
Visa Hurdles: Algerians Face Steepest Challenges in Maghreb for French Entry
A report by the French Senate indicates that Algerians are the most penalized in the Maghreb in terms of obtaining a visa for France. Moroccans are doing better.

A report by the French Senate indicates that Algerians are the most penalized in the Maghreb in terms of obtaining a visa for France. Moroccans are doing better.

For more than a week, Morocco has been shaken by demonstrations organized by the GenZ 212 collective. The protesters denounce the billions invested in organizing the 2030 World Cup, to the detriment of the health and education sectors that are sorely lacking in resources.

The recent demonstrations by young people that have taken place in recent days in Morocco, initiated by the GenZ 212 collective, which have resulted in three deaths and hundreds of injuries, are worrying Spain, which estimates that an escalation of tensions would affect its trade relations with the kingdom and cause it to lose 21.178 billion euros.

Morocco is implementing a new plan for the development of urban public transport that will cover the period 2025-2029. The Parliament was presented with this plan by the Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit.

Ensuring the safety of students. This is the objective sought by the Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports in instructing the regional academies and provincial directorates to supervise the presence of students during the lunch break and off-peak hours.

A renowned magazine places a Moroccan hotel in its ranking of the best hotels in the world.

The president of the Movement for Construction (El Bina), Abdelkader Bengrina, has called on Moroccan protesters to march towards the royal palace to demand an end to normalization with Israel. In a speech delivered during the commemoration of the "Al Aqsa Deluge", he accused Morocco of betraying the Palestinian cause and hailed Algeria’s diplomatic resistance.

The Court of Appeal of Tétouan ordered the release of Aymen, the young autistic person prosecuted for having interrupted the royal procession this summer in the Malalien region. A decision widely welcomed.

Flags, posters and slogans animated the forecourt of the Moroccan consulate in Amsterdam (Netherlands) as a sign of solidarity with the Moroccan youth movement "GenZ 212".

Two new walis have been appointed in Marrakech-Safi and Fès-Meknès, replacing Farid Chourak and Mouad El Jamaï, who were dismissed for protocol violations.

Missing for ten years and considered dead by his family, Hicham, a 42-year-old Moroccan journalist, has been found in the Cassino region of Italy.

The Polisario Front has "vigorously" condemned the new trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Morocco, which came into force on Friday. The said agreement explicitly includes products from the Moroccan Sahara.