The president of the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA), Gerardo Landaluce hoped, this week, that the Paso del Estrecho operation (OPE), the equivalent in Spain of Operation Marhaba, will be conducted this year. «We hope that in summer, normality can be restored in passenger traffic», he told Televisión Andalucía, writes Andalucia Informacion. The official recalled that «the traffic of goods was perfectly operational from the first minute,
Europe’s medical regulator said Thursday that the AstraZeneca vaccine is «safe and effective» and not associated with a higher blood clot risk, AFP reported. The European Medicines Agency’s opinion comes after several European countries halted the use of the vaccine, linking it to blood clot fears. «The committee has come to a clear scientific conclusion: this is a safe and effective vaccine», EMA chief Emer Cooke said after a probe by the body's safety
The government delegation in Ceuta announced on Thursday that more than 200 Moroccans have already registered on a list of foreign nationals, stranded in the city since March and wishing to return home. According to Ceuta TV, the government delegation explained that the list is made available to Moroccans. The Spanish media recalls that the list is meant to keep the contact details of these Moroccans pending the organization of repatriation operations, such as those held in May and
After he froze his membership at the Justice and Development Party (PJD), former Head of Government Abdelilah Benkirane said, Thursday, that he backtracked on his plan to cut ties with the party’s secretary-general Saadeddine El Othmani and other PJD members. In a new handwritten letter posted on his Facebook page, Benkirane announced that «following the intervention of Abderrahim Chikhi (president of the Unity and Reform Movement, editor's note) and Dr. Azzeddine Youssef»,
487 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 490,575. 4,252,723 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine so far, while 2,246,753 people have received the second. 574 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 477,879. 3 deaths were recorded in Morocco in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19-related
British photographer Alan Keohane has been living in Morocco since the 1990s. During the last 30 years, he worked as a mountain guide in the Atlas Mountains, published books on Moroccan people and helped promote tourism in Morocco to the English-speaking world through his photography.
Algerian public television, ENTV, addressed the situation of Moroccan farmers in El Arja in a caricatured and deceptive manner. A team went on-site to produce a report and collect «testimonies» from Moroccan farmers. In a crude montage, all the statements that do not serve the official Algerian narrative have disappeared. The video, which contains testimonies, was edited in a way that made the farmers of Figuig sound as if they accept the decision. The journalist
Morocco’s ambassador to Russia Lotfi Bouchaara met, Wednesday, with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Vershinin, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced in a statement. The talks focused on «strengthening bilateral relations and political dialogue» between Rabat and Moscow. The settlement of the Western Sahara issue was also at the heart of this meeting. The same goes for the situation in North Africa as well as the increase in trade
A group of Moroccan hackers from the «Moroccan revolution» team announced on Tuesday that they had hacked 9 Iranian government sites. According to Zone-H, an archive of damaged websites, Moroccan hackers indicate having carried out the homepage defacement, namely the unsolicited modification of the presentation of a website, following its hacking by a hacker. Moroccan hackers also reported carrying out mass defacement and redefinitions of said Iranian government sites, most
466 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 490,088. 4,244,651 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine so far, while 2,116,081 people have received the second. 578 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 477,305. 8 deaths were recorded in Morocco in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19-related