Spain has closed an administrative office in Laayoune. Well-informed sources told Yabiladi that the office was closed on February 13, following a decision that was taken in January during a meeting that brought Spain’s ambassador to Rabat Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner Rodríguez together with Foreign Affairs Minister Arancha Gonzalez. The office, which was located in a building that once belonged to the Spanish army, used to grant administrative papers to Sahrawis with
A number of chat groups on Telegram, a cloud-based instant messaging and voice over IP service, have reportedly been involved in sextortion in the Netherlands. The anonymous groups post photos of naked Dutch girls, including thoses of Dutch-Moroccans, and threaten to leak their full names, phone numbers and addresses to the public, Het Parool reports. To prevent their personal information from being leaked to the public, the victims are asked to engage in sexual intercourses with their
Moroccan jurist Ahmed Raissouni and his recent «fatwa» on micro loans in Morocco has stirred controversy among Moroccan salafists. They urged the head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars to review his «opinion» on the matter.
UK-based upstream gas company Sound Energy PLC has said that the deal on purchasing its Morocco assets has been put on hold, UK Investor Magazine reported on Monday. The firm announced that the private energy firm who agreed to buy its assets in Morocco has failed to show proof of funds. «The Purchaser has not yet demonstrated to the Company’s satisfaction the proof of funds required in order to advance the Proposed Transaction and nor has a sale and purchase agreement been
Parisian-born Charaf Tajer is one of the 20 fashion designers tipped to win the LVMH prize for 2020, an award launched in 2013 by a French multinational luxury goods conglomerate headquartered in Paris. Through his label CASABLANCA, the Moroccan designer is one of the semi-finalists expected to win MAD1.2 million this year. The award is meant to help young designers support their labels and get the needed assistance to strengthen their position in the industry. Tajer launched his label in
Will Uruguay follow suit and withdraw recognition of the so-called «SADR» like El Salvador and Bolivia ? Currently, Montevideo has shown that it is ready to strengthen ties with Morocco.
Morocco’s main telecommunication company Maroc Telecom (IAM) made an adjusted profit of 6 billion dirhams in 2019, moving by 1% compared to the previous year, Reuters reports, quoting the company. In a press release about the results, Maroc Telecom announced that its revenue moved by 1.3% to 36.5 billion dirhams in 2019 due to growing mobile data activity in the Kingdom and in African subsidiaries. The company said that the number of its clients grew by 11.1% to 67.5 million in 2019. In
In October, Moroccan cook Abdessamad El Idrissi won the title of world’s pizza champion in Italy. His achievement was coming from sheer coincidence.
An agreement to open a new Dari Couspate factory was signed Thursday, February 13, 2020 in Rabat by the Minister of Industry, Trade, Green and Digital Economy, Moulay Hafid Elalamy, and the Director General of the company, Hassan Khalil. The plant is going to be the third of its kind in Morocco, said the company in a statement sent Friday to Yabiladi. The project is expected to cost 92 million dirhams and generate 100 new direct jobs, the same source added. «This agreement aims to
By using some words and expressions and not others, or through euphemism, some Moroccans seem to find it hard to express their love and affection for others. This conclusion can be blamed on several sociological factors, according to experts.
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