On Monday, April 20, Airbus of the Volotea airline connecting Casablanca to Verona changed its flight path to land in Lyon. A diversion with no consequences for this aircraft, which was operating empty as part of a technical flight.
Struggling defensively, lacking sharpness in his attacking runs and rarely decisive in both penalty areas, Achraf Hakimi had a complicated evening during the PSG’s defeat to Lyon (1-2). A performance below his standards, despite a slight improvement after the break.
Jean, 74 years old, suffered sixteen hours of torment after his kidnapping in Isère. His torturers demanded three million euros in cryptocurrencies . While the perpetrators have been incarcerated, the mastermind of the operation would be acting from Morocco.
A 46-year-old woman, of Moroccan origin, was fatally stabbed in Chavanoz. Her partner, also of Moroccan origin, has been charged with the homicide of a spouse. The autopsy revealed that the victim was stabbed eleven times.
The start of Ramadan 1447/2026 in France falls between February 18 and 19. While most institutions agree on Thursday, an unprecedented divergence linked to astronomical calculations keeps Wednesday in contention.
A 17-year-old high school student was violently assaulted on Monday, January 19, 2026, in Décines-Charpieu, in the Lyon metropolitan area, as he was on his way to school. The young man of Syrian origin was targeted by three hooded individuals, in what the French justice system is treating as a racist attack .
The body of Ismaël Aali, a 20-year-old man, was found on January 6th in the Prin pond, in Loire-sur-Rhône, near Lyon. The judicial investigation, which is leaning towards a crime motivated by the victim’s origin, has led to the indictment and pre-trial detention of a 21-year-old suspect for racist murder .
Macabre discovery and heavy suspicions in Loire-sur-Rhône. The lifeless body of a 20-year-old man of North African origin was found frozen under the ice of a pond. The Lyon public prosecutor’s office has opened a judicial investigation for murder, retaining the aggravating circumstance of racism.
With 74% of residents coming from elsewhere, Lyon is no longer the city of Lyonnais . This demographic change buries the historical sedentary model to impose a dynamic of an international metropolis, where natives of Morocco now represent 8% of the foreign population.
The low-cost airline easyJet has announced the opening of five new international routes from Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport. These flights, launched at the end of October 2025, serve several destinations including Morocco.
In collaboration with the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT), EasyJet has just launched an event-based campaign in Lyon, on the Bellecour square, to promote its flights to Marrakech, Essaouira, Agadir, Rabat and Tangier, starting in October 2025.
Following anonymous calls, gendarmes from the Lyon research section (SR) came across a Moroccan-registered truck carrying a large quantity of cannabis.