Moroccan flag carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will launch as of April 2, 2019, a direct air link between Casablanca and Athens. This new air route will be available three times a week, RAM said in a statement. RAM will use its Boeing 737-700 Dreamliner jets on this route. These aircrafts are configured with 12 business class seats and 102 economy-class seats.
A Parti Québécois candidate has been disqualified by the sovereigntist provincial political party in Quebec, Wednesday 29th of August, for his anti-Islam posts on social media, reports Canadian online newspaper Montreal Gazette. Pierre Marcotte who was chosen as the party’s candidate in Drummond-Bois-Francs published posts on his social media accounts, calling Muslims «pit bulls». «This person will not be a Parti Québécois candidate;
A 16-year-old teenager of Moroccan descent sought the help of the police on August 18th in Estepona (Malaga province) after claiming that her parents forced her to marry her cousin in the Kingdom, reports El Pais. The girl says that she told her parents that she refuses to marry the 28-year-old man, but they rushed into arranging the wedding after receiving dowry. Based on police reports, El Pais indicates that the marriage was formalized in Kenitra. «The investigation found out
Heavy rains in the Tizi n’Tichka mountainous pass, linking the south-east of Marrakesh to the city of Ouarzazat have made the area inaccessible for vehicles on Tuesday, 28th of August. In a video published online, netizens said they were stuck for more than three hours in the road because of the the severe thunderstorms. For movie director Kamal Hachkar, who was on site, it started raining at around 3pm. According to him, excessing Ouarzazate to take the Tizi
The Morocco football team under 17 years qualified for the finals of the African Cup of Nations (CAN U-17), scheduled in 2019 in Tanzania, after beating, Tuesday at Monastir stadium, its Tunisian counterpart by 1-0, as part of the third and final day of the UNAF tournament. The only goal of the game was scored by Akram Nakkach in the 21st minute. This is Morocco's third victory after their 5-2 win over Algeria and 1-0 over Libya in the first and second days of the tournament. Morocco
Les villes de Tétouan, M’diq, Chefchaouen et Larache abritent, du 25 au 28 octobre prochain, la 13e édition de la Rencontre internationale des écrivaines, qui se tient pour la première fois dans un pays arabe et africain. La rencontre se veut une plateforme de rayonnement des écrivaines et des femmes de lettres arabes et africaines, et un lieu de rencontre entre celles-ci et leurs consœurs venues des quatre coins du monde. Elle vise
The number of unaccompanied minor migrants entering Andalusia is significantly increasing. Since the beginning of this year, 4,098 unaccompanied minors arrived in the region, according to Spanish newspaper El Mundo. The number has dramatically grown, compared to 2015 when only 895 minor migrants made it to the region. The flow has pushed the Andalusian government to rearrange its reception facilities. However, 70% of the places made available by the region’s minor migrants centers are
Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred, indicted on rape charges and placed under judicial supervision on Tuesday (August 28), has «vigorously denied rape charges», declared his lawyer, Jean-Marc Fedida, reports Franceinfo. On Saturday night, the 33-year-old star met a young woman in a nightclub in Saint-Tropez. He invited her to his hotel room and they both had «consensual sex», stressed his lawyer. «There is no material evidence, referring to violence», he
Un total de 3 013 897 personnes ont bénéficié des programmes d’alphabétisation dans les mosquées entre 2000 et 2018, a indiqué le ministère des Habous et des Affaires islamiques. Selon un document élaboré par la direction de l'enseignement traditionnel et de la lutte contre l'analphabétisme dans les mosquées, relevant du ministère, un total de 6 862 mosquées ont abrité ces cours,
Moroccan national Mounir al-Motassadeq, who was convicted of terrorism in Germany, will be expelled to Morocco in October, says German online newspaper Bild. But this operation is not an easy one. The German authorities fear the intervention of the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). They believe that the CIA might prevent the plane transporting al-Motassadeq from reaching Morocco. Americans want to interrogate the Moroccan man on their soil and on their own. Thanks