Spain spent nearly 58 million euros purchasing Moroccan olive oil in the first half of 2026, compared with just 641,000 euros a year earlier. A spectacular surge in a country that nevertheless comfortably dominates global production.
A Moroccan wanted to complete a preparatory year in French before studying accounting in Belgium. To cast doubt on his plans, the Immigration Office notably pointed to his excellent level of French. The Council for Alien Law Litigation annulled the visa refusal.
A Moroccan lawyer practising in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain or elsewhere abroad can now open an office in Morocco without giving up their activity outside the Kingdom. The new law on the legal profession explicitly authorizes this dual establishment.
An American cyberdefense platform used by Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense is also operational in Morocco. Its manufacturer, Lyntris, confirms that its Garda Cyber suite is deployed with the Moroccan Armed Forces.
In 2025, the European Union bought €25.5 billion worth of goods from Morocco and €26.5 billion from Algeria. With a difference of only one billion euros, the amounts are almost identical. But the composition of exports is radically different.
Spain is further strengthening its military presence in Ceuta. More than 150 soldiers from the Canary Islands Command will join the units already deployed in the city following the mass arrival of migrants from Morocco in late July.
Morocco is expected to narrow part of its military gap with Algeria in the coming years. A new American analysis estimates that Moroccan investments in advanced technologies and local production are gradually beginning to alter the balance between the two neighbors.
Morocco could achieve its target of raising renewable energy to 52 % of its installed electricity capacity two years ahead of schedule. The IEA PVPS now estimates that this threshold, set for 2030, could be reached as early as 2028.
Shipments of American almonds to Morocco soared by 49% in a single campaign. The Kingdom received nearly 40,000 tonnes, becoming by far the leading North African market for Californian producers.
Two weeks after Abdeslam Ouaddou criticized the lack of diversity among coaches in France, the French Football Federation has finally broken its silence. It rejects any selection based on origins and explains why the Franco-Moroccan coach was turned down twice for the BEPF.
Morocco is among the foreign clients of Aero Sentinel, an Israeli manufacturer of intelligence drones . The company also equips special units of the Israeli army and is now seeking to accelerate its production.
A Moroccan man subject to an OQTF had been placed under house arrest for 45 days , with the obligation to report to the police station every day of the week. The court has just annulled the refusal of residence, the removal order and the house arrest: the prefecture had omitted a mandatory step.