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The EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Moghereni, reiterated her support for Morocco’s return to its African institutional family, underscoring the importance of the EU’s partnership with both Morocco and the African Union. “With Morocco’s return, the African Union’s family reunites,” said Moghereni who was answering a question by a member of the European Parliament. In […]
Nearly one hundred Sub-Saharan illegal migrants rampaged on Monday in the streets of the Spanish-occupied city of Melilla in northern Morocco celebrating their entry into the EU territory after a perilous journey, local media said. The group was among three hundred Sub-Saharan migrants who staged a mass attempt to breach the six-meter-high border fence. Moroccan […]
King Mohammed VI who was among the first heads of State to congratulate on Sunday Emmanuel Macron for his victory at the French Presidential elections, held a phone conversation with the President-elect on Tuesday. During this phone call, the Sovereign reiterated his warm congratulations to Macron for his election, which was “marked by broad support […]
Leaked documents of the German Federal Agency for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) show that Germany is planning a project to build two reception centres in Morocco to deport underage refugees who are involved in criminal activities, the German Die Tageszeitung (taz) daily newspaper reported. Each centre will have a capacity to host 100 minors and […]
Moroccan and Spanish authorities conducted a joint operation resulting in the arrest of three individuals loyal to IS (Daech) in Morocco and Spain, Moroccan Interior Ministry said. The three individuals who were preparing to join the ranks of Daech in Syria and Irak were arrested by Morocco’s anti-terrorism body, the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations […]
Less than a week before he hands over the keys of the Elysée Palace, French President François Hollande hosted Tuesday a luncheon in honor of King Mohammed VI of Morocco. The luncheon at this particular juncture is deemed a powerful token of the long-standing friendship and the multifaceted ties binding the two countries. The luncheon […]
The Spanish interior ministry announced Sunday the arrest of 30 members of a drug trafficking gang in the south of the country, with the help of Morocco’s authorities. The men, Spaniards and Moroccans, are member of “Las Castanas”; the largest drug trafficking and money laundering gang in Spain. The gang was operating in the Strait […]
German authorities have established a list of 100 migrants, including several Moroccans, flagged dangerous for national security and are on the verge of deporting them to their home countries. A total of 900 migrants have been flagged ‘dangerous’ but 100 have been put on the deportation list, Moroccan Arabic media Al Massae reports. The list […]
Head of the political movement En Marche Emmanuel Macron received the most votes in Sunday’s presidential election in France, followed by far-right populist Marine Le Pen, meaning the two will compete in a runoff on May 7. Final results put Macron, an independent centrist, on top with 23.75 per cent of votes, while Ms Le […]
KLM ‘s low-cost arm Transavia said it will add four new air routes to Morocco in 2017 bringing the total number of flights served by the airline towards the Kingdom to 19. The company said that the four new routes are Marrakech-Eindhoven, Tangier-Paris Orly, Oujda-Lyon and Dakhla-Paris. The new flights will enable the airline to […]