The first two electric buses from a new fleet of 15 vehicles destined for Marrakech have been completed in South Korea. The fleet is expected to arrive in Morocco by the first quarter of 2027.
Finnair is reinstating its Helsinki–Agadir route for the 2026-2027 winter season. The Finnish airline will serve the Moroccan seaside resort directly every week starting October 14.
A fair bringing together Moroccan artisans will not be able to take place this year in Madrid, after ten consecutive editions. The city council cites new rules governing the use of public space, but the organizers suspect it is a consequence of the Ceuta crisis.
MoroccoSuffering from throat cancer, Amazigh singer Omar Boutmazought is going through an especially difficult period. Forced to stop working about a year and a half ago, the 62-year-old artist is now struggling to cover the costs of his treatment.
MoroccoNew calls are circulating in Morocco for a mobilization on September 20 around Ceuta and Melilla. The National Police, Guardia Civil, CNI and Spanish military intelligence are monitoring the campaign, although a march toward the border has not yet been confirmed.
MoroccoTwo Moroccan children, born in 2009 and 2011, remain separated from their mother, who lives in the Netherlands. Out of school for over a year and without stable parental care in Morocco, according to their stepfather, they have just seen their appeal rejected by the Dutch courts.
MoroccoMoroccan researchers tested an electronic voting system in Nador combining facial recognition, blockchain and offline operation. Tested with 300 participants, the system validated 287 votes. However, it is not an official project of the authorities.
FranceTwo Moroccans had been waiting for more than four years for the Essonne prefecture to grant them an appointment to submit their applications for regularization. On September 2, the same judge ruled in favor of both men and ordered the state to pay each of them 800 euros.
SpainAragon is scrapping the Arabic Language and Moroccan Culture Programme in the ten institutions that still offered it, starting this school year. The measure, announced Sunday by regional vice-president Alejandro Nolasco, takes effect immediately.
MoroccoSix months after the beginning of the crisis in the Middle East, the global sulfur market remains severely disrupted. The situation is particularly sensitive for Morocco: OCP has phosphate, but must massively import the sulfur essential to transforming it into fertilizer.
FranceSettled in France since 1979, according to his statements, a 57-year-old Moroccan man is still subject to removal proceedings. Placed under house arrest in Gironde for 45 days, he has just failed to have the restrictions imposed by the prefecture overturned.
SpainA Guardia Civil general allegedly ordered all references to Morocco removed from a report intended for the judge investigating the mass entries into Ceuta. Internal sources claim that the document initially contained evidence implicating Moroccan officers.
SpainThe Ceuta crisis has triggered a new institutional conflict in Spain. The Senate is preparing to bring a case before the Constitutional Court against three ministers in Pedro Sánchez’s government, accused by the PP of refusing to appear before the upper chamber to explain themselves.