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The shipping company Morocco Cruise Line (MCL) will launch a new maritime line for passengers and goods which will link the port of the Granada town of Motril with that of Tangier Med in Morocco, announced the company, which said it has already completed the relevant procedures, reports atalayar.com The company also announced on […]
Morocco’s Princess Lalla Hasnaa, Chairwoman of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environment Protection, has commended the active and personal commitment of King Mohammed VI to climate and environmental issues. In her address on Wednesday to the UNESCO high-level virtual meeting which launched the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, Princess Lalla Hasnaa said […]
Al Qaeda in the Sahel is currently developing an “expansion project” towards the Gulf of Guinea, particularly Côte d’Ivoire and Benin, said Bernard Emié, head of French foreign intelligence. Bernard Emié made the remarks Monday while taking part in an executive committee meeting devoted to the fight against terrorism at the Orléans-Bricy air base, during […]
Morocco and Portugal on Tuesday signed in Rabat an agreement on cooperation in the field of green hydrogen development. The agreement seeks to strengthen the ties of friendship between the two countries, to boost bilateral cooperation and to align the priorities of green hydrogen in Morocco and Portugal with the related decarbonization strategies of the […]
Tunisia will produce British Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine following an agreement with the United Kingdom, Health minister of the North African country confirmed on Monday. Faouzi Mehdi told local Express FM that both countries reached an agreement-in-principle for the production of the vaccine in Tunisia. The agreement came following a meeting with the British ambassador to […]
The Institute of the Arab World (IMA) will celebrate next fall the history of the Jews of the East and the Arab World, a world premiere wherein Morocco will take a prominent place, said chairman of the Paris-based Institute, Jack Lang. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, IMA maintains its plans and continues preparing several landmark events, […]
A group of Polisario militia leaders was found guilty of trafficking more than 3000 used cars from Spain and selling them illegally in Algeria, Algerian media said. The Polisario leaders however were not indicted despite the fact that they were the main culprits who imported the cars from Spain. Algerian independent Media, Algerie […]
Several health ministry officials defended Morocco’s AstraZeneca vaccine choice after reports from France and Germany claimed that AstraZeneca jabs were ineffective for people aged over 65. AstraZeneca had responded to such claims by maintaining that its published data from its clinical trials showed a significant response in over-65s. Oxford University, which developed the vaccine with […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced on Friday a €20 million risk-sharing facility (RSF) to enable Attijari Bank Tunisia, a subsidiary of the Moroccan Attijari Wafabank, support Tunisian small businesses to gain better access to financing. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, existing challenges to access funding and liquidity have become […]
King Felipe VI of Spain has highlighted the importance of the relationship binding his country and Morocco, saying the two countries “share common interests and challenges”. “We hope that the health situation will soon allow us to resume the agenda of meetings with Morocco (…) A country with which we share common interests and challenges”, […]