Casablanca offers 8 and 5 lane highways The Société Nationale des Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM) is embarking on a major project around Casablanca. Objective: to streamline traffic around the metropolis. Thus, two black spots are in the viewfinder: the motorway junctions of Ain Harrouda and Sidi Maarouf. An investment of 1.1 billion dirhams is planned […]
Morocco brings out the heavy artillery to defend its fruits and vegetables Morocco has decided to step up its game to defend its farmers on the European stage. The Moroccan embassy in Madrid has just called on a Spanish consultancy firm, Acento Public Affairs, to make its voice heard by the EU institutions. The stakes […]
Morocco and Algeria: economic opportunities spoiled by political disputes Despite the tensions which have exacerbated in recent years, there is a need for a rapprochement between Morocco and Algeria to develop economic partnerships. While Morocco, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, is moving forward on the road to development, Algeria is regressing on almost […]
Morocco – Spain: the underwater tunnel project accelerates The tunnel project under the Strait of Gibraltar, linking Morocco to Spain, continues to progress. Nizar Baraka, Minister of Equipment and Water, presented the latest progress on this titanic project to the Moroccan Parliament on Tuesday. An experimental underwater tunnel will soon be dug. Objective: to precisely […]
Moroccan secularism: when a minister surprises Bruno Retailleau Ahmed Toufiq, Moroccan Minister of Habous and Islamic Affairs, created a surprise during an oral questions session in the House of Representatives. He indeed revealed a discussion that was, to say the least, unexpected with Bruno Retailleau, French Minister of the Interior, on the sidelines of Emmanuel […]
Arrested in Marrakech, a Frenchman soon to be extradited A French national of Algerian origin, aged 38, was arrested Monday evening in Marrakech. Moroccan authorities suspect him of being involved in a money laundering network. The operation, carried out jointly by the Marrakech police and the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), made it possible […]
The Casablanca zoo, finally! The municipality of Casablanca is expected to approve this Thursday, during an extraordinary session, the delegated management contract for the Aïn Sebaâ zoological park, whose reopening announced since 2014, is still not effective. This delegated management contract will be definitively awarded to the company “Dream Village”, after the termination of the […]
Morocco: new rules for Airbnb rentals? While Moroccan tourism professionals denounce the unfair competition they face from Airbnb, voices are being raised to ask the State to authorize rental by individuals, in the run-up to the World Cup. 2030. Founded in 2008, and present in more than 220 countries and more than 100,000 cities, Airbnb […]
Moroccan authorities track down influencers The competent Moroccan authorities are tracking down influencers who transfer their income into cryptocurrency, particularly Bitcoins, to escape the tax authorities and the Foreign Exchange Office. According to Assaba“Influencers would have invested in this segment of electronic media which store sums of money without being linked to real bank accounts, […]
“The caviar of hashish”: a Belgian discovers cannabis culture in Morocco Last year, François, a Belgian, traveled to Morocco to immerse himself in the free cultivation of cannabis. The 23-year-old said he was very impressed by these hundreds of hectares of plantations in the Rif, even though the cultivation of this drug is formally prohibited […]