Pope Francis is expected to pay Rabat and Casablanca a visit on March the 30th and 31st, 2019, the Vatican announced Tuesday, reports Associated Press (AP). «Invited by King Mohammed VI and bishops, His Holiness Pope Francis will visit Morocco for an apostolic trip in March», said the Holy See in a statement. The visit occurs nearly 34 years after John Paul II flew to Morocco, in August 1985, says the Vatican. It is not the first time that Pope Francis visits Muslim
The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development at the European Parliament (EP) adopted, on Monday night in Strasbourg, a favourable opinion for the renewal of the agriculture agreement between Morocco and the European Union (EU). This favourable opinion was voted by the majority of the members of the committee and reflects the position of the political groups represented therein in favour of the adoption by the European Parliament of this agreement which aims at extending trade preferences
The César Award, the national film award of France which is taking place on February 22nd, 2019, has released a list of the artists prenominated for the award’s 2019 edition. Moroccan-Portuguese actress Sahara Perles is part of the list made public by the César, she announced on her Facebook page. Prenominated for her role in the Moroccan film «Sofia», directed by Meryem Ben M’Barek and released in 2018. The movie has been awarded by the Cannes Film
Les karatékas marocains Abdessalam Ameknassi et Btissam Sadini ont décroché deux médailles de bronze respectivement dans les catégories des -60 kg et -61 kg, lors des Championnats du monde seniors de karaté organisés du 6 au 11 novembre à Madrid. Ameknassi et Sadini ont fourni un grand effort pour remporter ces deux médailles de bronze, a souligné le coach national Salah Mesnaoui, ajoutant que ce sacre permettra aux deux
The first edition of Diwan Awards Holland, an initiative held to honor Dutch people with bicultural backgrounds, was held on November the 3rd in the Hague (Netherlands), awarding several Moroccan-Dutch personalities in several categories, says a communiqué sent Monday to Yabiladi. The event organized by Ahmed Larouz, a Moroccan-Dutch social innovator entrepreneur and marketing manager, was an opportunity to spotlight the successes of Moroccan nationals living in the Netherlands and
C’est désormais une tradition. Une trentaine de chefs d'entreprises et de filiales de sociétés marocaines implantées en Côte d’Ivoire se sont rencontrés une deuxième fois, lundi à Abidjan, le temps d’un déjeuner-débat que l’ambassade du Maroc initie chaque trimestre. L’idée est de réunir, tous les trois mois, le top management des entreprises marocaines opérant en terre
International non-profit, non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Monday, November the 12th, that it is «disturbed» by the 12-year-jail sentence handed down to Moroccan journalist and Akhbar al-Yaoum columnist Taoufik Bouachrine by a Casablanca criminal court. In a statement made public on the same day, RSF stressed that «many doubts surround the verdict», which held Bouachrine accountable for sexual assault charges. «This case
Morocco's net international reserves amounted to 224.1 billion dirhams until November 2, 2018, recording a 1.8% year-on-year decrease, Morocco's central bank (Bank Al-Maghrib) said. During the week of November 1-7, Bank Al-Maghrib injected 72.3 billion dirhams. As for the interbank rate, it has reached 2.29%, the source added in a press release. During the same period, the Dirham appreciated by 1.13% against the Dollar and depreciated by 0.19% against the Euro.
After Morocco arrested two members of a terror cell on Friday, an investigation revealed that the two men were planning to assassinate senior officials and bomb tourist destinations, including the Jemaa El Fna square in Marrakesh. According to the Monday edition of Arabic-language daily Assabah, quoted by Le 360, they «targeted senior national security officials and were plotting terror attacks, using guns and chemicals». The suspects are believed to be «influential members
About fifteen young Moroccan nationals were arrested Sunday, 11th of November, for harassing a woman and stabbing a man in the Santa Coloma de Gramenet metro station (Barcelona province), reports Spanish daily El Pais. The incident occurred in the morning, when 15 men followed a woman in the subway. They, reportedly, touched her several times, says the same source. The woman told her partner about what happened to her in the metro. The latter joined his partner and a violent fight broke out,
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