Morocco’s energy, transport subsidies cost at least 1.6 bln dirhams monthly, budget minister

Morocco’s government is spending at least 1.6 billion dirhams ($160 million) a month on measures to cushion households and businesses from higher energy and transport costs, Budget Minister Fouzi Lekjaa said. The support package focuses on subsidies for butane gas, electricity price freezes and financial aid for professional transport operators, Lekjaa told reporters. State support […]

Moroccan King inaugurates Rabat-Salé-Kenitra’s CMC; new-generation vocational training facility

King Mohammed VI inaugurated, on Tuesday in the town of Tamesna, the Cité des Métiers et des Compétences (CMC/City of Trades and Skills) for the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region, a new-generation vocational training facility dedicated to excellence and innovation. The Rabat-Salé-Kénitra CMC is part of an overall program to build 12 CMCs in different regions of the […]

Donald Trump Awards the prestigious Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, to King Mohammed VI

Outgoing President Donald Trump awarded the Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, to Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, for his positive impact on the political landscape of the Middle East and North Africa, and his leadership in bolstering Morocco-USA partnership, the White House announced Friday in a statement. “Over his more than two decades of leadership, […]