The Moroccan Ministry of Transport and Logistics has stated that the port of Marina Smir (Fnideq) does not meet the technical standards to establish a direct maritime link with the Spanish ports of Algeciras and Malaga.
The new coach of the Atlas Lions, Walid Regragui , was born and raised in France, but remains very attached to Fnideq where he regularly spends his summer vacations and has many friends.
Traffic is heavy on Boulevard Hassan II in the city of Fnideq due to thousands of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) who have booked their return tickets between Thursday and Sunday to return to their host countries.
Since the establishment of the economic activity zone (ZAE), about 60 merchants have settled there, benefiting from several advantages such as the facilitation of import-export procedures.
The Moroccan government announced on Sunday the opening of the Ceuta and Melilla border crossings starting tomorrow, Tuesday, but under certain conditions, including the end of smuggling.
Dozens of job seekers demonstrated on Tuesday in front of the headquarters of the National Agency for the Promotion of Employment and Skills (ANAPEC), which had thrown away the files submitted by them after the launch of the economic zone activities in Fnideq.
The economic activity zone of Fnideq welcomed its first merchants on Saturday, February 12, during a visit chaired by the Wali of the Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima region, Mohamed Mhidia.
Prosecuted in particular for embezzlement related to a tourist complex in Fnideq , 13 directors and engineers of the Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion (CDG) appeared on Monday, February 7 before the Chamber of Financial Crimes.
The work for the realization of the first part of the Fnideq free zone is completed and the start of activities is scheduled for this month of February.
About ten Ceuta businessmen have each benefited from a warehouse in the new economic zone of Fnideq. The signing of the rental contracts started in early January.
The judicial police of the city of Tétouan have opened an investigation after a young man was seriously injured by gunfire in the Fnideq region. He would be the victim of a settling of scores between drug trafficking gangs.
A Moroccan fisherman residing in Spain fell into the sea, near the coast of Fnideq. Carried away by the current, he has been missing since Saturday. Maritime rescue services are actively searching for him.