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Skoda Auto is among the automotive makers who are looking to Morocco to supply cable harness to offset the production disruption due to the Russia-Ukraine war. In a statement, Skoda Auto said it has secured additional production capacities of cable harness from Morocco and Romania which will add to a plant it has relocated from […]
Morocco reported a 124% rise in tourism receipts to 14.62 billion dirhams ($1.5 bln) up to April this year, getting closer to pre-pandemic levels of 2019, the exchange office said. Analysts say that the receipts could have been higher had it not been for Ramadan which coincided with April this year. Morocco is restoring air […]
Leader of the Spanish Popular Party Alberto Núñez Feijóo has underlined the importance that this main Spanish opposition party attaches to relations with its North African neighbor and partner. This came at a meeting Tuesday in Rotterdam, Netherlands with the head of the Moroccan government and president of the National Rally of Independents (RNI), Aziz […]
Morocco has pleaded for more solidary and innovative partnership between the two shores of the Mediterranean to overcome the effects of the Covid-19 crisis and boost vital economic sectors in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Speaking at the 2022 Euromed Summit of Economic and Social Councils and similar institutions held in Marrakech, President of the Economic, Social […]
A group of Peruvian MPs have called on their country’s government and left-wing President Pedro Castillo to withdraw recognition of the Polisario’s self-proclaimed “SADR” and to cut ties with a phantom entity not recognized by the United Nations. The call was made during a meeting of the Congress’s foreign relations Committee held lately in the […]
Israeli TV channel i24News opened Tuesday offices in Rabat and Casablanca, after launching its bureaus in Dubai and Bahrain following the normalization of relations between Israel and these Arab countries within the frame of the US-brokered Abraham Accords. Several eminent Moroccan and Israeli personalities as well as foreign diplomats, businessmen, TV stars and artists attended […]
Morocco and Senegal share the same determination to strengthen their military cooperation to defend the interests of both countries and face common challenges. This determination was stressed at a meeting in Rabat Tuesday between Lieutenant General and Inspector General of the FAR and Commander of the Southern Zone, and Lieutenant General Cheikh Wade, Chief of […]
The 2022 Euromed Summit of Economic and Social Councils and similar institutions kicked off Tuesday in Marrakech, under the theme “COVID-19: the role of civil society in the reconstruction and resilience of the Euro-Mediterranean region.” The summit, organized by the European Economic and Social Committee (ECSC) and Morocco’s Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE), analyzes […]
An all-party parliamentary group has been launched in Italy to support and promote the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for a lasting, peaceful resolution of the Sahara regional conflict. The announcement was made Monday by Italian MPs Marco Di Maio and Urania Papatheu in a press release. The cross-party group has been established to back […]
Morocco and India’s technology giant Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL) signed over the weekend an agreement on an investment project meant to boost technology cooperation. In a joint communique released following the signing ceremony Saturday in Noida, India, the two partners indicated that the agreement underlines HCL’s determination to invest in Morocco in the outsourcing sector. […]