Romania will once again be able to export sheep and goats to Morocco despite its vaccination campaign. The agreement comes after 19,000 sheep were culled to contain several disease outbreaks in the country.
Killed in an accident in 2023 along with his wife and children, a Moroccan employed in Saudi Arabia leaves behind compensation that remains inaccessible to his heirs. A lawmaker is asking the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to recover the funds held by the embassy in Riyadh.
A Moroccan couple living in the Netherlands obtained their divorce in Tangier. Dutch justice recognizes the separation and the child support, but refuses to apply the Moroccan court’s decisions concerning their two children.
Former Algerian diplomat Amar Belani seems to have found his main subject: Morocco. Five of his last thirteen columns are devoted directly to it. A remarkable editorial loyalty, even if the ungrateful kingdom does not seem to share this attachment.
Morocco offers Indian industrial companies privileged access to European and African markets. But its regional integration remains extremely weak: according to 2021 data cited by the African Development Bank, only 2 % of its exports were destined for other North African countries.
Air China will now market the Istanbul–Marrakech route under its own code through an expanded agreement with Turkish Airlines. The Chinese airline is thus adding the Moroccan city to its network without opening a direct flight to the kingdom.
A Moroccan woman has been contesting for three years the refusal of the visa she requested to visit her husband in the Netherlands. The court has now authorized the Dutch ministry not to disclose the profiles used by its application-analysis algorithm.
Italian MEP Ilaria Salis challenged Sebta’s belonging to Spain and the European Union before the European Parliament. She considers the city a “vestige of European colonialism.”
A Moroccan-Dutch man sought reimbursement from his wife for the integration courses she took in Morocco before joining him in the Netherlands. The court applied the Moudawana and rejected his claim for 4,724 euros.
The European Parliament wants to make EU funding and preferential access to its market conditional on effective Moroccan cooperation on border control and readmissions. This political pressure is set out in a resolution adopted following the Ceuta crisis.
The European Commission is preparing an overhaul of the Schengen Visa Code for 2027. Possible additional fees, simplified procedures for some travellers and faster sanctions against third countries: the options under consideration could directly affect applicants in Morocco.
A chocolate flan preparation made in Casablanca has been added to the FDA’s red list. The reason: its label in Arabic, French, Spanish and Dutch does not reproduce all the mandatory information in each of these languages.