Ryanair to launch a Marrakech-Zaragoza route in March 2020

Irish budget airline Ryanair announced, Tuesday, that it is launching a new route, linking Marrakech to Zaragoza through two weekly flights, in March 2020. In a press release sent to Yabiladi, the company explains that the new flights are part of the Ryanair program for summer 2020 in Morocco, which will be entirely disclosed soon. «Moroccan consumers and visitors can now book their summer holidays to Zaragoza as far out as October 2020, flying on the lowest fares and with the

From ancestry to far away planets… Morocco’s five groundbreaking discoveries

Five big discoveries are associated with Morocco, a country that has forever been favored by researchers and scientists. From homo sapiens fossils to crazy-looking insects and far away planets, the country has seen it all.

Spain arrests a Moroccan national who allegedly wanted to target public figures

Arrested last week in Madrid, Moroccan-born Abdelaziz AA is a 23-year-old alleged jihadist who wanted to reportedly target several locations and public figures in Spain. According to Spanish daily El Mundo, the arrestee had several plans. Documents and videos seized by the police show that he plotted to «target several metro stations in Madrid». In a notebook, he also had several addresses and locations. Heard by an investigating judge, the Tetouan-native was detained for

A campaign in Germany relies on role models of Moroccan descent to promote diversity

For diversity’s sake, a government campaign in Germany is relying on everyday faces to promote integration. The campaign launched by Germany’s integration Ministry includes professionals with immigrant background. The campaign unveiled, Monday, the new faces representing it, including a high school teacher with Moroccan roots, a doctor, police officer and veiled women. Dubbed #IchDuWirNRW, said campaign has 1,700 posters with different people that have different

Cuba to open an embassy in Morocco

Since his appointment in 2018, Cuba’s non-resident ambassador to Morocco visited Rabat three times. On Monday, the Speaker of Morocco’s House of Representatives Habib Elmalki received Elio Eduardo Rodriguez Perdomo, the House of Representatives said in a communiqué released on the same day. «All conditions are put in place to strengthen bilateral relations for the opening of a Cuban embassy in Rabat», the diplomat told reporters. He announced that his country

Huelva Gate : The alleged sexual harassment complaint dismissed again

Blocked a few weeks ago by the decision of a Huelva court on a complaint related to their working conditions, Moroccan seasonal workers in Spain were again faced with another failed attempt to bring their alleged sexual assaulters to court.

Formula E : Torn by protests, Hong Kong to be replaced by Marrakech

Marrakech is one of the cities that will host the 2019-20 Formula E season, replacing Hong Kong. The Chinese special administrative region was forced to drop from the competition because of a series of «violent protests», Grand Prix 247 reports. Published Friday, a list that includes the competition’s schedule did not explain why Hong Kong was abandoned. However, a South China Morning Post article revealed that the decision was taken because of «major events currently

Western Sahara : Morocco eyes rapprochement with pro-Polisario southern Africa countries

After strengthening ties with Mozambique in March, and concluding agreements with seven SADC countries, Morocco lauded, Friday, the decision of Lesotho, a Southern Africa country. With the exception of South Africa, only Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe are committed to their unconditional support for the Polisario Front.

A group of Spanish lawyers wants to attend the trial of the three Sahrawi activists in Tindouf

A commission of Spanish lawyers has announced that it wants to attend the trial of the three Sahrawi activists, held for five months in Tindouf, the Sahrawi Association for the Defense of Human Rights (ASADEH) said in a communiqué sent, Monday, to Yabiladi. ASADEH lauded the decision, recalling that one of the three detainees, namely Fadel Breika, is a Spanish national. It also invited the commission to visit the Tindouf camps and «see the protests held before the Rachid

Moroccan teenagers storm two busses at the Beni Ansar border crossing to enter Melilla

In a video shot, last week, at the Beni Ansar-Melilla border crossing, a group of Moroccan youngsters attacked two buses in an attempt to enter the city. According to El Confidencial, said video went viral in the autonomous city because «it shows the passivity of Moroccan security forces». The Moroccan teenagers stormed the buses, which were about to leave Morocco for Melilla. «Dozens of Moroccan police and customs officers are permanently deployed near the Beni Ansar border