EU-Morocco goods trade hits record €62.2 bln in 2025

Trade in goods between the European Union and Morocco rose to a record €62.2 billion in 2025, driven by higher EU exports, with the bloc’s trade surplus widening to €11.2 billion, European Commission data showed. EU purchases from Morocco totaled €25.5 billion in 2025, up 0.5% year-on-year, while EU sales to the North African Kingdom […]

Italy casts doubt on timing of Libyan Dec. 24 presidential polls, suggests January

Italy’s interior minister Luciana Lamorgese has expressed doubt on holding Libyan crucial presidential election next month as planned and suggested January instead, Libya Observer reports. Lamorgese speaking during a reception organized by Il Foglio newspaper, indicated that next month 24 elections in Libya to elect the country’s first central leader since 2011 after the fall […]

Morocco’s economy to contract by 1.8% in the second quarter

Morocco’s gross domestic product is set to recede in the second quarter by 1.8% as the coronavirus and the measures relating to it halted most of services and hit sectors that are vital to foreign currency revenues, the high commission for planning HCP said. The economy is expected to grow only by 1.1% in the […]