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Spanish private carrier Air Europa resumed flights to Tunisia early June, after a nine-year halt. The first flight departed from Madrid on June 3, Sales Manager Moez Oudi Monday told TAP. The booking rate for the new airlink reached so far 80%, he added. The company will run four flights a week (Monday, Tuesday, Friday […]
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele explained Saturday in San Salvador his decision to immediately cut off all diplomatic relations with the Polisario and its self-proclaimed Republic, that he labeled “a virtual entity”. This decision puts El Salvador “on the side of the rest of the world, which respects the sovereignty of Morocco,” said the head […]
The Moroccan government will get 8.87 billion dirhams (about $1 billion) from the sale of 8 per cent of its stake in the telecommunication continental giant. The Moroccan Capital Market Authority (AMMC) has given the go-ahead to the government to sell 8% of its shares in Maroc Telecom. The planned transaction on the block market […]
Germany sealed 13 military export contracts with Egypt worth €800 million between January 1 and June 5, making the North African country the leading client for German military equipment in the Arab world. Germany, according to DPA which cites the German economic affairs ministry, so far this year has approved 56 military deals to the […]
Salvador withdrew its recognition of the Algerian-backed Polisario separatist entity putting another nail in the coffin of the separatists in Latin America while voicing support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Sahara. El Salvador has decided, as of today (Saturday, June 15) to no longer recognize the separatist entity “RASD”, announced the […]
Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera highlighted the close relations between his country and Morocco underscoring the potential to further expand bilateral ties. Pinera who received Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita in Santiago highlighted the prospects for strengthening economic cooperation and trade, said a statement of the Chilean presidency. The visit was also a chance to invite […]
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAE), in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has helped Morocco achieve its first victory in the ongoing campaign to suppress Mediterranean fruit fly, sometimes referred to as the ‘medfly,’ which is threatening the country’s economy. To suppress the pet, the Moroccan Government and producers have committed […]
Casablanca Finance City (CFC) and Toronto Finance International (TFI) signed, Thursday in Toronto, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote their cooperation and facilitate increased access to the two financial centers. The partnership agreement will also provide a platform to promote best practices in the areas of green finance and green infrastructure and share information […]
Morocco deposited on Friday in Geneva instruments of ratification of three conventions of the International Labor Organization (ILO). The deposit of these documents, which consolidates Morocco’s positive interaction with the ILO labor standards system, took place on the sidelines of the 108th ILO Conference, in the presence of ILO director-general, Guy Ryder. The documents concern […]
Brazil backs the serious efforts made by Morocco to achieve a “realistic” solution to the Sahara issue, said on Thursday Brazilian Foreign Minister, Ernesto Araujo. Speaking in Brasilia at a joint press conference with Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita, Mr. Araújo said his country is willing to contribute to the various efforts aimed at finding a […]