Morocco
New Ferry Route to Connect Spain and Morocco via Tanger-Med Port
The FRS company has just announced a new maritime link between Spain and the Moroccan port of Tanger-Med. This new line is expected to be operational in the coming weeks.
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Moroccan Living Abroad
Morocco
Morocco Launches Mobile Consulate Services for Nationals in Sfax, Tunisia
The Moroccan authorities deployed a mobile consulate last week for Moroccan nationals residing in Sfax, Tunisia, and the entire region.
Morocco
Remittances to Morocco Drop 6.4% as Overseas Transfers Decline
Money transfers from Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) are down, according to the monthly indicators of foreign trade for the month of February last released by the Foreign Exchange Office.
Morocco
Actor Saïd Taghmaoui Sparks Outrage for Sharing New Zealand Mosque Attack Video Online
While trials are currently underway for the dissemination of the Imlil terrorist attack videos, Moroccan-origin actor Saïd Taghmaoui has published the video of the recent attack in New Zealand. And there were outraged internet users.
Morocco
Moroccan Diplomat's Ex-Wife Arrested in NYC for Alleged Filipino Worker Exploitation
It is a real scandal that has just tarnished the image of Morocco and that has just occurred in New York. A group of Filipinos would have been hired to work in a Moroccan Consulate. Once there, these Filipinos found themselves cleaning the house of the wife of a diplomat.
Morocco
Moroccan Dancer Faces Charges in Dubai for Blackmail and Threats Against Ex-Lover
A Moroccan dancer is being prosecuted in Dubai for "insult to God", blackmail and defamation threat. The story is more mundane than it appears: she would have simply threatened her ex-lover to send their intimate photos and videos to his wife if he refused to come back to her after leaving her.
Morocco
Moroccans Lead in EU Citizenship Acquisitions, Eurostat Reports
A total of 67,900 Moroccans obtained the nationality of a European Union country in 2017, according to figures published this week by the EU Statistical Office (Eurostat).
Morocco
Moroccan Remittances Plunge 9.2% in January, Foreign Investment Down 30.4%
A sharp drop in remittances by Moroccans living abroad was recorded in January, according to figures just released by the Office of Exchange.
Morocco
Berlin Attack Accomplice Expelled: Questions Surround Moroccan Agent's Role
Bilel Ben Ammar, sometimes described (by the media) as a Moroccan intelligence agent who supported the terrorist Anis Amri and sometimes described by the authorities as a simple Tunisian unrelated to the 2016 Berlin Christmas market attack, would have 12 pseudonyms known to the German authorities. The latter are still sticking to their positions...
Morocco
ECHR Orders Greece to Compensate Migrant Teens for Illegal Detention
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Greece to pay 4,000 euros to nine teenagers, including a Moroccan, who arrived in the country in early 2016. It would have welcomed them poorly.
Morocco
German Police Arrest Suspected Islamist Extremists in Anti-Terror Raids
The German police have just arrested in Frankfurt two Germans of Moroccan origin, a man and a woman, suspected of preparing a terrorist act. No act was yet planned. They would be extremists and they would be planning an attack, are the only data revealed so far.
Morocco
Italian-Moroccan Volunteer Shares Experience Fighting ISIS in Syria
Karim Franceshi, an Italian-Moroccan who fought Daesh in Syria, has just recounted some of the most important periods of his life, in an interview given to an Italian media. In 2016, he had already published a work "Il Combattente" (the fighter).