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Security authorities in France have arrested four people including a young Algerian man deemed the main suspect in the letter-bomb attack last week in Lyon, south-eastern France, which wounded 13 people. A 24-year old computer science student from Algeria has been identified as the main suspect for the blast on Friday afternoon, in front a […]
Security authorities in the Dominican Republic have deported a French national, boss of a network accused of laundering money coming from drug trafficking activities between Spain and Morocco. The French, Michel Pierre Vincent Loubet, had been arrested last week alongside four other Spanish nationals in the northern part of the Central American country. The operation […]
France regretted Friday the resignation of the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara Horst Köhler, who explained his decision by health reasons, and reiterated its full support to the UN process. “France has learned with regret the resignation of the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara,” said the spokesperson of […]
Moroccan rapper Issam Harris, best known as Issam, has signed a contact with Universal France in what appears as the biggest deal ever signed by an Arab artist. The size of the contact has not been disclosed, but a source close to the artist said it is the biggest ever signed by an Arab musician, […]
Moroccan Security forces have put a Danish man sought after by Interpol on the deportation list for crimes committed at home. The judicial police of Marrakech nabbed on May 11 the 30-year old man who illegally entered the North African country on false identity, the national security directorate (DGSN) said. The suspect forged his id […]
The two Norwegian students expelled lately from Morocco were “deliberately” sent back to the Kingdom to provoke an incident, catch the attention and stir the emotion of the Norwegian people, says a press release issued by the Moroccan Embassy in Oslo. Following the news published by Norwegian newspapers on the arrest and deportation of two […]
Spain has maintained its position as Morocco’s first trading partner in the first quarter of 2019, both in terms of exports and imports, according to latest data released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Spanish exports to Morocco reached €2,091 million at the end of March, a decrease of 1.28 pc compared […]
Spanish far-right party Vox raised fears of Moroccan presence in the occupied city of Melilla as it continues to stir fear of Muslims and migrants to win votes in May 26 regional elections. Jesús Delgado Aboy, who leads Vox in Melilla, said that the rising numbers of Moroccans in the city endangers the Spanish presence […]
The Spanish media is under shock over the unethical practices of Cuatro TV channel which recently aired a documentary denounced as a set up The documentary was aired on May 1 purporting to show an investigation featuring an interview with a Moroccan man depicted as “Pablo Escobar of Morocco” earning €180,000 monthly. The interview was […]
Spanish security forces have dismantled a network of drug dealers made of 57 people of various nationalities including Moroccans. Some 200 members of Guardia Civil had been deployed across the south of the European country to crack down on Hashish trafficking, online media Le360.ma reports. The operation launched in August last year targeted Malaga, Grenada […]