Seven Moroccan migrants have been held hostage in a house in Thessaloniki, a Greek port city on the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea. The perpetrators, eight Greeks and a Pakistani, who formed the gang, were arrested this week, Greek daily Ekathimerini reported on Wednesday. Gang members, who used physical violence and recorded the abuse, allegedly demanded €2,000 per person in ransom. The Moroccans were detained for two days while the perpetrators sent the videos to their families,
Menzenschwand, a small village in the Black Forest region of Germany, has never witnessed any hooligan riots before, wrote media. Last week, around 150 men, believed to be Moroccan football fans of a Casablanca football club, have broken this rule. The men dressed in black set fire to a village's amateur club FC Burnau's artificially turfed pitch with fireworks. The said to be Moroccan fans are believed to have come from all over central Europe and gathered in the village to celebrate the 20th
A Casablanca clinic, where two women died in similar circumstances during childbirth, has finally addressed the tragic events. On Wednesday, January 15, the clinic’s management told Le360 that the case «involves two women and not three, as has been circulated». The clinic assured the public that an investigation is underway and that, following the tragic incident, a committee from the Ministry of Health, along with security authorities, visited the clinic, and all legal
Just days before Donald Trump's January 20 inauguration as President of the United States, a Republican senator has labeled the Polisario as a «terrorist» organization. During a plenary session of the US Senate, Senator Joe Wilson accused Russia, Cuba, and Iran of «actively destabilizing West Africa by supporting Polisario Front, a threat to the Kingdom of Morocco—an essential US partner». He emphasized that President Trump «stood with Morocco, recognizing
From the floor of the National Assembly, a deputy from France Insoumise (LFI) accused the French government of «multiplying provocations and threats against Algeria, particularly concerning Western Sahara, in contradiction with international law». This statement was met with applause from fellow LFI parliamentarians. This declaration marks a departure from the silence maintained for months by the group led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon regarding President Emmanuel Macron's
In 2021, a groundbreaking study published in the Cretaceous Research journal unveiled the discovery of a new mosasaur species in Morocco. This marine lizard, described as having «shark teeth», was said to have roamed the seas during the Cretaceous period, approximately 72 to 66 million years ago. The research was a collaborative effort by scientists from the National Museum of Natural History at the Sorbonne, the University of Bath in Britain, and Utrecht University in the
The Marrakech Court of First Instance has sentenced Said Ait Mehdi, the head of the Coordination of Earthquake Victims of Al-Houz, to three months in prison. Alongside the prison term, Ait Mehdi was fined 500 dirhams and ordered to pay 10,000 dirhams in compensation to the civil party involved. In a related development, the court acquitted three other defendants who had been prosecuted in the same case. The legal proceedings against Ait Mehdi began last December when the prosecutor at the
The percentage of Moroccans supporting normalization with Israel has shifted significantly following the events of October 7, 2023, and their aftermath. Support for establishing relations with the Hebrew state has dropped dramatically within the Kingdom.
While Moroccan international Reda Belahyane draws interest from several top European clubs, Lazio emerges as a leading contender for the young Atlas Lion. Renowned sports journalist Fabrizio Romano reports that the Italian club is actively seeking to strike a deal with Hellas Verona to acquire the central defensive midfielder. ?⚪️?? Understand Lazio are in active talks with Verona to sign Moroccan midfielder Reda Belahyane.Negotiations underway between the two clubs to agree on the fee,
In an open-hearted podcast interview with Emirati entrepreneur and interviewer Anas Bukhash, Moroccan international footballer Achraf Hakimi spoke for the first time about his lawsuit, his divorce, and the strong bond he shares with his mother. The PSG right-back discussed his beginnings in football, his relationship with his family, and having all his money and assets under his mother’s name. This detail emerged following his divorce from Spanish-Tunisian actress Hiba Abouk. When asked