
Spanish Party Urges EU Action After Morocco Expels MEPs from Western Sahara
The expulsion by Morocco of European deputies who wanted to enter Laâyoune last week is not to the liking of Podemos. The Spanish party is seizing the European Union (EU).

The expulsion by Morocco of European deputies who wanted to enter Laâyoune last week is not to the liking of Podemos. The Spanish party is seizing the European Union (EU).

Morocco is facing an unprecedented situation. In a message addressed to the nation this Wednesday evening and read by the Minister of Habous and Islamic Affairs, Ahmed Toufiq, on the Al Oula channel, King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, urged Moroccans not to perform the ritual of the sacrifice of Eid al-Adha this year. A decision heavy with meaning, but motivated by exceptional circumstances.

Nasser Bourita, the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, described as a "provocation" the attempt by three European deputies to enter the city of Laâyoune as part of an observation mission, without fulfilling the required formalities. This led to their expulsion by the Moroccan authorities.

On the run for several years, a septuagenarian accused of fraud , as part of a real estate project in Tiznit, was arrested by the Agadir police brigade services. He is said to have swindled more than 500 people.

At a first hearing at the Casablanca Court of Appeal on Tuesday, the lawyers of several gendarmes accused of corruption highlighted the contradictions in the statements of the drug trafficker Mohamed S., who claims to have paid them bribes to facilitate his illicit activities.

The suspension of US financial aid to Morocco is affecting several important projects in the areas of health, education and migration.

While the price of a kilo of sardines has reached 15 to 20 dirhams in some markets in Morocco, in Marrakech a young fishmonger is selling it for 5 dirhams. An unfair competition that is causing a lot of controversy.

Egypt has decided to temporarily suspend the control of food exports to Morocco. This is due to the rather long delays in customs clearance of Egyptian agricultural and agri-food products at Moroccan ports.

On what date will the month of Ramadan 1446/2025 begin in France? The authorized bodies are divided on the question.

Faced with the continuous rise in pump prices, the National Petroleum and Gas Union, affiliated with the Democratic Confederation of Labor (CDT), calls on the authorities to take their responsibilities and return to price regulation.

Since 2019, social disparities have widened further between urban and rural areas in Morocco, reveals the 2022-2023 national household living standards survey.

The services of the Royal Gendarmerie from the motorcycle unit of the company and the Settat region intervened for a serious accident involving Algerian nationals, including an attaché from the consulate in Casablanca.