The staff at Algeciras Port Pilots Corporation is thinking about going on strike to push for a new collective bargaining agreement. On Monday, the union said talks between workers and the port fleet department have broken down. This means a general meeting will be held, which could lead to actions like stopping work. According to Campo de Gibraltar Siglo XXI, if the strike happens, it will come at a sensitive time — right during the Strait Crossing Operation (OPE), which officially
A 29-year-old Moroccan man, identified as M.E., escaped from police at Bologna Airport on Saturday just before boarding a flight back to Morocco. The escape occurred during the enforcement of an expulsion order issued by the prefect of Venice. M.E. climbed over a safety fence along one of the airport’s slopes to evade officers from Gorizia (northeastern Italy), who had taken him from a Detention and Repatriation Center in Gradisca. In an attempt to lose his pursuers, he set fire to
Around 50 Moroccan migrants, most of them minors, managed to enter the Spanish Ceuta over the weekend, taking advantage of the thick fog that blanketed the area and hampered security surveillance along the border. According to official data, the majority of the migrants crossed through the maritime barrier at Tarajal, while fewer cases were recorded near Benzú and along the border fence. It is believed that several minors entered undetected, benefiting from the limited visibility and
Moroccan-founded global outsourcing and customer relationship management company Intelcia has won the Silver trophy at the 2025 CX Awards in Paris, in the «AI for Customer Experience» category, for an innovative project developed with RED by SFR. Led by Intelcia’s innovation hub, Evoluciona, the project combines generative AI, speech analytics, and on-the-ground expertise to automate fiber-optic sales verification and reduce costly errors. Deployed in just four weeks, the
Oulfa neighborhood in Casablanca was shaken on Sunday morning by a horrific crime: a taxi driver fatally stabbed a young woman in the abdomen inside his apartment, then attempted to dispose of her body by wrapping it in a blanket and preparing to dump it in the street. According to sources cited by Assabah, the suspect lived alone with his underage son after his wife had left the family home some time ago, a situation he reportedly exploited to bring women to his apartment from time to time.
Morocco’s National Tourist Office (ONMT) signed a strategic partnership with China Eastern Airlines on Monday, June 30, to boost the country’s visibility in the Chinese market. The agreement, signed in the presence of Tourism Minister Fatim-Zahra Ammor, aims to position Morocco as a premium destination, according to a press release. «With China Eastern, we’re deepening our presence in Asia and reinforcing our diversification strategy,» said Ammor. The deal
Nearly three years after the death of Franck, a 35-year-old man from French Guiana who was thrown from the sixth floor of a hotel in Viry-Châtillon (Essonne), two men have been charged with murder as part of an organized group and placed in pre-trial detention, Le Parisien reports. Investigators believe one of the suspects may have fled to Morocco. On the night of August 22 to 23, 2022, Franck was found critically injured at the foot of the hotel. He died two days later at
Having joined the case as a civil party, the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) in Marrakech-Menara is preparing to take legal action on another front. The victim, a 13-year-old mentally disabled minor who gave birth as a result of repeated assaults, has prompted the NGO to seek legal recognition of paternity for one of the three convicted individuals, based on a DNA test conducted during the investigation.
Marruecos se enfrenta a una ola de calor intensa con temperaturas que superan los 46°C, formando parte de una tendencia más amplia de aumento de calores extremos provocada por el cambio climático. Según el Banco Mundial, el Reino se está calentando más rápido que el promedio mundial. Los expertos pronostican una multiplicación de los días y noches calurosos, así como una mayor exposición a un calor húmedo peligroso
French far-right MEP Marion Maréchal is scheduled to stand trial on September 2, 2025, for defamation against the association Valeurs et Réussite, which runs an independent Muslim school in Valence. According to AFP, citing a source close to the case and judicial documents, she will answer for remarks made in 2023 on social media. In posts on TikTok and Instagram, Maréchal accused the NGO of being linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, claiming it shares «the same