
Belgian Buses Banned for Pollution in Brussels Now Operating in Moroccan City
Dozens of polluting buses banned from circulation in Brussels are currently being used on the roads of the city of Oujda, causing surprise and concern.

Dozens of polluting buses banned from circulation in Brussels are currently being used on the roads of the city of Oujda, causing surprise and concern.

M.J., suspected of belonging to a criminal organization active in drug trafficking between Morocco, Spain and Belgium, faces 10 years in prison. His lawyers pleaded for his acquittal on Friday before the Brussels Criminal Court.

Moroccan player Tarik Tissoudali, who plays for Gent, was named the winner of the Belgian Lion on Monday, becoming the best player of the year of Maghrebi origin in the Pro League.

Belgian tourists in Morocco were also surprised by the decision taken by the Moroccan authorities to suspend all air links - closure of the airspace this Tuesday.

Several Belgians are stranded in Morocco after the suspension of air links to and from the kingdom due to the spread of the new Omicron variant.

Belgium has sent a message to its citizens wishing to leave Morocco, to urgently organize their return on Monday before 11 pm, due to the suspension of all flights to Morocco for two weeks .

Morocco could close its borders with Europe, given the critical health situation in some countries like Belgium or France, and the discovery of a new variant in South Africa.

The background of Brahim Abdeslam before the Paris and Saint-Denis attacks in August 2015 was revealed on Friday by a Belgian investigator.

The decision to suspend flights taken by the Moroccan authorities concerning France is worrying some Belgian nationals and Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) currently on vacation in Morocco or planning to go there for the end-of-year holidays.

In 2021, Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) filed 290 complaints related to property dispossession in Morocco, compared to 200 complaints recorded last year by the Ministry of the Interior.

The stepfather of Théa, the two-year-old girl who died in 2005 in Belgium, accused of her murder, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Morocco. Mounir Kiouh, of Moroccan origin, had already been tried in Belgium, but had fled to Morocco before his appeal trial.

The Brussels-based Moroccan, Ibrahim Ouassari, founder of MolenGeek, has been named "Brussels Person of the Year 2021". A title awarded by the ASBL Brusseleir.