THE VIEW FROM FEZ

It appears that the days of doing a "visa run" every three months in order to remain in Morocco may well be over. The regulatio...

The French language magazine,  Telquel.ma , is reporting that Moroccans no longer need a visa to travel to Qatar. The information was conf...

The attempts to blockade Qatar are an extraordinary exercise in opportunism, brought about in part by the ineptitude of President Trump. W...

Morocco has a new Minister of Tourism, replacing Lahcen Haddad. In the newly appointed government the Ministry of Tourism, Air Transport...

After months of failure to form a new government, Benkirane is gone and Morocco has a new Prime Minister.  On Friday HM King Mohammed VI...

The EuBulletin recently ran an interesting opinion piece about the consequences of keeping the Moroccan/Algerian border closed. The  EUBULLE...

While the eyes of the world are on the American elections, the interest is particularly high in Morocco, especially in regard to the possi...

Morocco's King Mohammed VI has named Islamist leader Abdelilah Benkirane as prime minister for a second term after his party won the ...

Two major parties emerged far ahead of the rest of the field - the Justice and Development Party (PJD) topped the elections with 125 seat...

Friday, October 7 is legislative election day in Morocco These are the second elections to be held since the reforms of the 2011 Constitu...

The Party for Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) have joined the push to legalise the production of cannabis in Morocco. Their move comes in ...

Fez is experiencing an increase in the number of street vendors. The problem has grown to the point where locals and shopkeepers are call...

Recently the British Foreign Office (BFO) released a ranking showing Morocco as among the safest countries worldwide. The ranking, which w...