Elements of the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) intercepted two vehicles transporting 96 kilos of Moroccan cannabis and arrested their three occupants, in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, between the Yvelines and the Loiret. This is the result of an investigation opened on January 30 following two successive accidents on the A10.
When questioned about the issue of undocumented immigrants, French President Emmanuel Macron provided some explanations. It was at the end of his visit to Nevers on Friday, as part of the reopening of cultural venues and the launch of a "cultural pass" for young people.
Danielle Delavaud, the National Rally (RN) candidate for the departmental elections in Corrèze, has been dismissed for racist messages posted on Twitter since 2017.
Fired from Galatasaray, Moroccan international Younès Belhanda is said to have agreed to join the club where he started his career: Montpellier. He is expected to sign a three-year contract, according to some indiscretions.
Returning to France after nearly 10 years on the run in Morocco, Ilyas Ameur, involved in the robbery of the Forum de l’Or in 2011 in La Garde, appeared before the Var Assize Court on Friday. The man has confessed.
Deconfinement is progressing gradually in France. In order to allow Muslims to go to mosques for the morning prayer (Fajr), the Ministry of the Interior has granted a new exemption. This measure took effect on May 22, 2021.
A 44-year-old Moroccan man was shot dead in Pont-Saint-Esprit in the Gard region on May 18. Two suspects have been indicted for murder.
As a "loyal partner" of Morocco, France will not change its position on the Sahara issue. Unlike the United States, it will not open a consulate in Dakhla, considering that the autonomy plan developed remains solid and beneficial to the populations.
The trial of the three Agen police officers suspected of having assaulted a young Moroccan during his arrest and custody opened on Thursday, May 20 before the judicial court of Auch. The public prosecutor requested sentences of three to five months in prison with a suspended sentence and a temporary ban on practicing for three months for the defendants.
Subject to the lifting of travel restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, Toulouse-Blagnac airport will offer flights to Morocco. These air links are part of its summer 2021 program.
Non-French parents of students in the Rabat-Kénitra cluster disapprove of the decision by the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE) to cancel the "exemption commission" of this cluster during this difficult Covid-19 period. They have written to AEFE Director Olivier Brochet in the hope that this decision will be overturned.
The Val de Briey Judicial Court (Meurthe-et-Moselle) sentenced a wheelchair-bound man to two years in prison, with one year of probationary suspension, with continued detention, for domestic violence against his Moroccan wife, between November 2020 and April 2021. The defendant is in prison, after an immediate appearance.