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The Spanish city of Seville and capital of Andalusia is hosting this July 16 through 20 the fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), which serves as a platform for debate and exchange of information on the latest studies concerning the Middle East. The studies encompass diverse perspectives, from conflict analysis and resolution to […]
Industrial companies created after June 2017 will be exempted from paying the corporation tax, authorities said. A decree was published in the official gazette stating that industrial enterprises will not have to pay the tax for five years after their creation as the government seeks to encourage industrial investments. The tax exemption is targeting enterprises […]
Foreign Ministers of the European Union member countries have decided to adapt the Association and the Agriculture Agreements signed with Morocco so that they include the Moroccan Sahara. The Council of Foreign Ministers of the member countries of the European Union (EU) adopted, Monday in Brussels, its decision adapting the Association Agreement and the Agricultural […]
The adoption of the global compact for migration is a victory for the world and for multilateralism, Morocco’s permanent representative at the UN, Omar Hilale told American Television Network (ATN). “It’s a historic day for the United Nations, for the world and for multilateralism,” Omar Hilale said after the UN General Assembly approved the UN […]
The recent Tunisian request to Algeria and Morocco for energy supply during the summer could usher a new era of cooperation between the countries of Africa’s least integrated region. The Tunisian electricity and gas utility (STEG) has called on the two Maghreb countries to help supply it with 300 megawatts during the peak summer season. […]
All 193 UN member states agreed to the first-ever Global Compact on Migration, which will be formally adopted at a conference in Marrakech in December with a view of making migration safe and orderly while curbing human smuggling and trafficking. The all-encompassing Global Compact seeks to better manage international migration, address its challenges, strengthen migrant […]
Morocco’s biggest lender, Attijariwafa Bank, won two prizes at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2018. The bank was ranked best in Morocco and topped the list of banks in Africa for SMEs, Euromoney magazine said. Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence were established in 1992 and were the first of their kind in the global banking industry. […]
Morocco’s airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has been designed an official carrier of the Ecrans Noirs (Black screens) festival in Cameroon. The airline signed a deal with the organizers of the festival, the Ecrans Noirs Association, covering the upcoming two editions of the festival in 2019 and 2020. Under the agreement, RAM will sponsor the […]
The delay in the renewal of the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement has prompted fishing ships from EU countries to leave Moroccan ports and territorial waters. After several weeks of talks between Rabat and Brussels without reaching a new deal, Europeans vessels mostly from Spain and Portugal started leaving Moroccan ports and waters on the eve of […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has granted Novares Morocco, the Moroccan subsidiary of the French automotive supplier Novares Group, a €16.5 million loan. The amount will be used to finance the Novares project in Morocco, supplying the plants of Peugeot PSA in Kenitra and of Renault in Tangiers. The funds will also […]