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The Arab Parliament has commended the efforts made by King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al Quds Committee, to defend the Holy City of Jerusalem and support the resistance of the Palestinian people. During the work of the first session of the third legislature held in Cairo, the Arab Parliament also welcomed the efforts made […]
Moroccan and Spanish Foreign Ministers Nasser Bourita and Arancha Gonzalez Laya held talks on Tuesday through videoconference. Talks focused on regional issues of common interest in the Maghreb, the Sahel and the Euro-Mediterranean area. During their talks, the two officials commended the excellent relations between Morocco and Spain, a country that King Mohammed […]
Morocco has suspended flights with four more countries in a bid to curb contagion after Europe in particular was hit by new Covid-19 variants. Direct flights with Switzerland, Turkey, Germany and the Netherlands are now unavailable to limit contagion. The decision will be updated every 15 days. Morocco had previously banned international travel with Australia, […]
Algerians took to the streets on Monday Feb.22 22 to mark the second anniversary of Hirak, the popular movement that led to the fall of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and to tell the current government that nothing has changed with respect to Bouteflika’s government which ruled the country for two decades. Thousands of Algerians […]
Morocco launched 52 investment projects worth 1.1 billion dollars with a capacity to employ up to 12.583 people in a bid to narrow its budget deficit. The projects are designed to cover goods that Morocco imports and will cut by 820 million dollars Moroccan imports. Part of its industrial acceleration plan, the new projects will […]
The stand of the United States on Moroccan Sahara remains unchanged despite the heavy pressure exerted by pro-polisario lobbyists paid by Algeria to push the Biden administration to reverse its predecessor’s recognition of Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Sahara territory. But all the hostile campaign fueled by Algeria’s military junta was deflated on Monday […]
Morocco has been removed from the EU’s tax haven grey list after it took a series of measures and enacted new laws aiming to ensure greater transparency. The most recent reforms undertaken by Morocco to comply to EU fiscal standards was that of the tax system pertaining to financial hub, Casablanca Finance City. Morocco has […]
Morocco has reportedly decided to suspend air links to and from Switzerland and Turkey. This decision, which has not been officially announced yet, is part of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and to prevent the spread of new COVID-19 variants. According to press reports, Moroccan authorities have decided to temporarily suspend all flights to […]
The Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) has inaugurated African SuperComputing Center (ASCC), a cutting-edge platform to accelerate and improve research in the kingdom and on the continent. ASCC, the largest Supercomputing Infrastructure in Africa, will provide High-performance Computing (HPC) services. Based on the latest technologies in the HPC world, ASCC can deliver a performance of […]
The Algerian lawyers have joined the popular mass protest movement rocking their country, demanding a civilian democratic state and denouncing the wrongful interference of the rulers who are undermining the independence of legal profession. The Union of attorneys started on Sunday a five-day protest movement which will continue by the bar associations of Tizi Ouzou, […]