A 36-year-old Moroccan citizen, wanted in Italy to serve a 17-year sentence, was arrested in Germany, Italian media reported on Thursday. The man was handed over to the Italian State Police at Linate Airport in Milan.
The arrest resulted from a (...)
Morocco continues to lead the global race toward carbon neutrality, climbing to 8th place in the 2025 Climate Performance Index (CCPI), unveiled on Wednesday at the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate (...)
Soccer Football - Nations League - Group Stage - Germany v Bosnia and Herzegovina - Europa Park Stadion, Freiburg, Germany - November 16, 2024 Germany's Florian Wirtz in action REUTERS/Heiko Becker
حسم المنتخب الألماني صدارة المجموعة الثالثة ضمن (...)
Moroccan residents in Spain and other European countries quickly stepped forward to provide assistance to those affected by the unprecedented floods that hit Spain's Valencia region at the end of last October.
Believing that solidarity during crises (...)
President Macron's recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara in July 2024 is now entering the operational phase. Following his speech to the Moroccan Parliament and the signing of numerous agreements, here are the three main areas of (...)
A report by the Fundamental Rights Agency reveals that 47% of Muslims in 13 EU countries have faced racial discrimination due to their religious affiliation, up from 35% two years ago. The study highlights significant discrimination in employment (...)
Morocco maintained its 92nd position in the 2024 Global Rule of Law Index with a score of 0.48, unchanged from last year. The country ranked 6th in the Arab world, with Denmark, Norway, and Finland leading the global rankings.
Morocco maintained its (...)
In his latest report to the Security Council on the Sahara, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed disappointment over the lack of progress in the Sahara political process, facilitated by his personal envoy.
The report emphasized that while (...)
The UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has suggested splitting the Sahara between Morocco and the Polisario as a potential solution to the territorial conflict, according to remarks reported by (...)
The government majority has expressed its rejection of the recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) regarding the EU-Morocco agricultural and fisheries agreements. In a communiqué following a meeting held on Wednesday, (...)
The Polisario Front has welcomed the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) recent ruling, which rejected appeals by the European Council and European Commission. The Front considers these rulings a «significant victory for the Saharawi people, (...)
Denmark has expressed support for Morocco's 2007 autonomy plan for Western Sahara, joining other European countries like Finland and France in backing the initiative as a credible basis for resolving the conflict.
Denmark has joined the list of (...)
Spanish police have seized a total of 22 stolen vehicles in the port of Tarifa over the past three weeks. The vehicles, equipped with fake license plates and documentation, were intercepted during inspections in the port's vehicle inspection (...)
Security forces in Fnideq, Morocco, have been deployed in response to social media calls for migrants to cross into Ceuta, leading to clashes and arrests, while Spanish authorities have stepped up their border control.
The city of Fnideq and (...)
A Moroccan refugee, who had been living in Apolda, Germany, was deported back to Morocco on Thursday, German media reported on Friday. The man, who had committed multiple crimes, was flown from Frankfurt to Casablanca on Thursday evening, according (...)
On Thursday, national football team coach Walid Regragui unveiled the list of 26 players selected for the upcoming matches against Gabon and Lesotho on September 6 and 9, respectively, at the Grand Stadium of Agadir. These matches are part of the (...)
A massive underwater landslide off the coast of Morocco around 60,000 years ago, known as the «Bed 5 event», grew from an initial 1.5 km³ to 162 km³, making it one of the largest submarine gravity flows ever recorded, reshaping the ocean floor over (...)
On Sunday in Hamburg, Germany, Moroccan fighter Anass Hibaoui defeated fellow Afghan kickboxer Tamim Sharifi by knockout during a King of Kings (KOK) event, a European kickboxing promotion established in 2009.
La magnifique performance d'Anass (...)
Morocco will be the first African country to be invited as the guest of honor at the Denkmal trade fair, taking place from November 7 to 9, 2024, in Leipzig, Germany. This European trade fair, focused on monument conservation, restoration, and the (...)
As part of the 25th edition of its cultural stay program, organized from July 6 to August 20, 2024, the Hassan II Foundation for Moroccans Living Abroad will host a meeting with national football team players on Sunday, August 11, at its (...)
The volume of tourist arrivals at border crossings reached approximately 7.44 million in the first half of 2024, representing a 14% increase compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the Observatoire du Tourisme.
Compared with the (...)
France was the leading investor in Morocco for 2023, with a net flow of 6.8 billion dirhams (MAD), up from MAD 3.8 billion in 2022—an increase of 79.5%, according to the Foreign Exchange Office.
This investment represents 61.4% of the total net flow (...)
Moroccan international referee Bouchra Karboubi, who has been officiating since 2016, will oversee the semi-final of the women's soccer tournament at the Paris Olympic Games (JO 2024).
The match, scheduled for this Tuesday in Lyon, will feature the (...)
Europe remains Morocco's main trading partner, with a 63.2% share of total merchandise transactions in 2023, compared with 58.8% in 2022, according to the Office des Changes.
Trade with Europe amounted to 724.8 billion dirhams (billion dirhams (...)
Wreck-hunters have discovered a heavily armed 17th-century Barbary pirate ship off Morocco, the first of its kind found near the Barbary coast. Believed to have been on a mission to capture and enslave people, the ship's discovery speaks volumes (...)