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Moroccan authorities have decided to suspend temporarily flights to and from France starting Nov.28 due to a surge of Covid-19 infections and deaths in some European countries as winter season approaches. The flights suspension was initially to be enforced this Friday but was postponed by two days to enable Moroccan nationals and foreigners living in […]
Spanish energy and petrochemical company Repsol indicated that it would resume activities in Libya if only the oil-rich country returns to stability, Libya Observer reports. José Carlos Bravo, the Regional Executive Director of the company, told the Energy Capitol & Power website that the Spanish energy giant still believes in the oil-rich African country. For […]
Moroccan and Portuguese business communities have agreed to set up a joint economic council to give a new impetus to bilateral trade, partnership and investment. The agreement was inked Monday in Casablanca by chairman of the Moroccan employers’ union Chakib Alj, Portuguese Secretary of State for Internationalization Eurico Brilhante Dias and vice-President of the […]
US State Secretary Antony Blinken has highlighted this Monday Washington’s determination to strengthen and deepen the longstanding partnership existing with Morocco. Blinken made the statement in a brief press conference, while welcoming visiting Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita to the State Department Tuesday. He said this visit provides an opportunity to talk about a number […]
The European People’s Party (EPP), one of the largest political groups in the European Parliament, has expressed deep concern over Algeria’s unilateral decision of stopping to supply Europe with gas through the Maghreb Europe gas pipeline (GME) that crosses Morocco. Algiers, which has cut off diplomatic ties with Rabat, stopped on Nov.1st supplying Spain and […]
Several Polisario supporters living in the Spanish city of Bilbao have voiced support to Morocco’s autonomy plan for a lasting settlement of the Sahara regional conflict, dealing a hard blow to the Algeria-backed separatist group and deepening its cracks. During a symposium, organized by the Bilbao University and a group of Sahrawis residing in the […]
Morocco will take over the rotating chairmanship of the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM) during the upcoming General Assembly slated for Dec.3- 4 in Brussels. The Bureau of the PA-UfM is currently chaired by the European Parliament. It is tasked with coordinating activities of the Assembly. It consists […]
Algeria’s unilateral decision to suspend gas supply via the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline to Europe, including to Spain and Portugal is still trigging anger and criticism across Europe as a gas blackmail. In this connection, eleven Portuguese MPs from different political trends questioned, on Monday, their government about this gas blackmail that Algeria is practicing towards […]
Moroccan authorities have decided to tighten control on all inbound travellers amid a surge of covid-19 infections in various parts of Europe as colder temperatures start to set in with the winter season approaching. Medical teams have been beefed up in all Moroccan ports and airports where passengers are scanned with thermal cameras, while some […]
Spain considers Morocco to be a “fundamental country” for the stability of the Mediterranean region. The remarks were made by Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares in an interview published Sunday November 14, by the Andalusian newspaper Diario de Sevilla. “Morocco is a fundamental country for the stability of the entire Mediterranean,” Jose Manuel Albares […]