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Rabat, Lisbon conclude agreement on stay & employment of Moroccan workers in Portugal

Morocco and Portugal on Wednesday signed an agreement on the stay and employment of Moroccan workers in Portugal, as part of the process of modernizing partnership instruments between the two countries. The agreement was initialed at the end of a video-meeting between the Moroccan and Portuguese Foreign Ministers, Nasser Bourita, and Augusto Santos Silva. During […]

Chabat’s Shilly-Shallying, a Way of Being or a Tactic to Baffle the Enemy?

Hamid Chabat, the Secretary General of the Istiqlal Party, has been threatening for months now to withdraw from the coalition government, led by Abdelilah Benkiran’s Party for Justice and Development (PJD), if his repeated calls for a cabinet reshuffle were not heeded. Likewise, he has not missed any opportunity to lash out at the head […]

EBRD Lends Tunisian Vermeg €25 Mln for Purchase of Lombard Risk

The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) has provided the Tunisian banking and insurance software developer Vermeg a €25 million loan for the acquisition of Lombard Risk, a leading global provider of integrated regulatory reporting and collateral management solutions. Founded in 2002, Vermeg counts major internationally-renowned financial institutions and central banks in more than […]