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The suspension of direct passenger flights to and from Morocco, which came into force on Monday November 29 for two weeks, will be extended till dec.31. Sources close to air transport authorities confirmed that flights suspension from and to Morocco will be maintained until a further notice. Royal Air Maroc, Morocco’s national carrier confirmed the […]
Berlin welcomes the normalization of ties between Morocco and Israel and looks forward to restoring ties with Rabat, said the German embassy. “The Kingdom of Morocco is a key partner for Germany. From the federal government’s perspective, it is in the interest of both countries to return to good and traditionally expansive diplomatic ties. The […]
The UK and Morocco took concrete measure to foster their economic and security cooperation ties during their third strategic dialogue, a milestone in ties that have been established 800 years ago. At the end of the strategic dialogue in London co-chaired by foreign ministers of the two countries Nasser Bourita and his UK peer Liz […]
Indian Samta energy group announced on Tuesday that it plans to invest more than $100 million in Morocco over the coming five years. “We are committed to investing more than $100 million over the next five years in the development of mining and mineral processing activities in Morocco,” said the Indian group in a statement. […]
Algeria’s aggressive tendencies in the Maghreb and throughout the region were once again denounced by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in the European Parliament. The Vice President of the ALDE Party, Bulgarian MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk called on the Vice President of the European Commission, High Representative of the EU for Foreign […]
The first “V4 + Morocco” ministerial meeting of the Visegrád Group was held Tuesday in Budapest to discuss ways of fostering cooperation ties between Morocco and this intergovernmental organization gathering Hungary, Poland, Czechia and Slovakia. Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita is leading a Moroccan delegation to this meeting which aims to develop further relations between participating […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will start on Dec.12 a regional trip that will take him to North Africa and the Middle East region, reported on Tuesday several Russian news outlets. “In a few days, Sergey Lavrov will travel to the Middle East and North Africa. On Sunday, he will depart for Israel, Palestine, Algeria […]
Algeria is still struggling to come to terms with a blow it has suffered by the UN Security Council in its latest resolution on the Sahara issue which reiterated that the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan is serious and credible and urged Algeria to take part in negotiations as a party to the conflict. Prior to the […]
The restrictive measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic have dealt a blow to the inflow of hard currency from the tourism business in Morocco that has been offset so far by a surge in remittances from Moroccans abroad. In the first ten months this year Morocco’s foreign exchange regulator has reported a record 80 billion […]
The UN World Tourism Organization picked Marrakech as a home to its regional Africa office, Moroccan media reported citing official sources. The decision was taken during the 24th session of the UNWTO General Assembly amid fierce competition from other African cities. During the 24th UNWTO General Assembly, Morocco has also been elected a member of […]