroccoA land affair is currently shaking the municipality of Casablanca. At issue is a large plot of land belonging to the municipality and intended for a public green space in Aïn Sebaâ, whose ownership has curiously been transferred to a real estate company. A judicial investigation could be opened.
MoroccoHousing is a constitutional right, but it is becoming an inaccessible luxury for many Moroccans. Faced with a price surge described as record-breaking and the erosion of purchasing power, MP Loubna Sghiri questioned the Minister of Housing, pointing to the failure of current policies and the urgency of regulating a market left to speculation.
MoroccoA spectacular chase has put an end to the flight of an individual actively sought by the justice system. The anti-gang brigade of Nador arrested, during the night of Friday, the one called "Ould Aïssa", seizing in the process significant quantities of narcotics and a vehicle registered abroad.
MoroccoThousands of Moroccans were the subject of search measures that no longer had any legal basis. A vast operation to clean up the judicial records has just corrected this situation, resulting in the cancellation of nearly 71,000 search warrants in just a few weeks.
MoroccoA businessman thought he was investing in a miracle substance to extract treasures , he left a fortune there. The Marrakech police have just put an end to the activities of a gang that managed to extort ten million dirhams from its victim by selling the myth of "red mercury".
MoroccoAs part of an expropriation procedure for the construction of the High-Speed Line (LGV) connecting Kénitra to Marrakech, the local authorities of Mediouna are carrying out a large-scale demolition campaign of warehouses and sheds located within the administrative perimeter of the province.
SportWith only three weeks to go before the kick-off of the Africa Cup of Nations, a race against the clock is underway in Agadir. While the interior of the Adrar stadium is equipped with the latest technologies and ready to host the competition, its surroundings present an unfinished face that strongly contrasts with the state of preparation of the other host sites in the Kingdom.
MoroccoThe weather is deteriorating in part of the Kingdom this weekend. The General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM) has issued an orange alert bulletin, forecasting heavy snowfall and thunderstorms in several provinces starting this Sunday.