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The lawyer of a Moroccan in the Netherlands used ChatGPT to prepare his appeal before the courts. The problem: a large part of the case-law references produced by the tool were incorrect. The Hague court was not impressed.
Morocco retains favorable access to international financial markets, but money borrowed abroad now costs the state more. The average cost of its external public debt has reached 3.9%, up 0.7 percentage points.
The Moroccan dirham slightly lost value against the euro over the past week, while it strengthened significantly against the dollar, according to the latest weekly indicators from Bank Al-Maghrib.
Morocco has just changed the rules for vehicle registration. For Moroccans residing abroad, the new text specifies the documents that can be used to prove their residence when completing procedures in Morocco.
Modest income declared to the tax authorities but significantly higher expenses or bank transactions can now trigger an audit. The DGI has ordered 5 000 taxpayers to regularize their situation and is seeking to recover around three billion dirhams.
Moroccan olive production could fall by 40% during the 2026-2027 campaign. Applied to the record figure of two million tonnes, this forecast would represent approximately 800,000 fewer tonnes, without causing a shortage, according to industry professionals.
Ryanair is preparing its largest-ever winter schedule in Morocco. The airline will offer 17 new routes, including seven departing from Rabat, for a total of 5.3 million seats.
In Ceuta, Sabah Hamed has turned her home into a humanitarian aid point. She receives around 400 migrants there every day, the vast majority of them Moroccan, offering them food, clean clothes and the chance to wash.
Rejected twice by France’s highest-level coaching qualification, Abdeslam Ouaddou continued his career on the African continent . The French-Moroccan has just won a historic treble with Orlando Pirates and been voted the best coach in the South African league.
The migration crisis in Ceuta has prompted extremely violent remarks in Spain. A priest from Navarre is calling for migrants to be fired upon, Rabat to be bombed and Morocco to be «reconquered».
Living in France since 1974 , a Moroccan national will not have his resident card renewed. The courts consider that his repeated convictions allow the prefecture to regard him as a serious threat to public order.
In Morocco, 55.4% of declared businesses say they face competition from informal activities. These structures are often tiny, but able to offer lower prices by avoiding some costs and regulations.