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Adel Taarabt recounts how an altercation with a teammate is said to have derailed his transfer to Manchester United. Sir Alex Ferguson had come specifically to watch the Moroccan, who was then at the peak of his abilities with Queens Park Rangers.
Morocco is now among the concerns of Italy’s automotive industry. The head of ANFIA fears that future European legislation intended to protect the continent’s factories could ultimately encourage imports from the Kingdom and Turkey.
Some 70,000 Sahrawis could obtain Spanish nationality through a law that is due to be submitted to Congress on Thursday. The PSOE has decided to support it, but some Socialists acknowledge fearing the consequences for relations with Morocco.
Morocco will benefit from a new US technical assistance program entrusted to Pratt & Whitney. The contract, worth a total of 19.3 million dollars, is intended to enable the personnel concerned to become more self-sufficient in operating and maintaining the manufacturer’s equipment.
Two Portuguese police officers are standing trial for the alleged kidnapping and homicide of a Moroccan man in Olhão. Aissa Ait Aissa was transported handcuffed in their patrol car before being found seriously injured. He died twenty days later in hospital.
Nasser Bourita reportedly assured his Spanish counterpart that the recent statements by Moroccan ministers regarding Ceuta and Melilla do not reflect Morocco’s official position. José Manuel Albares nevertheless says he is not satisfied with this explanation.
The new PISA results are particularly severe for Morocco. At age 15, 87% of the students assessed fail to reach the minimum level in reading, 84% in mathematics and 77% in science.
ONDA has just launched a new procedure for the construction of the aircraft parking area and various improvements at Tétouan Saniat R’mel Airport. The contract is this time estimated at 77.7 million dirhams.
A 50-year-old Moroccan man has been sentenced to two years in prison in Italy for threatening and mistreating his 20-year-old daughter. The father did not accept her relationship with a young Italian man or her decision to go and live with him.
Two Moroccan children, born in 2009 and 2011, remain separated from their mother, who lives in the Netherlands. Out of school for over a year and without stable parental care in Morocco, according to their stepfather, they have just seen their appeal rejected by the Dutch courts.
Arriving in France in March 2002 at just two years old, a Moroccan man lived there for more than 24 years. After several criminal convictions, he was deported to Morocco on July 3. The Toulouse Administrative Court of Appeal has just rejected his request to suspend the measure.
The Moroccan passenger-car market is declining for the first time this year. But Chinese manufacturers are avoiding the slowdown: they achieved their best month ever in Morocco in August and now account for more than 15% of sales.