A Catalan travel agency is under investigation for alleged fraud. Several customers say they paid for trips that never took place. Others describe disastrous journeys home, with thousands of euros in extra costs.
Morocco remain 64th in the world, but have lost 17.53 points since June. The new rankings published on Tuesday confirm a shift in the African pecking order, two months after the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, held in Morocco, left its mark.
Nearly 10,000 jobs are estimated to have disappeared from Moroccan call centers since France banned unsolicited telemarketing. Small businesses have borne the brunt of the closures. Large groups have reassigned employees to other roles, sometimes at the cost of new concessions.
MoroccoMorocco has launched an acceleration program for the development of its highway network, with the objective of increasing its length from 1,800 km to 3,000 km. This extension is motivated by two major objectives: the preparation of the 2030 FIFA World Cup, which the country will co-host, and the continuation of its economic development and territorial connectivity strategy.
SpainMore than 1,800 students are learning the Arabic language and Moroccan culture in 122 schools in Catalonia this year, as part of an official program conducted in collaboration between the Generalitat and the Kingdom of Morocco.
MoroccoThe French are facing a shortage of sardines generally imported from Morocco. Several factors explain this scarcity of the product.
BelgiumThe Liège Criminal Court should impose a criminal sanction on a Belgian-Moroccan couple who received hundreds of thousands of euros while living in Morocco. They were denounced by anonymous letters.
MoroccoIn the Tassrirt region, near Ouarzazate, residents and civil society actors are sounding the alarm about a growing environmental threat: the depletion of the water table. They point to the "irrational" expansion of watermelon cultivation, driven by foreign investments, in a region already weakened by drought.
MoroccoFrom his childhood in Morocco to his years of hospitalization at Necker, Booder recounts how humor became his escape. His son and the theme of school bullying now inspire his new show.
BelgiumRetried for a murder, Omar Ettaleb, 35, a Moroccan sentenced to life in prison in October 2023 by default for committing a murder to carry out a theft against Ilyas Kosker, a 44-year-old Liège resident whose body was found in the province of Luxembourg, makes serious accusations against the lawyers who defended him in his first trial.
MoroccoThe National Union of Cafes and Restaurants of Morocco has strongly reacted to a controversy that arose on social media concerning the alleged obligation for customers to order a second drink or leave the premises.
MoroccoThe businessman and banker Othman Benjelloun has regained the title of the richest person in Morocco, with an estimated fortune of $2 billion.
SportMoroccan international footballer Hakim Ziyech has once again taken a stance on the conflict in the Middle East, by posting on his social media a message criticizing the military operations carried out by Israel.