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Canary-based carrier Binter announced, Friday, the launch of a new air link connecting the airports of Gran Canaria and the city of Guelmim. As of April 2, Binter will connect Gran Canaria to Guelmim at a rate of two weekly flights (Wednesday and Saturday), the company said in a statement. For this new connection, the […]
Morocco announced, Thursday in Rabat, the official implementation of the recommendation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on the ethics of artificial intelligence adopted on the sidelines of the 41st session of the General Conference of UNESCO held in November 2021 in Paris. The announcement, made by Minister of National Education, […]
The Moroccan Government decided Thursday at the cabinet’s weekly meeting to extend the state of health emergency until April, as part of efforts to stem the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Government Council examined and adopted, this Thursday, March 24, a draft decree, presented by the Minister of the Interior, extending the state of […]
Tunisia’s central bank, BCT, Thursday said it overcame a cyberattack that hijacked its system and website on Wednesday. The attack according to the bank caused some perturbations to its services and its website which was out of service until Thursday morning. It however quickly came under control thanks to coordination between services of the institution […]
Morocco and five automotive part manufacturers signed 8 investment agreements worth 1.7 billion dirhams ($1.8 billion) to set up plants in different industrial locations to boost the wiring components, key to meeting the growing orders from electric vehicle makers. Speaking during the signing ceremony, Moroccan Industry Minister Ryad Mezzour said the new investments reinforce Morocco’s […]
Germany supports the reforms undertaken by Morocco over the past two decades, which have led to significant political, economic and social progress under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, underlined a Joint statement issued on Thursday following video talks between Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Svenja Schulze. The […]
The United States has transferred to the Royal Moroccan Navy two 11-meter “Metal Shark” interceptor boats. The transfer ceremony took place at the port of Agadir on Thursday, on the sidelines of the final planning event for African Lion 2022, AFRICOM’s premier military exercise – the largest on the African continent, held annually in partnership […]
The Spanish government’s support to Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for the Sahara, as being “the most serious, realistic and credible basis” for the settlement of the conflict, “falls within the framework of the United Nations”, said Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs. “The position of Spain, which has opted to support the autonomy proposed […]
Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizers producer OCP posted an all-time-high profit of 1.6 billion dirhams in 2021, up 272% as the company benefits from the surge in prices of phosphates and derivatives and the high demand on fertilizers. OCP’s total earnings nearly doubled to 84.3 billion dirhams the same year, a boon to public finances hit […]
Bank Al-Maghrib, Morocco’s central bank, has decided to hold interest rates steady, contrary to the forecasts of many analysts who were expecting a hike of rates following the coronavirus pandemic, rainfall shortage and the Russia-Ukraine war. During its first meeting for the year 2022, the Board of Directors of the Bank decided to keep unchanged […]