The surprise landing of two flights destined for Germany from Morocco and Namibia at Palma de Mallorca airport (Spain) put the National Police and the Civil Guard on alert. They feared a repeat of what happened on November 5, 2021 at Palma Son Sant Joan airport, where Moroccan migrants fled after the emergency landing of an Air Arabia Morocco plane.
Relations between Morocco and France have experienced strong tensions in recent years for various reasons, including the rapprochement with Algeria, Morocco’s neighboring rival, and Paris’s reluctance to recognize the Moroccanness of the Sahara, as already done by the United States, Spain, Israel and Germany. Today, the power of Emmanuel Macron is working to turn the page on tensions.
The French were the most numerous to visit Morocco in the first two months of the year. Nearly 400,000 tourists from the Hexagon arrived in the kingdom during the period.
Xlinks, the company in charge of building the 3,800 km submarine cable to connect Morocco to the United Kingdom, assures that it has no intention of excluding the country of King Charles III from this project, which is to provide it with 8% of its electricity needs, in favor of Germany.
France is not about to follow the example of the Netherlands, England or Germany, which allow breaks to allow Muslim players to break the Ramadan fast.
PJD (Party of Justice and Development) deputy Fatima Zahra Bata believes that the 14.5 million tourist arrivals in Morocco in 2023 represent a record figure, but do not reflect the low share of international tourists.
The railway projects, including the extension of high-speed rail (LGV) lines between Kenitra, Marrakech and Agadir that Morocco is undertaking as part of the preparations for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2025) and the 2030 World Cup, are whetting the appetites of China, South Korea, Germany, France and Spain. But it is the rivalry between French and Spanish companies that is noticeable.
The Turkish club Galatasaray wants to acquire the services of the Moroccan attacking midfielder from Genk, Bilal El Khannous . But it should face competition from German clubs.
Morocco welcomed a total of 14.5 million visitors in 2023, an increase of 34% compared to the previous year. A record year, despite the worrying decline in the number of tourists on some traditional markets like Germany.
A German tourist took photos of the taxi that picked her up at Agadir’s Al Massira airport, the city considered the second tourist destination of the kingdom and the favorite of Germans, revealing the deplorable state of the vehicle.
Actively sought since his escape from the Alcalá Meco prison in Madrid, Youssef Lehrech alias "El Pastilla", was arrested on Thursday near the Leipzig train station in Germany. The dangerous criminal, accused of two murders, had been located in Morocco and France.
A foreign national subject to an international arrest warrant issued by the German judicial authorities, for his alleged involvement in an international criminal drug trafficking network, was arrested on Sunday by the police.