TUI is considering reducing the number of aircraft based in Belgium in response to the increasing burden of aviation taxes. The threat concerns an important market for Moroccan travelers: the airline currently serves nine cities in the Kingdom from Belgium.
Belgium continues to fund cooperation programs in Morocco . But Conner Rousseau, president of the Flemish socialist party Vooruit, is openly questioning the value of maintaining this aid.
Guaranteeing a Moroccan student in Belgium is becoming a major financial undertaking. For the 2026-2027 academic year, one person will have to prove net monthly income of at least €3,235.88 for their undertaking to be accepted.
Ahmed, 11, was seriously injured by a wild boar while playing football with friends in Charleroi. After the attack, the city organized a hunt with 25 hunters and is now preparing further operations.
A furniture store in Borgerhout, Antwerp, allegedly served as a front for a hashish trafficking operation between Morocco and Belgium . The drugs were allegedly transported hidden inside furniture, while some of the money was subsequently reinvested in Morocco.
Hamza’s uncle, the 7-year-old boy who died in Merchtem, Belgium, now admits hitting him after the child was found alone in the street and brought home by the police. He denies, however, having intended to cause his death.
A non-exempt Moroccan student will have to pay up to 5,369 euros in tuition fees to study in French-speaking Belgium in 2026-2027. This amount does not include housing, food or the financial resources required to obtain the visa.
Just hours before his death, 7-year-old Hamza was wandering alone through the streets of Merchtem, Belgium. Police found him and took him home. During the night, the child died and three relatives were arrested.
Foreign nationals account for 45% of prisoners in Belgium. Moroccans are among the most represented nationalities, although the authorities have not disclosed their exact number.
Since January, the Moroccan Embassy in Brussels has received around 250 Belgian-Moroccans seeking information about moving to, investing in or setting up a project in the Kingdom. Still a modest but revealing sign of a generational change.
Nasserdine “Nadori” Tarrahi, a Moroccan-born figure in Antwerp’s drug trade, has been arrested in Dubai. Sentenced to twelve years in prison for importing 840 kilos of cocaine, he had been wanted by Belgium for several years.
Announced as the first African route in American Airlines’ history, the direct service between Philadelphia and Casablanca ultimately never carried a single passenger. Six years after its cancellation, the US carrier still has no plans to revive the project.