Moroccan Cafe Owners Protest Tax Assessments Amid Pandemic Recovery
25 September 2020
Cafe owners no longer hide their anger. The latest tax assessment, sent by the Directorate General of Taxes, was very poorly received by the profession.
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Royal Air Maroc Seeks to Dissolve Pilots’ Association Amid Layoff Dispute
25 September 2020
Royal Air Maroc is at war with airline pilots. After the dismissal of 65 pilots, the company has just seized the courts in order to dissolve the Moroccan Association of Airline (…)
Moroccan City Imposes Lockdown on Neighborhoods as COVID-19 Cases Surge
25 September 2020
Certain neighborhoods of the city of Khenifra are subject to new restrictive measures regarding movements. These measures have been in effect since Thursday, September 23 at (…)
Morocco Tightens Controls on Ammonium Nitrate Following Beirut Blast Concerns
25 September 2020
Strengthen control over the trade and use of ammonium nitrate. This is what the central services of the Ministry of the Interior, through a note, are alerting the local (…)
Morocco’s High-Speed Rail Project Advances: Agadir Station Land Acquisition Underway
25 September 2020
Five months after securing the land base that will be dedicated to the new TGV station in Agadir, it is the turn of the city authorities to invite all the families operating (…)
Morocco’s Advanced Stealth Frigate Undergoes Maintenance at French Shipyard
25 September 2020
The Moroccan multi-mission stealth frigate Mohammed VI FREMM class is undergoing technical shutdown. The flagship of the Royal Navy is admitted to the Naval Group (former DCN) (…)
Morocco Cracks Down on Alcohol-Serving Restaurants in Tangier
25 September 2020
The city of Tangier joins the list of cities where control operations and regulatory measures have exposed several cases of irregularities and malfunctions. On Tuesday, a mixed (…)
Massive Cannabis Bust: Nearly 2 Tons Seized Near Casablanca in DGST-Led Operation
24 September 2020
The judicial police elements of Casablanca seized one ton and 933 kilograms of cannabis resin hidden in a utility vehicle. The operation took place on Tuesday, thanks to (…)
Grandson of Former Moroccan General Arrested for Quad Bike Assault in Rabat
23 September 2020
A "oueld lefchouch", the grandson of a former general, was arrested and then detained for deliberately running over a rival during a quad bike rodeo in the Souissi neighborhood (…)
Royal Navy Seizes 500kg of Cannabis, Arrests Spanish and Moroccan Traffickers off Moroccan Coast
23 September 2020
A significant quantity of cannabis resin was seized and two traffickers arrested by a Royal Navy coast guard off Ksar-sghir, a military source reports.