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Spain’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas Puchades, stressed on Friday in Cordoba that his country ”supports the European Union and Morocco in concluding a new fisheries protocol for the next four years”. “Spain’s position is very clear”, said Planas in a statement to the Spanish media, describing as “positive and fruitful” the […]
The Moroccan government has released its macroeconomic forecasts for 2024, expecting a growth rate of 3.7% while revising downwards its 2023 growth forecast to 3.4% instead of 4%, due partly to drought and inflation. In a presentation at the Moroccan parliament, minister in charge of the budget Fouzi Lekjaa said the forecast will be taken […]
Morocco and the European Union (EU) have agreed to continue their cooperation as provided for in the Partnership Agreement in the field of sustainable fisheries, which “remains in force”, in order to deepen their bilateral partnership. “Morocco and the European Union have agreed to continue their cooperation as provided for in the Partnership Agreement in […]
Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Businesses, Employment and Skills, Younes Sekkouri, held meetings in Madrid on Wednesday and Thursday on ways to develop Morocco’s relations with international institutions in the field of skills training for new professions. The meetings, held on the sidelines of a high-level meeting on skills in the Mediterranean organized by the […]
French Alstom group will invest over $16 million on a second rail plant in Morocco which is developing its rail industrial ecosystem with its local expertise to meet its mobility and transportation needs. The 2nd plant will make driving cabs for regional and underground railway trains, said Alstom in a press release issued Thursday. In […]
FIFA said it would pay Casablanca’s rivals Wydad and Raja $1.43 million as part of its Clubs Benefits Program, consisting in sharing the financial returns of the Qatar World Cup. The two Moroccan teams are part of 440 clubs from 51 member associations that will benefit from the Program, known by its acronym CBP, by […]
Morocco has been drawn in Group E of the African qualifiers for the World Cup 2026 alongside Eritrea, Niger, Tanzania, Congo and Zambia. The 2026 world event will be jointly organized by the USA, Canada, and Mexico. The draw of these qualifiers took place on Thursday in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on the sidelines of the […]
Morocco and the European Union (EU) have announced, on Thursday in Brussels, that they will continue scientific cooperation with the “common objective of ensuring the sustainability” of fisheries resources in the region. “Morocco and the EU have taken note of the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Scientific Committee, which met last June. […]
The European Union (EU) has reaffirmed the “utmost importance” it attaches to its fisheries partnership with Morocco and the “essential interest” it has in its continuation, in a “spirit of trust, solidarity and mutual interest.” Relations with Morocco in the field of fisheries “are part of a global and mutually beneficial partnership, which makes Morocco […]
The urgent debate held on Wednesday in Geneva on the sidelines of the 53rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) highlighted by the adoption of a resolution condemning acts of religious hatred, which constitute incitement to violence and discrimination. The resolution was adopted by 28 in favor, 12 against and seven abstentions, […]