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Spanish airline Air Europa has announced its return to Morocco with the resumption of flights between Madrid and Marrakech. The company operates two flights per week between its base in Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suarez and Marrakech-Menara airport on Sundays and Thursdays. The reopening of this air link is part of the growth plan activated […]
Automotive parts manufacturer Aptiv is mulling to relocate some of its production from Ukraine to Morocco, Aptiv’s CEO Still Joseph Massaro said. “Aptiv, based in Dublin, is trying to shift production to Poland, Romania, Serbia and possibly Morocco,” AP news agency reported citing Massaro. After the coronavirus pandemic and now the war in Ukraine, Morocco […]
Spain’s former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said that he has been supporting the Autonomy Plan since its introduction by Morocco in 2007. Zapatero argued that Morocco’s “serious and credible” initiative is in line with the UN-led political process seeking to find a realistic and lasting solution to the dispute. Zapatero made his remark […]
Thales has opened a new Cyber-Security Operations Center (SOC) in Morocco. This center will provide real-time protection against cyber-attacks in the country and across the African continent as a whole. “Thales is strengthening its expertise and know-how in the field of cybersecurity in Morocco. The launch of this new SOC demonstrates the Group’s aspirations to […]
The Algerian diplomacy is receiving one setback after another as global powers and influential countries put nails in its separatist plot in the Moroccan Sahara where it has defended for decades the unfeasible referendum option. Spain, the former colonial power in the Moroccan Sahara, has supported the autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty as “the most […]
The President of the Spanish Government Pedro Sanchez will pay an official visit to Morocco on Thursday, April 7, at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, announced the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery. During the visit, the Sovereign will have official talks with the head of the Spanish Government and host an […]
A group of Moroccan fruits and vegetable growers is taking part in the 2022 FRUIT LOGISTICA trade show which opened doors this Tuesday in Berlin with the participation of 2,000 exhibitors from 87 countries. The three-day event is an opportunity for Moroccan producers to showcase the great potential and high quality of Moroccan fruits and […]
Several influential Italian MPs and senators have welcomed Madrid’s backing of the Moroccan autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under its sovereignty, saying it is a forward step towards finding a lasting resolution of the Sahara regional conflict. Commenting on the bold Spanish move in his twitter account, Italian MEP Marco Zanni praised the Spanish […]
Relations between Morocco and Spain are entering a new stage that is founded on renewed partnership, transparency, mutual respect and permanent consultation. This new stage was officially sealed at the phone conversation between King Mohammed VI and the President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, last week. The phone call confirmed, if need be, how […]
Prince Albert II of Monaco paid, on Friday afternoon, a visit to the emblematic space of Bayt Dakira in Essaouira, a highly spiritual and patrimonial place for the preservation and promotion of the Jewish-Moroccan memory. Exhaustive explanations were given to the Monegasque Sovereign who is on a private visit in Essaouira by André Azoulay, Advisor […]