The government has adopted a draft decree paving the way for a new generation of biometric Moroccan passports. The future document will need to incorporate more advanced security standards, with a transition period for passports already in circulation.
The Moroccan government is preparing to inject 20 billion additional dirhams into its 2026 budget. This envelope aims to shield the domestic market from the repercussions of the Middle East conflict and finance emergency climate measures.
After a year 2025 marked by the absence of the ritual sacrifice due to the drought, Moroccans will be able to celebrate Eid al-Adha again at the end of May. The government confirms the return to normal thanks to the improvement of climatic conditions.
The Moroccan government has adopted new decrees to reform the financing of election campaigns . The executive branch is increasing the lump-sum aid and introducing financial bonuses to promote the election of deputies from the diaspora (MRE), young people and people with disabilities.
Moroccans’ concern is growing about whether or not the celebration of Eid al-Adha will be maintained this year. The government, for its part, is awaiting the results of the national livestock census to make a decision.
During his intervention at the political assembly of the European People’s Party, held on November 21 and 22 in Valletta (Malta), Lahcen Haddad, representative of the Istiqlal Party, warned against the growing security threats in the Maghreb region, including the use of Iranian drones and missiles by the Polisario.
Mustapha Baitas, government spokesman, explained the refusal of access to the head of government to academics, lawyers and political figures who came on Wednesday to submit a petition calling for an end to the normalization of relations with Israel.
The Moroccan government, through its spokesman Mustapha Baitas, announced a revision of the Income Tax (IR) with the aim of increasing the income of employees and civil servants.
The Moroccan government spokesman, Mustapha Baitas, explained on Thursday the expulsion of the deputy editor-in-chief of the French weekly Marianne, Quentin Müller, and his colleague, the reporter and photojournalist, Thérèse Di Campo. The two journalists were taken to the airport on Wednesday to board a flight to Marseille.
The Akhannouch government is backtracking on the two draft laws on the exchange of tax information and data of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs). Through the voice of its spokesperson, Mustapha Baïtas, it once again reassures the MREs.
The Moroccan government spokesman, Mustapha Baïtas, wanted to reassure Moroccans residing abroad (MRE) about the automatic exchange of financial and tax information, signed by the kingdom with the OECD in Paris on June 25, 2019.
Morocco will take all "legal measures" against any Moroccan fisherman who practices illegal fishing methods in Spanish waters, said Mustafa Baitas, the government spokesman, on Thursday.