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Luxembourg announced on Wednesday the opening of a Trade and Investment Office (LTIO) in Casablanca, the ninth in the world and the first in Africa. The opening of the office comes as part of the strengthening of economic and trade relations between Morocco and Luxembourg. A statement from LTIO Casablanca announced that the […]
German development bank KfW offered a €30 million loan to Morocco’s water and electricity agency (ONEE) to finance water supply projects in rural areas. The new funds will be directed in particular to implement water supply projects in the northern regions of Tangier and Chefchaouen. Some 150 small villages and 112,000 people stand to benefit […]
The Italian government reaffirmed on Wednesday its firm supportive stand to the “serious and credible” efforts made by Morocco for a lasting resolution of the Sahara regional conflict. In a Joint press release issued following the visit paid by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita to Rome, Italy reiterates its position on the Sahara as stated […]
Morocco has green-lighted a trip by 900 seasonal workers to Corsica to help French farmers there save the clementine season among a shortage of labor. An agreement to this end was reached between Morocco and France. The Moroccan workers will test for Covid-19 in departure and upon arrival. Corsican farmers have booked five flights to […]
The Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs who paid a short working visit to Italy Wednesday held talks with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio, and the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Roberto Fico. Bilateral cooperation on issues of common interest such as migration, the stabilization process in Libya and the fight against terrorism […]
Morocco has failed once again to get out of the EU’s tax haven grey list, although it took a number of measures and enacted new laws, the most recent of which is the reform of the tax system of the Casablanca Finance city. According to the EU’s updated list released Tuesday October 6, Morocco […]
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Philippo Grandi, hailed on Tuesday cooperation ties with Morocco, commending the Kingdom’s commitment and full respect of the rights of refugees and migrants. “I thank Morocco and I am pleased with the quality of cooperation with the Moroccan authorities, which continue to manage a large population of refugees and […]
Christian Cambon, chairman of the Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces committee at the French Senate, has praised the important contributions made by Morocco for the peaceful resolution of the Libyan conflict. Mr. Cambon, who also chairs the France-Morocco inter-parliamentary friendship group, has praised the key role played by the North African Kingdom for the […]
A French national of Algerian descent wanted in France for drug trafficking was nabbed Monday in Marrakech by Moroccan police. The fugitive was on Interpol’s most wanted list. He was captured after French judicial authorities issued an international arrest warrant against him for his links with an international network of trafficking of drug and ecstasy, […]
Ways of enhancing further cooperation ties between Morocco and the European Union within the frame of their strategic partnership were at center of a videoconference organized Friday by the Moroccan foreign ministry. EU’s Neighborhood Commissioner Oliver Varheli took part in this meeting along with a large Moroccan ministerial delegation representing the departments of foreign affairs; […]