500 Moroccan nationals took the streets, Saturday, in Brussels to show solidarity for Hirak detainees. They were peacefully protesting against the arrest and sentencing of Hirak activists in Morocco, reports German-language daily Grenz Echo. The same source recalled that the Moroccan justice convicted many activists for undermining the state’s security. In June 2018, Hirak leader Nasser Zefzafi was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Several European cities have been home, since 2017, to
The sister of King Philippe of Belgium, Princess Astrid, is expected to visit Morocco from the 25th to the 30th of November, announced Friday the Belgian Royal Palace. In an economic mission to Morocco, Princess Astrid will visit, along with several federal and regional ministers, the cities of Casablanca, Rabat and Tangier, says DenD. She will also be accompanied by representatives of the Walloon Agency for Export and Foreign Investment (AWEX) and those of the Brussels Invest & Export
Dutch-born Moroccan footballer Sofyan Amrabat has joined the Belgian league after his former club Feyenoord Rotterdam reached an agreement with Club Brugge on Friday, 24th of August, says the Belgian club on its website. The midfielder signed a four-year contract with the club for a 2.5 million-euro deal. The 22-year-old player joined the Dutch club Feyenoord in 2017, where he made 21 appearances and scored one goal. He played four seasons, before that, with FC Utrecht. Although he was
Ecolo candidate Lahoussine Fadel, who is running for the Belgian local elections in Molenbeek, was criticized for taking a picture with Secretary of State for Asylum, Migration and Administrative Simplification Theo Francken. The photo was surprising, especially as the politician has slammed on several occasions the Ecolo party which is based on green politics. Belgian media platforms reported that after receiving harsh comments, the photo has been deleted. The same source adds that
Photojournalist and investigative reporter Stefania Prandi is invited to the European Parliament (Brussels) to present, in September, her new book «Oro Rosso» on female farm workers in Morocco’s southern province Souss-Massa, Italy and Spain, reveals Spanish online newspaper La Mar de Onuba. The journalist is invited by the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats(S&D), the political group in the European Parliament of the Party of
EU Foreign Affairs Council adopted on Monday a decision, adapting the EU-Morocco Association Agreement to products coming from Western Sahara. The measure was firmly condemned by the Polisario Front.
Belgium is struggling to manage the rapidly growing Islamic scene in Brussels, preventing radicalism and responding to Muslim factions in its society, indicated The Economist in an article published Saturday, 14th of July. For the British Magazine, Brussels is divided into two main parts, with people of Catholic heritage and others of a Muslim community that accounts for a quarter of the city’s population. The Muslim community in the Belgian capital includes a majority of Moroccans and
The Polisario has officially launched a new campaign to oppose negotiations held currently between Morocco and the European Union.
After three rounds of negotiations have been held in Rabat, Moroccan and European officials are expected to meet again in Brussels in the coming days, in order to conclude a new fisheries agreement.
UN Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Köhler is expected to hold a meeting on Tuesday 15th of May at the European Parliament. He is expected to hold talks with representatives from the European and African institutions. Eight months after being appointed by Secretary-General António Guterres, Horst Köhler has not officially unveiled yet his plans for relaunching talks between Morocco and the Polisario, suspended since March 2012. In its resolution 2414, the United