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The calendar of public holidays for the year 2020-2021 in Morocco is available. It takes into account religious holidays and Moroccan and international commemoration days. School holidays are also planned for students.
Despite the pandemic, Morocco’s fruit and vegetable exports to Spain amounted to 583 million euros between January and August 2020, according to data from the Spanish customs and special tax service, processed by FEPEX.
The calls for a boycott of French products launched in the wake of President Emmanuel Macron’s speech and attacking Islam are also being followed in Morocco. Since this speech "harmful to Franco-Muslim relations", the calls are multiplying on social networks.
Ryanair wants to support the recovery of tourism in Morocco. This initiative, which is to the credit of the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT), aims to increase the number of frequencies of the airline to the Kingdom.
Associated with zinc in the therapeutic protocol developed by the Ministry of Health to treat the coronavirus, vitamin C is experiencing an unprecedented shortage in Moroccan pharmacies. The causes of this stock shortage are numerous.
Faced with the worsening financial crisis, hundreds of Moroccans are preparing to leave Morocco. Many are heading to the Spanish Consulate in Nador to obtain a visa.
The latest provocations by the Polisario in Guergarate outrage Morocco a few days before the UN meeting on the Sahara. In a statement to the press, Nasser Bourita , Minister of Foreign Affairs, recalled that "the acts of these bandits" will not influence Morocco’s efforts to respect international commitments.
The continued publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in France outrages Morocco. The Kingdom has condemned, on Sunday, these acts which demonstrate "the immaturity of their authors".
With the resurgence of new infections, Morocco has been recording many deaths in recent days. Yesterday, the Kingdom recorded 47 deaths, 3 more than the day before.
Faced with the rise in infections due to the coronavirus in Belgium, new restrictive measures have been imposed this Friday, October 23, in sports, cultural events and higher education. In mosques, the Concertation Committee of the Executive of Muslims of Belgium has maintained the same protocol in force until November 19.
The city of Nador is barricading itself again with the return of restrictive measures and the curfew due to the resurgence of new infections. Travel authorizations are now required before entering and leaving the city.
Two young men were arrested and brought before the public prosecutor’s office near the Court of Appeal of El Jadida on Sunday, October 18. They are accused of being involved in the death of a young woman.