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Anger is still boiling up inside the Algerian regime, irked by the firm support voiced by Spanish government to the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for the Sahara under its sovereignty. The resentment continues building up pushing the ruling military junta to take irrational decisions undermining the EU-Algeria Association Agreement. Among the latest vindictive measures […]
Security and intelligence cooperation between Morocco and Spain were discussed during the working visit the Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, paid to Madrid June 16 and 17. Hammouchi, who was leading a delegation made up of directors and executives of the central services of the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance […]
An exhibition and an international symposium on “the universal scope of Morocco’s prehistoric heritage”, placed under the High Patronage of King Mohammed VI, opened, Friday, at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris. The exhibition and the symposium are meant to present the richness and diversity of the […]
Spanish Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has described Morocco as a “strategic and reliable neighbor”, underlining the “transversal” dimension of cooperation between the two countries. “Morocco is an absolutely strategic, reliable neighbor, with which we share common interests,” Grande-Marlaska told reporters on Friday after visiting the construction works of the new headquarters of the […]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has called on Russia to prevent the execution of Moroccan Brahim Saadoun sentenced to death in a pro-Moscow separatist region of Ukraine for fighting with Ukrainian forces. Russia “should ensure that the death penalty imposed on the applicant was not carried out,” the court said on Thursday in […]
Morocco adopts a “singular, holistic and effective religious diplomacy which continues to bear fruit at the national, continental and global levels”, said, Wednesday evening in Rome, Morocco’s ambassador to the Holy See, Rajae Naji Mekkaoui. “The religious diplomacy of the Kingdom, a leader in the promotion of tolerant Islam, has demonstrated its effectiveness in the […]
A new book by expert in socio-economic development, Noureddine Obad, was presented this Wednesday, June 15, at a ceremony hosted by the Swiss Press Club in Geneva. The recently released book, entitled “Morocco, the Potential for Transformative Change”, highlights the socio-economic progress achieved by the Kingdom, including in its southern provinces. The book presentation was […]
The exemplary Moroccan-Spanish cooperation in matters of migration and security, including the fight against terrorism and transnational crime, was highlighted at a working meeting that gathered this Wednesday in Madrid the two countries’ Interior Ministers Abdelouafi Laftit and Fernando Grande-Marlaska. The two officials held in-depth discussions on topics of common interest, and recalled on the […]
Coventry University will open in the few coming months a new branch campus in Casablanca suburb in Morocco. The Bouskoura campus is expected to start receiving students in September, after getting final approval. It intends to offer courses in engineering, architecture and business. The Bouskoura campus follows the model of Coventry University hub in Egypt, […]
King Mohammed VI has proposed the setting up of an African Institute for Lifelong Learning to strengthen South-South coordination and cooperation in the field of adult learning and lifelong education. The suggestion was made in the message he addressed to the UNESCO’s Seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII), held in Marrakech under the […]