2+ hour, 4+ min ago  (322+ words) More than 1.2 million people acquired citizenship of a European Union country in 2024, including over 97,000 Moroccans, according to data released by Eurostat. Moroccans accounted for about 8.2% of all new citizens, ranking second after Syrians, who topped the list with more than…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago  (131+ words) Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez denounced Israel's stopping the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in the Church of the Sepulchre as an attack on religious freedom. "We condemn this unjustified attack on religious freedom and demand…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (278+ words) Morocco has made the protection of its citizens abroad a central pillar of its foreign policy, particularly in response to incidents of racism targeting Moroccans in Spain, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said. In a written response, Bourita said the ministry,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (164+ words) A moderate earthquake measuring 4.4 magnitude struck off the coast of the Strait of Gibraltar late Tuesday, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. The center revised its initial estimate upward, reporting that the quake occurred at a depth of about 97 kilometers....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (462+ words) Stephan Jonathan Harroch, owner of the Moroccan fitness chain City Club, admitted Tuesday that he was arrested in a Casablanca hotel room with two women, one of whom was partially undressed, as he continued to deny allegations of sexual exploitation…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (244+ words) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned that immature desert locust adults and small swarms have moved out of Mauritania into the Moroccan Sahara, with some spreading into Algeria and a few reaching the Canary Islands....

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (297+ words) Manual passport stamping is expected to end at the Tarajal crossing linking Ceuta and Morocco on April 10, when the European Union's Entry Exit System becomes fully operational at all external borders after a six month rollout that began on Oct....

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (251+ words) Spain's canning industry in Galicia has been under strain for more than a month after Morocco halted exports of frozen sardines to prioritize domestic demand. Spanish outlet Faro de Vigo reported that "canning factories in Galicia are operating in a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (260+ words) A 26-year-old Comorian man died in Morocco near Tarfaya while on an inflatable boat carrying about 60 sub-Saharan migrants attempting to reach the Canary Islands, according to Comorian media outlet La Gazette des Comores. The incident occurred on February 22 off the…...