Foreign minister Nasser Bourita met, Friday in Brussels, with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini. The meeting is part of regular contacts with European officials regarding a solid multidimensional partnership, Bourita told MAP after the meeting which was attended by Morocco's Ambassador to the European Union Ahmed Réda Chami. This meeting was also an occasion to discuss other regional and international issues, he
On February 28, the headquarters of the European Parliament in Brussels is expected to host a meeting on Hirak Rif. The event is organized by the «European Confederation of Support Committees of the Riffian Popular Movement». «A well-known European lawyer is invited to address the participants,» a source told Yabiladi. Meanwhile, the «18 September Movement for the Independence of RIF», financied by the Moroccan drug dealer living in the Netherlands Said
In March 2016, Loubna Lafquiri, a Moroccan-Belgian national, lost her life in the infamous Brussels attack. Now, her name is going to be engraved on one of Molenbeek’ squares in an attempt to fight against hatred.
A week after the European Commission asked the EU to negotiate with Morocco the renewal of the fisheries deal, an ECJ legal advisor has called the latter invalid as it supposedly wouldn’t respect the rights of people in Western Sahara.
This Tangier-native has always been involved in social work in Brussels, helping in particular young people with an immigrant background. In his book «Tangellois, non peut-être», Amidou Si M'Hammed recalls the experience of his immigrant parents. Portrait.
The book A jihad of love by Belgian-Moroccan author Mohamed El Bachiri has just won the 2017 Equality Prize, reports literature website En Lettres. The award was received during the fifth edition of the 2017 Equality Festival, held in Gand, Belgium, from the 14th to the 16th of December. Living in the Molenbeek district, Mohamed El Bachiri had lost his wife Loubna Lafquiri, a mother of three children, during the Brussels attacks on March 22nd, 2016. The Zaventem airport and a subway train at
An average of fifty buses travel to Morocco from Brussels during the peak season. The absence of a large bus station often leads bus drivers to park in Stalingrad Avenue or in the surrounding streets. Nevertheless, car traffic in these streets is blocked, reports the Belgian regional newspaper LaCapitale, quoted by the Dutch-language media house Bruzz. Minister of Mobility and Public Works of the Brussels Capital Region, Pascal Smet, came up with a solution. Pascal Smet, in
The Belgian-Moroccan kick-boxer Jamal Ben Saddik lost to his Dutch opponent Rico Verhoeven on Saturday at the Rotterdam's Palais des sports, reports the Dutch channel Rijnmond. The latter successfully defended his world title in the heavyweight category, taking revenge on the Belgian-Moroccan athlete, who had beaten him six years ago. Last May, Rico Verhoeven defeated the Dutch-Moroccan boxer Ismael Lazaar in the Dutch Glory 41 tournament in Den Bosh, The Netherlands. In December 2016, he
Six days before the opening of the 5th AU-EU summit set to be hosted by Abidjan, Moussa Faki Mahamat declared that the problem linked to the Polisario’s participation was solved. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission said that all members of the pan-African organization will attend the partnership meeting scheduled for 29 and 30 of November.
The violent incidents that occurred on Saturday 11 November in the city of Brussels, following Morocco National football team was qualified to the 2018 World Cup in Russia, have so far led to six arrests and twelve identifications, says Belga news agency. «New arrests are expected over the next few days,» said Philippe Close the burgomaster of Brussels. Celebrations in Brussels, Belgium to mark the qualification of Morocco national football team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in