Four years after a balcony collapse that claimed a life, the Liège hotel Ryad Mogador has received a Booking.com award for excellence. As a court ruling is expected next week, the establishment now boasts a rating of 8.9 out of 10 from its guests.
A major blow for the Moroccan community in Wallonia and travelers in the region. The Liège (Bierset) airport is ceasing its passenger activities. The very last plane took off on January 4 towards Tangier, leaving behind an empty terminal and travelers orphaned from their nearby connections.
The trial of a 48-year-old Moroccan, accused of having killed his 25-year-old wife with 25 knife blows in December 2021 , opened at the Liège Assize Court. The accused, Abrahim Oufrirh El Khoulati, made partial confessions, claiming to only remember a fraction of the violence that led to the near-decapitation of the victim.
Residents of the Bressoux neighborhood in Liège are opposing the construction of a mosque on a plot of land located between the Rue de Porto and the Rue Raymond Geenen.
Retried for a murder, Omar Ettaleb, 35, a Moroccan sentenced to life in prison in October 2023 by default for committing a murder to carry out a theft against Ilyas Kosker, a 44-year-old Liège resident whose body was found in the province of Luxembourg, makes serious accusations against the lawyers who defended him in his first trial.
TotalEnergies, a client of IKANBI Belgium for seven years, has announced its decision not to renew its contract with the Liège call center, following an international tender. As of January 1, 2026, French-language calls will be handled by telephone operators from Morocco. A measure that risks putting 163 IKANBI employees out of work.
On Saturday, April 19, in the morning, hundreds of small-format copies of the Quran translated into French were discovered in several neighborhoods of Liège. These books were placed on car windshields and in mailboxes. Following reports from citizens, the Liège police opened an investigation and the State Security was contacted.
The Belgian-Moroccan Sofian Kiyine, former football player of Oud-Heverlee Louvain (OHL), who caused a spectacular accident in Flemalle on March 30, 2023, will be retried before the Liège Correctional Court.
Mohammed Hassar, 70, appears before the Liège Assize Court for the murder of his son Bilal, 19, and the attempted murder of his other son, Faïssal, 29. The events took place at the family home in Liège, on August 28, 2019 for the murder of Bilal, and a few months earlier, on February 4, 2019, for the assault on Faïssal.
If there is a trend developing in Belgium, it is the conversion of many Moroccan women residing in Brussels, Liège, Charleroi to Shiism. The Islamic Republic of Iran would be the sponsor of this indoctrination operation.
The adventure ends for the attacking midfielder of Genk, Ilyès Bennane, who will have to find a new club. At the origin of this departure, a difference of opinion between the Belgian club and the family of the young Liégeois who has recently joined the Atlas Lions.
Summoned by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), the Liège-born Moroccan, Ilyès Bennane , a Genk player, will soon make his debut with Morocco.