Morocco to apply taxes to Airbnb and Booking.com

Morocco is looking forward to limit the services of Airbnb and Booking.com, online marketplace and hospitality platforms, in an attempt to «level the playing field» for traditional hotels, said Bloomberg on Tuesday. Moroccan officials will apply taxes and regulations on online portal Airbnb, starting form 2019, making up for the damages more than 3,800 hotels and hundreds of travel agencies have been suffering from lately, said Mehdi Taleb, head of regulation, development and

The leader of an Algerian Amazigh group calls for reopening borders with Morocco

While the region is witnessing a huge buffer zone crisis in the Sahara, an Algerian party leader has urged Morocco and Algeria to reopen borders. «Closing of borders separating Algeria and Morocco is an irrational inconsistency», said Mohcine Belabbas, general secretary of the Rally for Culture and Democracy while attending a meeting in Tunis. Last November, Abdelmajid Menasra, vice-president of the Movement for the Society of Peace (Algerian Islamist party) also called for the

Terrorism : Four Moroccan-Dutch nationals arrested in the Netherlands and Belgium

On Monday, the Dutch public prosecutor announced the arrest of four Moroccan-Dutch nationals suspected of plotting a terrorist attack. The arrests were carried out in Oudenbosh, Rosendael and Antwerp, Belgium following the request of the Essen National Prosecutor's Office. Dutch police’ report shows that digital data was seized in three houses in Oudenbosch and Roosendaal, a warehouse in Sprundel, and two houses in Essen and Antwerp. However, neither weapons nor explosives were found in

80 sub-Saharan illegal migrants arrested near the Nador coast

80 sub-Saharan illegal migrants were arrested Sunday, 15th of April, by the Moroccan authorities in Nador while they were trying to enter Spain, reports EFE. The migrants’ attempt to reach Spain was foiled, according to the same source, after the authorities conducted two separate operations in two beaches near the city of Nador. 25 illegal migrants were arrested off the Moroccan coast en route to Spain during the first operation while 55 others, including women and

FIFA task force in Morocco to assess its ability to host the 2026 World Cup

A task force sent by FIFA has arrived Monday in Morocco to evaluate the country’s ability to host the 2026 World Cup, said Morocco’s bid committee in a statement sent to Yabiladi. «Today, the committee is set to receive 5 members from the Task Force as well as others from the FIFA administration for a three-day-visit», said the same communiqué. The FIFA delegation is expected to travel from the 17th to the 19th of April to several cities in the

Le déficit commercial du Maroc s’est accru de 10,6% fin mars

Les échanges extérieurs du Maroc ont été marqués par une hausse du déficit de la balance commerciale de 10,6% à 48,70 milliards de dirhams (MMDH) à fin mars 2018, contre 44,02 MMDH lors de la même période en 2017, indique l’Office des changes dans sa note sur les indicateurs mensuels des échanges extérieurs du mois de mars 2018. Ainsi, les importations ont atteint 117,14 MMDH fin mars 2018, contre 108,21

Arab Summit unanimously supports Morocco’s bid to host the 2026 World Cup

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita announced, Sunday, that the 29th Arab Summit, held in the Saudi city of Dhahran, unanimously affirmed its support for Morocco’s bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Bourita told the press after the Summit that the latter «unanimously affirmed its support for Morocco’s bid to host the 2016 FIFA World Cup and called on all States to provide full and unwavering support to this bid.» The 29th Arab

When Gad Elmaleh teaches Jimmy Fallon how to hip thrust like a Moroccan

On April the 11th, Moroccan actor and stand-up comedian Gad Elmaleh was Jimmy Fallon's guest on NBC's The Tonight Show. Promoting his new show the “American Dream”, the bilingual actor showed everyone there the steps of a Moroccan dance. After talking about cinema, the French version of Saturday Night Live and the American comedian Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Fallon carried on his interview with Gad while dancing to some Moroccan music. “Dancing is very important to me”

Fès : Un policier neutralise un pitbull déchainé par un repris de justice

Un policier de la Brigade de recherche et d'intervention a été contraint, samedi à Fès, de faire usage de son arme de service pour neutraliser un chien pitbull appartenant à un individu aux multiples antécédents judiciaires pour coups et blessures et trafic de drogues, selon la préfecture de police de Fès. Une patrouille conjointe composée d’éléments du 3e arrondissement de sûreté et de la

Tour du Maroc de cyclisme : Les cyclistes nationaux mènent la fronde

Le bureau fédéral de la Fédération royale marocaine de cyclisme (FRMC) a décidé de suspendre les coureurs qui se sont retirés vendredi du 31e Tour du Maroc de cyclisme, a annoncé le président de la FRMC, Mohamed Belmahi, dans une conférence de presse tenue dans la nuit du vendredi à samedi. #طواف_المغرب_2018| عادل جلول عميد المنتخب الوطني المغربي يشرح أسباب