Germany : Muslim MPs voted in favor of same-sex marriage

Germany’s Muslim MPs voted on Friday in favor of same-sex marriage in the Bundestag parliament, the Independent reports. 393 voted for the improvement of «Marriage for all», a measure that was criticized by Angela Merkel who announced before that : «Marriage is between a man and a woman.» According to the same source that Green Party which «launched rainbow confetti into the chamber when the result was announced, have since confirmed that the party has four

France : 8 people injured in a shooting near a mosque

8 people were injured yesterday in a shooting around 10:30 pm (local time) near a mosque in Avignion, France, BBC news reports. Two hooded men, who were carrying a handgun and a shot gun opened fire on Muslim worshippers on their way out of Arrahma mosque. According to the same source, «Four people were wounded outside the mosque and a family of four - including a seven-year-old girl - also suffered injuries from shrapnel while in their apartment, located some 50 meters away». The

CJEU to examine in September the British NGO complaint lodged against Moroccan tomatoes originating from the Sahara

The Court of Justice of the European Union will examine on the 6Th of September a case regarding the agricultural products originating from Western Sahara. A pro-Polisario organization called the Western Sahara Campaign, had sued the British government for exporting «illegally» tons of tomatoes from the province. A case dating back to March 2015 when a well-known law firm, Leigh Day & Co, was mandated by the NGO to lodge a complaint with the Supreme Court of London against the

ADM: Hausse du trafic autoroutier de 7,2% en 2016

Le trafic autoroutier a enregistré, en 2016, une croissance de 7,2% sur l'ensemble du réseau par rapport à une année plus tôt, dépassant ainsi la croissance moyenne de 5% depuis 2012. Un communiqué du ministère de l’Equipement, du Transport, de la Logistique et de l’Eau, rendu public suite à la réunion, jeudi en Assemblée générale ordinaire, des actionnaires de la Société

Tanger : Un incendie se déclare dans la forêt de Mediouna sans faire de victimes

Un incendie s’est déclaré, samedi dans la forêt de Mediouna à Tanger, sans faire de victimes ni de dégâts, a-t-on indiqué auprès du Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la lutte contre la désertification. Les flammes attisées par le vent se sont rapidement propagées dans la forêt, ajoute-t-on de même source. Quelque 450 éléments, notamment de la Protection civile, des

Trois morts dans un accident de la route entre Errachidia et Erfoud

Trois personnes ont été tuées et deux autres gravement blessées dans un accident de la route survenu, samedi, sur la route N-13 reliant Errachidia à Erfoud. L’accident s'est produit, tôt dans la matinée au niveau du Ksar Jdid (Cercle d’Aoufous), suite à une collision entre un camion et un véhicule léger, selon les autorités locales. Des ambulances ont été dépêchées sur les

Boxing : Mohamed Rabii unbeaten with a KO

The Moroccan boxer Mohamed Rabii won his third professional fight defeating his Georgian opponent Temur Abuladz on Saturday 1st of July, Morocco World News reports. Rabii was able to knock out the boxer in less than one minute in Evian, France where the Moroccan boxer was awarded after signing «a five-year contract with the German promotion SES boxing», the same source indicates. «Unbeaten welterweight prospect Mohamed Rabii (3-0, with 2 KOs), who won the bronze medal at

Le Festival international du film de Marrakech annule son édition 2017

La Fondation du Festival international du film de Marrakech (FIFM) a décidé de surseoir à la tenue de l'édition 2017 du Festival pour reprendre en 2018, a annoncé, vendredi soir, la Fondation. Cette décision a été prise "pour permettre au Festival d’aller de l’avant dans sa mission non seulement de promotion de l’industrie cinématographique marocaine, mais aussi d’ouverture vers les autres cultures,

Wizz Air launches its first flight linking Warsaw to Agadir

The first flight linking Warsaw to Agadir, launched by the low-cost Hungarian company Wizz Air, landed on Friday at Al Massira airport in Agadir. Wizz Air will fly twice a week (Friday and Monday) via Airbus A321 and A320 aircfaft. According to the Regional Council of Tourism (CRT) Souss-Massa, the new trip «is part of the negociations undertaken by the Moroccan National Tourism Office». Other charters already operate from Warsaw, Katowice and Poznan three times a week every

Nearly 100,000 Moroccans naturalized in OECD countries in 2015

«The prospects for international migration», the annual report of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), highlighted this year he details of migration in OECD countries and the impact of the recent Increase in migration in those nations. The report, which was released last Thursday, also explains that «by 2016, permanent migrant admissions in OECD countries have increased for the third year in a row.» Talking numbers : «around 5 Million