Intersport is preparing a new push into Morocco, twelve years after entering the market with Hicham El Guerrouj. This time, the sporting goods giant is teaming up with Moncef Belkhayat’s group to open stores from 2027, starting in Casablanca.
Spain has officially awarded a contract to maintain communications equipment at three military garrisons on islets claimed by Morocco. One of them is the Peñón de Alhucemas, just 700 metres off the Moroccan coast. Madrid has entrusted the work to a specialist company.
In Italy, a Moroccan man who had been unemployed for eight months found a pensioner’s wallet and returned it. When the man offered him a reward, Abdeljalil El Himer instead handed him his CV. His hope is to find work so he can support his family back in Morocco.
BelgiumBelgium recommends that its nationals visiting Morocco avoid the areas where the Moroccan youth movement "GenZ 212", with more than 180,000 members on Discord, is organizing protest gatherings.
MoroccoEnsuring the safety of students. This is the objective sought by the Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports in instructing the regional academies and provincial directorates to supervise the presence of students during the lunch break and off-peak hours.
MoroccoA renowned magazine places a Moroccan hotel in its ranking of the best hotels in the world.
FranceLong seen as a potential member of the government, Naïma Moutchou’s time has come. This Franco-Moroccan woman, with an atypical background, has been appointed to take charge of the Ministry of the Civil Service. From the presidential majority but loyal to Édouard Philippe, her rapid rise is noteworthy.
MoroccoThe president of the Movement for Construction (El Bina), Abdelkader Bengrina, has called on Moroccan protesters to march towards the royal palace to demand an end to normalization with Israel. In a speech delivered during the commemoration of the "Al Aqsa Deluge", he accused Morocco of betraying the Palestinian cause and hailed Algeria’s diplomatic resistance.
SportCurrently without a club, Moroccan international Hakim Ziyech is considering a Romanian offer and is about to make a decision.
MoroccoThe Court of Appeal of Tétouan ordered the release of Aymen, the young autistic person prosecuted for having interrupted the royal procession this summer in the Malalien region. A decision widely welcomed.
MoroccoFlags, posters and slogans animated the forecourt of the Moroccan consulate in Amsterdam (Netherlands) as a sign of solidarity with the Moroccan youth movement "GenZ 212".
MoroccoTwo new walis have been appointed in Marrakech-Safi and Fès-Meknès, replacing Farid Chourak and Mouad El Jamaï, who were dismissed for protocol violations.
MoroccoMissing for ten years and considered dead by his family, Hicham, a 42-year-old Moroccan journalist, has been found in the Cassino region of Italy.