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Moroccan women entrepreneurs have received a huge boost from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which has just launched a program to help them unleash their potential and contribute to their country’s economy. Dubbed EBRD’s “Women in business program”, this initiative is supported by European Union and Moroccan banks: BMCE Bank of Africa […]
Morocco’s top diplomat has expressed his country’s concerns regarding Iran’s destabilizing operations in North Africa, saying that the North African Kingdom needs the Trump administration’s backing to block Tehran’s rise in the region. Nasser Bourita told Breitbart News that “Morocco …views the Trump administration’s determination to halt Iran’s efforts to become a hegemonic power in […]
Algeria has kept its borders with Morocco closed since 1994 because it lacks a dynamic private sector that is able to compete in a free market, Moroccan ambassador Hassan Abou Ayoub said. Keeping borders sealed runs against the ideal of achieving integration in the Maghreb region, the diplomat told Italian journalists on the sidelines of […]
Passenger traffic at Tanger-Med port jumped by 202% this summer compared to 1,741,212 passengers last year. The number of vehicles handled by the port hit 464,977 while the number of buses rose to 4,390, the port’s authority said. It ascribed the recent car jam that stretched for nearly 18km from the port to the high […]
The EU should help Morocco address the challenges linked to the increase in Sub-Saharan migrants, said Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska. Speaking at a conference on security and migration in Vienna, the Spanish official described Morocco as a “privileged partner” whom the EU should help setting up accommodation facilities for migrants and border monitoring. Morocco […]
Morocco and the EU managed to safeguard their partnership against attempts at undermining it, said Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, alluding to the difficulties that were encountered during the negotiations of the fisheries and farm agreements between the two parties. “The partnership with the EU was attacked by different parties…but Morocco and the EU, notably […]
Iraq’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari invited Morocco to re-open its embassy in Baghdad to promote bilateral ties and facilitate visas for Iraqi nationals. Al Jafaari’s office said the call was made at a meeting with State Secretary to foreign affairs Mounia Bouceta at an Arab League meeting in Egypt. He expressed Iraq’s willingness to cooperate […]
RWG has won a three-year contract to ship gas-fired generators to Metragaz S.A.’s facilities in Morocco. Metragaz, a division of Spain’s Naturgy Energy Group, provides gas compression services for the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline. Under the contract, RWG will build, configure and ship exchange gas generators to Metragaz in advance of scheduled overhauls and recommissioning in […]
The Government of Bulgaria has hailed the “serious efforts” made by Morocco with a view to reaching a “lasting and just solution” to the Sahara issue through negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations and in line with Security Council Resolutions. “We encourage the parties to the conflict to cooperate more” in order to […]
The European Union and Morocco inked on Friday two agreements aimed at supporting Moroccan small & medium enterprises (SMEs), including start-ups working on innovation as well as the country’s social protection program. The agreements, related to the EU-funded programs: “Competitiveness & green growth” and “social protection reform in Morocco”, were sealed during the visit European […]