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DP World Logistics Company has started this week operating its Atlas service carrying fresh produce from Agadir to the United Kingdom and Europe. The maiden service is bound for DP World owned terminals, London Gateway on 30 November for the UK and, Antwerp Gateway on 1 December serving Europe. This new dedicated sea route will […]
The European Union lawmakers rejected on Wednesday a motion aimed at blocking the new farming deal between Morocco and the EU, including products from Moroccan Saharan territory. By rejecting the motion, tabled by pro-polisario lobbyists paid by Algeria, the European Parliament sends Algerian regime a strong message saying that the new EU-Morocco agricultural trade agreement […]
Moroccan and French Ministers of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit and Laurent Nuñez, held, on Tuesday in Marrakech, a meeting that provided the opportunity for the two parties to review different issues of mutual interest, with focus on security and migration matters. The French official is visiting Morocco to attend the 93rd INTERPOL General Assembly, currently […]
Minister of Equipment and Water Nizar Baraka represented King Mohammed VI in the seventh African Union-European Union Summit in Luanda, Angola, which opened Monday under the theme “Promoting Peace and Prosperity Through Effective Multilateralism,” with focus on advancing partnership between the two continents. The two-day gathering agenda addresses critical areas of cooperation, with sessions dedicated […]
Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal spoke publicly for the first time since his release from prison in Algeria, saying his words remain “carefully controlled” and acknowledging that he fears being arrested again if he returns to Algiers. Sansal, 81, was freed on November 12 after spending a year behind bars in Algeria. He had been sentenced […]
As the countdown to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco begins, Achraf Hakimi’s name is making headlines, not only for his awards and nominations or his recovery from injury but also for renewed speculation about a possible return to Real Madrid. Speaking to Sport Mediaset in Italy, Hakimi’s agent Alejandro Camano said “Achraf […]
Once hailed as a leader of Spain’s radical left, Pablo Iglesias Turrión has now become a fallen politician clinging to relevance through incendiary anti-Moroccan populist rhetoric on Sahara. The former leader of Podemos, who rose to prominence in 2014 promising to sweep away Spain’s “corrupt caste,” has long been a vocal advocate for the Polisario […]
The European Union (EU) reaffirmed on Friday that it does not recognize the so-called “sadr”, stressing that the presence of this entity at EU-African Union meetings does not affect its stance in any way. The statement was made by the EU spokesperson for Foreign Affairs during the European Commission’s daily press briefing, at a time […]
Morocco’s key infrastructure and development projects were at the centre of talks held lately in Rabat between Minister of Economy & Finance, Mrs. Nadia Fettah and a delegation from UK Export Finance agency. Discussions focused on ways of strengthening financial cooperation between the two countries and UKEF’s financing support for strategic Moroccan projects in energy, […]
Algeria has reportedly rejected proposals to reopen the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline (GME), despite months of lobbying by several European countries seeking to restore flows toward Spain, the Washington-based energy outlet Attaqa said. According to Attaqa, later echoed by Spanish media, Algiers dismissed multiple attempts to “test the waters” on resuming exports through the GME, which […]