Despite the announcement of a government support program, some grand taxi drivers have decided to increase the usual fares, in an attempt, they say, to keep up with inflation. A decision that goes against the unions and local authorities.
In Rabat , Muslims will not be able to consume alcoholic beverages throughout the month of Ramadan. A directive from the Ministry of the Interior prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages in tourist establishments and liquor stores in the city.
The Russian ambassador to Rabat, Valerian Chouvaev, has made proposals to allow his country and Morocco to circumvent Western sanctions against Moscow on trade exchanges.
José Manuel Albares, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, will not come to Rabat this Friday, April 1st, to meet his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita as planned. This meeting has been canceled due to the upcoming visit of the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchez, to Morocco. The head of Spanish diplomacy will be part of the delegation.
The Ukrainian ambassadors to Morocco and Georgia have been recalled by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, due to their inability "to defend the interests of the country".
Relations between Morocco and the United Kingdom were at the heart of a meeting that took place in Rabat, between the British High Advisor for Defense for the Middle East and North Africa, Air Marshal Martin Elliot Sampson, the Delegate Minister in charge of National Defense Administration and the Army Corps General, Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) and Commander of the Southern Zone.
On a visit to Morocco since Monday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was received on Tuesday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, Nasser Bourita. On the agenda of the exchanges between the two men, the strategies to be adopted to make the most of the partnership between the two countries.
The fear of thirst looms over the cities of Rabat and Casablanca, hit by a drought that has lasted for several months. An emergency plan is being implemented by the authorities.
New in Morocco. Sniffer dogs are used to detect leaks in the water networks in Rabat-Salé and Skhirat-Témara. The experiment is being conducted in the region by a French cynological company. Objective: to preserve the water resource .
While undergoing training at the mobile barracks of the Royal Gendarmerie of Nouaceur to become a post commander, a gendarmerie sergeant was arrested for his alleged involvement in an international drug trafficking network.
Miguel Angel Moratinos, former Spanish Foreign Minister and UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, is pleased with the evolution of relations between Morocco and Spain, after the diplomatic crisis sparked by the entry into the country of the leader of the Polisario militia, Brahim Ghali.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Rabat, Morocco in May to chair the meeting of the Global Coalition against Daesh.