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The months of June, July and August were very profitable for the ochre city. Indeed, with the massive arrival of tourists, Marrakech will have achieved a record summer with an occupancy rate of 63% in the first half of the current year.
Accused of having humiliated law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties, the merchant whose arrest videos had provoked outrage on the Web (he had been chained and dragged by the neck), was finally sentenced to four months in prison.
The Ministry of the Interior announced in a press release the dismantling of a terrorist cell linked to the Islamic State (IS) by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) in the cities of Berkane and Nador. It is a cell composed of 5 people aged 27 to 41 years old, who were planning dangerous acts.
Following the many rumors surrounding the arrest of Hajar Raissouni, a journalist from Akhbar Al Yaoum, the National Union of the Moroccan Press (SNPM) broke its silence, condemning certain biased articles published in certain media, and calling for respect for the presumption of innocence and the ethics of the profession.
On Friday, August 30, the Spanish police carried out a new crackdown that led to the dismantling of a drug trafficking network transporting hashish from Morocco to the Malaga region, in southern Spain. Four Britons were arrested during the operation.
While they were traveling to Patras in Greece to participate in the Mediterranean Beach Games, two players of the Moroccan national handball team disappeared into thin air. For this new case of "Hrig" in Moroccan handball, suspicions of complicity hover over members of the Royal Moroccan Handball Federation (FRMH).
It’s the end of the holidays and, after the departure from Morocco of the vast majority of families who had enjoyed the summer vacation, the last-minute pressure seems to be generally under control.
Tourists have again been very numerous to visit Agadir during the first half of this year. A 5.25% increase was recorded, compared to the same period last year, with the French being the top visitors.
For the summer season, the company, Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM), has achieved significant successes at all levels. The record figure of 550,000 vehicles per day, or 1.65 million people who used the network daily, is mentioned.
The quarterly publication of the Real Estate Asset Price Index (IPAI) by Bank Al Maghrib (BAM), in collaboration with the National Agency for Land Registry, Cadastre and Cartography, provides an idea of the evolution of real estate prices in our different cities. What are the major trends in Casablanca?
A jet ski that left Morocco was chased by a boat from the Maritime Service of the Spanish Civil Guard, in the Ceuta region.
A group of young people from the Al Balia neighborhood, in the city of Detroit, managed to stop, on Friday, August 30, one of the two thieves who were trying to attack a passer-by to snatch his belongings. They did not hesitate to subject the thief to popular outrage before calling the police.