Nadia El A.
The first official contacts have already begun between Morocco and Israel. The two countries are working to set up liaison offices and establish a direct air link.
The Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) is opting for domestic tourism to boost the national clientele. A major national campaign will be launched for this purpose in the near future.
On the issue of animal welfare and religious freedom, the European Court of Justice, which was supposed to find a better solution to this problem, has rather leaned towards stunning before the ritual slaughter of the animal. A decision that is not to the liking of the Jewish and Muslim communities, who are already opposed to legislation in force in Belgium.
250,000 euros in damages, this is the amount that the American studio Warner Bros must pay to a Moroccan businessman, for having used his photo without his consent in a film. The verdict was handed down by the court in Valencia, Spain.
Given the importance of learning the Arabic language for better integration of migrants in Morocco, an awareness campaign called "Taalem Dajira" (Learn Arabic) will be launched on the occasion of International Migrants Day, this December 18. The campaign is initiated by the "Papiers pour tous" collective.
Morocco is now paying the price for the neglect of its education system and its main engine: its staff. Thus, the survey conducted by TIMSS 2019, on the performance of students in 64 countries, reveals that the extremely low level of recruits in Morocco weakens the academic performance of students.
The Court of Cassation has just canceled the election of Imane Sabir from the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) as president of the urban commune of Mohammedia . Her party is by no means defeated, and intends to face the RNI who rather sees its hour come to recover the seat that had been "stolen" from it.
The agreement recently signed between France and Morocco to simplify the return of unaccompanied Moroccan minors to their country of origin is far from satisfying everyone. Associations and lawyers denounce the lack of clarity of a text they consider not in line with "the best interests of children".
The recent statements of two former senior Tunisian state officials, regarding Algeria’s management of the Western Sahara issue, have not pleased the Algerian neighbor. In plain words, Moncef Marzouki and Ahmed Ounaies, respectively former President of the Republic and former Foreign Minister of Tunisia, reproach Algeria.
The decree-law relating to the establishment of exceptional provisions concerning the financial fines to be paid for the restoration of the possibility of issuing checks is operational. It had been adopted on September 24 last in the Council of Government and approved by the commissions of the two Houses of the Moroccan Parliament.
Represented by the High Commission for Planning, with reference to the levels of quality and disaggregation of the data published on its central data dissemination platform BDS, Morocco occupies the 40th place out of 178 countries evaluated. This is the result of the Open Data Inventory, ODIN index carried out by the Open Data Watch (ODW) Observatory.
The Spanish authorities have started the deportation of hundreds of illegal Moroccan immigrants, following negotiations with Morocco. This is happening at a time when the two countries are still in advanced talks, awaiting the conclusion of the Moroccan-Spanish summit, initially scheduled for December 17, but postponed to February 2021.