In 2000, Nasima El Bachiri-Ouamar was a secretary in the Netherlands. After office hours, she cleaned her employer’s premises herself. Twenty-four years later, the daughter of Moroccan immigrants was running five companies. She has just been shortlisted for a national award.
Two months after its test in Tan-Tan with Moroccan and US forces, the Anthem cruise missile has been selected by Denmark. Copenhagen wants to acquire the long-range strike weapon to strengthen its defenses.
In the Netherlands, Karim Amghar earned a result that opened the door to further study. Yet his primary school teacher advised him to choose a less ambitious track. Now a son of Moroccan immigrants, he teaches young people whom he refuses, in turn, to underestimate.
SportZakaria El Ouahdi, player for KRC Genk, has chosen to respond favorably to his call-up with the Moroccan team. A new departure that adds to that of Talbi, without an official reaction from the RBFA, but in an already tense climate.
SpainNavantia officially launched the Avante 1800 patrol vessel, ordered by the Royal Moroccan Navy, on Tuesday.
BelgiumThe date is now known to Muslims in Belgium. The Feast of Sacrifice, or Eid al-Adha, will be held this year on Friday, June 6. The Muslim Council of Belgium (CMB) made the official announcement through a press release, thus setting one of the most important dates in the Islamic calendar.
MoroccoA mega-project for an F1 circuit is being studied in northern Morocco. With a total cost of 1.2 billion dollars, it could allow Morocco to rejoin the Formula 1 calendar, more than 70 years after its first Grand Prix held in Casablanca in 1958.
MoroccoIndustrial slaughterhouses in Casablanca and other major cities have been overwhelmed for several days. Thousands of sheep are being brought there to be slaughtered before Eid Al-Adha in order to circumvent the royal call to refrain from performing the sacrifice ritual this year.
MoroccoAs the Marhaba 2025 operation approaches, the Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration (ADII) is adjusting its system for welcoming Moroccans residing abroad (MRE). In the interest of efficiency and fluidity, several measures have been taken, notably two significant relaxations concerning the customs clearance of passenger vehicles.
MoroccoScottish entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne and his wife Nigora Whitehorn recently traveled to Morocco with the American charity Operation Smile to help save the lives of children with cleft palates.
FranceTwenty-six years later, the Hocine Batouche case, named after the 9-year-old teenager found dead with a fractured skull in the summer of 1999 in Alès (Gard), is still not closed. A new appeal for witnesses has just been launched in the investigation of this unsolved murder.
MoroccoThe Saudi royal house has built two majestic palaces in Tangier. The two jewels have been completed since 2023, but Saudi authorities are slow to pay their debts of several million euros to Moroccan companies that carried out the work.
MoroccoA Moroccan city still not very touristy, Tetouan surprises with its European charm, its UNESCO-listed medina, and its attractive prices, far from the hustle and bustle of Marrakech.