The Spanish government summoned the Moroccan ambassador to protest against the comments of Head of government Saadeddine El Othmani, who addressed matters related to the sovereignty of Ceuta and Melilla in a recent interview.
The Moroccan government has decided to implement a nighttime curfew, from 9 pm to 6 am, nationwide. The decision will enter into force on December 23, and will last for three weeks. The decision includes, in addition to that, closing restaurants, cafes, shops and supermarkets at 8 pm, prohibiting public or private parties and gatherings. A total closure of restaurants, for a period of three weeks, will take effect from the same date in Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir and Tangier, four cities
877 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 418,002. 1,980 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 380,134. 43 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 7,000. 10 of these deaths were recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region, 10 in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 6 in
A protected species in Morocco, Moorish tortoises are threatened and endangered due to several factors. In a study, a Spanish researcher warns that even the domestication of these tortoises is a threat to the species.
Morocco’s normalization of ties with Israel continues to generate conflicting reactions, especially in Tunisia. Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Ennahda movement and President of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People, said that he rejects normalization with the Hebrew state. «We were shocked by Morocco’s normalization, which has deviated from the Arab consensus, as expressed by the Arab initiative», he said. Ghannouchi's reaction on Morocco’s move is
Moroccan writer Fouad Laroui is at the heart of a sex scandal in the Netherlands. The University of Amsterdam has been criticized for its laxity when several students would have reportedly denounced sexual assaults by the professor.
The first documents of the Israeli-Moroccan normalization deal will reportedly be signed in Rabat this week during the visit of a US-Israeli delegation led by Jared Kushner and Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat. «It's our intention to sign numerous Memoranda of Understandings that will help bring these normalization agreements to life and bring substantive improvements to the lives of people both in Israel and in Morocco», Avi Berkowitz, special US representative
The head of the Russian Fisheries Agency Mikhail Tarassov is on tour in the Sahara. On Saturday, he visited the port and industrial zone of Boujdour after landing in Laayoune. In Boujdour, the Russian official met professionals from the fisheries sector and the delegate from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. The visit of the director of the Russian Fisheries Agency to the Saharan provinces is part of the new partnership between the two countries. For the record, Rabat and
El Al Israel Airlines announced on Sunday that it will operate its first direct flight to Morocco on Tuesday, December 22. According to Reuters, this first flight will carry a joint US-Israeli delegation. «The direct flight, LY555, is expected to take six hours and follows a U.S.-brokered deal earlier this month in which the countries agreed to normalize relations», it explained. For the record, an Israeli delegation is expected to visit Morocco on Tuesday, accompanying
After the announcement by several European countries of the suspension of travel from and to the United Kingdom, Morocco follows suit. Due to the evolution of the epidemiological situation in the United Kingdom and the emergence of a new strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Moroccan government has decided to suspend flights to and from the United Kingdom, starting from tonight Sunday, December 20. Royal Air Maroc has announced that passengers holding tickets on these flights can benefit
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