First Independent Mena Newspaper
King Mohammed VI of Morocco congratulated in a message Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on the occasion of the National Day of his country. In the message, the King expressed heartfelt congratulations and best wishes of health and wellbeing to President Rouhani and “further progress and prosperity to the Iranian brotherly people.” On the same occasion, […]
Battered by the oil price slump, Algeria will abolish gasoline subsidies in 2019 as it continues to implement time-buying measures, including import restrictions and money printing. Finance Minister Abderrahmane Raouia confirmed the news to reporters saying that his government plans to undertake a subsidy reform in a bid to reduce the soaring budget deficit as […]
Head of the Government, Saad Eddine El Otmani, Saturday, visited the eastern town of Jerada, which has witnessed unrest and protest in the wake of the death of three miners in abandoned mines late last year and promised economic alternatives benefiting the locals. During his visit, which came following a study by the mining ministry […]
French carmaker PSA Group will source 30% of parts for cars that will be assembled in the Algerian plant from Iran, said a senior official of Iranian Auto Parts Manufacturers Association. An agreement was signed in this respect between PSA Group and car part manufacturer Iran Khodro (IKCO), Mohammad Reza Najafi-Manesh, a member of the […]
The Polisario and its supporters in Spain have suffered a new setback after the Spanish Foreign Minister acknowledged Morocco’s legitimate right to explore gas and oil in its territorial waters. Far-left party, Podemos, which supports separatism in the Sahara, has tried to instigate the Spanish government against Morocco’s oil and gas explorations offshore Tan Tan, […]
The Moroccan government has neither approved nor planned direct talks with the Polisario, contrary to what Algerian and Polisario media have claimed. The denial was expressed by Government’s Spokesperson, Mustapha El Khalfi, in a press briefing Thursday, putting an end to the propaganda spread by pro-separatist media, eager for fictive victories after the numerous setbacks […]
In case Morocco won the bid to host the 2026 World Cup bid, the games will take place in the following cities: Casablanca, Marrakesh, Rabat, Fez, Oujda, Tangier, Tetuan, Nador, Meknès, El Jadida, Agadir and Ouarzazate, Sports Minister Rachid Talbi ALami said. The list includes two cities that have so far never hosted international games: […]
Morocco’s economy has generated 86,000 jobs in 2017, of which 32,000 jobs in urban areas and 54,000 in rural areas, figures released by the High Commission for Planning (HCP) showed. According to Morocco’s statistics office, the distribution of this volume of employments showed that 55,000 jobs benefitted men and 31,000 jobs women. By sector, agriculture, […]
French train manufacturer Alstom has won a €130 Mln contract awarded by Moroccan National Railway Operator ONCF for the purchase of 30 electric Prima locomotives. The ONCF had launched in March 2017 an international tender for this project. Alstom pledges to ensure service and maintenance of the 30 Prima M4 locomotives after their delivery. The […]
European legal experts are increasingly warning of the dangers of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) meddling in EU international treaties. This came after the EU-Morocco fisheries deal was invalidated in a non-binding opinion by ECJ advisor Melchior Wathelet claiming that the deal “violates the rights of people from Western Sahara.” Should the ECJ follow […]