The Spanish Embassy in Morocco has scheduled two other trips, by sea, on May 28 and June 4, to repatriate Spanish nationals stranded in the Kingdom. Belearia; which will be linking Tangier to Malaga, will operate the two trips. Unlike the repatriation operation on Friday, May 22, exclusively reserved for travelers with cars registered in the European Union, these two trips remain open to Spanish nationals and residents in Spain, El Faro de Ceuta wrote. The first one (Friday May 22)
Israel has sworn in a unity government after months of waiting, with right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu serving for another 18 months. The new government includes a number of Israeli politicians with Moroccan descent. Amir Peretz, a Morocco-born politician, is part of the new government. Born in Bejaad in 1952, the leader of the Labor Party, has been appointed Minister of Economy. Peretz has also served before as Minister of Defence and Minister of Environmental Protection
20 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 6,972, the health Ministry announced. In a recent update, the Ministry reported that 92,367 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far. While deaths related to the coronavirus stand at 193, the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered in the Kingdom has reached 3,890. The confirmed coronavirus
Repatriating Moroccans stranded in Ceuta has not started yet as Morocco and Spain has not agreed yet on the number of Moroccans to leave the autonomous city, Spanish news agency EFE reports. Government sources told EFE that Morocco has only a list of 280 people, while the Spanish authorities have set up a list of 700 Moroccans for the Kingdom to repatriate. During negotiations, Rabat announced that it is planning to repatriate 280 of its nationals stranded in Ceuta, excluding those
After a first postponed hearing, the judge of the Benslimane court of first instance sentenced, on Monday, Michel S., who appeared in a video deliberately crushing a flock of sheep to a one-month sentence.
American credit rating agency Fitch Ratings revised, Monday, Morocco’s Attijariwafa Bank (AWB), Bank of Africa (BOA) and Credit Immobilier et Hotelier (CIH) outlooks to negative from stable. The agency also affirmed the three bank’s Long-Term Foreign-and Local-Currency Issuer Default ratings (IDRs) at ‘BB+’. The rating agency explains that its ratings are based on the probability of support from the Moroccan sovereign, whose rating is ‘BBB-‘ with a negative
As of Monday, May 18, Morocco recorded 82 new confirmed coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 6,952. Almost 87% (71) of the new cases were in close contact with previously confirmed ones, Mohamed Lyoubi, head of the epidemiology department at the Ministry of Health, said during the daily press briefing. The majority of these new cases were identified in the region of Casablanca-Settat, mainly in Casablanca, where the three hotspots were
Speaking before the Parliament, Head of government Saadeddine El Othmani announced that Morocco is extending the lockdown by three additional weeks. He touched upon the developments of the pandemic in the Kingdom.
The oldest known doctor of medicine degree was granted in Fez to Moroccan student Abdellah Ben Saleh Al Koutami. The latter studied at the Univesity of al-Qarawiyyin and was the disciple of prestigious Muslim scientists, including Al Baytar and Annabati.
Morocco is the best performing country in Africa and in the Middle East and North Africa region, according to the Energy Transition Index for 2020. Compiled by the World Economic Forum, the index evaluates the performance of energy systems in 115 economies. According to the «Fostering Effective Energy Transition report», which summarizes insights from the Energy Transition Index, the Kingdom is one of the few countries in the world that «achieved sustainable gains on its