Felipe VI and Letizia are due to visit Ceuta this year, according to the Spanish government. Madrid is considering informing Rabat as a matter of diplomatic courtesy, but rules out asking for its approval. Nineteen years after Juan Carlos I’s visit, the royal trip is reviving a sensitive issue between the two countries.
Jawad Khouya did not even count the money inside the wallet he found on a road near Verona. The 38-year-old Moroccan only wanted to return it to its owner. His gesture brought another story to light: that of a bank employee who left Morocco for love and became a welder in Italy.
Hanane Ouaddahou spent ten years in auditing and consulting in France before opening a Moroccan restaurant. The experience was difficult, but she did not return to working with numbers. Based in Dubai since 2013, she now creates menus for restaurateurs and is developing her own range of Moroccan products.
MoroccoAt 26, Mohamed holds a degree in electrical engineering and was working in Morocco. On 30 July, he left Fnideq by swimming to reach Ceuta. Fifteen days later, he is still sleeping outdoors and depends on food distributions.
FranceFrance now records more deaths than births. In the short term, its population would continue to grow only thanks to net migration. A major shift, as Morocco remains the second country of birth of new immigrants arriving in France .
MoroccoDakhla and Nador West Med are already appearing on Brussels’ radar. The European Commission cites the two future Moroccan hubs among the ports that shipping companies could use to reduce their exposure to the European carbon market.
MoroccoIn Morocco, some building permits may be issued before all the subdivision’s infrastructure is completed . This new, strictly regulated possibility applies in particular to public rehousing projects following a natural disaster or aimed at combating substandard housing.
WorldGadi Eisenkot is threatening Benjamin Netanyahu on unexpected ground. The son of Moroccan immigrants, the former head of the Israeli army is gaining ground among Mizrahi voters, long considered one of the Likud’s main electoral strongholds.
MoroccoSpain considered that his numerous crossings between Ceuta and Morocco proved that his residence was not sufficiently continuous. The Audiencia Nacional reviewed the Moroccan man’s trips one by one: his longest absence from Spain had lasted only 24 days.
MoroccoZakaria was due to return to work on Monday after two weeks of vacation in Morocco. His easyJet Marrakech–Basel-Mulhouse flight was canceled at the last minute. With his wife and their 18-month-old baby, he will ultimately be unable to return until a week later.
MoroccoMorocco has a near-global monopoly on argan oil, but still captures too little of its value. According to the World Bank, 93% of Moroccan exports leave in bulk before being processed and marketed abroad as finished products.
FranceA Moroccan student who had already obtained two Master’s degrees was refused renewal of her residence permit, with the prefecture deeming her studies insufficiently genuine and serious. The courts have just suspended that decision, ruling that her new course of study is consistent with her career plan.
MoroccoNearly 2.9 million Moroccans aged 15 to 29 are not working, studying or receiving any training. Around 70% are women, according to a new document from the European Commission.