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More than 1,410 small Moroccan farmers, including 489 women, from all regions of the Kingdom, are exhibiting their livestock, produce, and products at the Paris International Agricultural Show 2020 currently held at the French capital. Moroccan argan oil & products, olive oil, saffron, dates, aromatic & medicinal plants, spices, henna…are attracting huge crowds of visitors […]
Germany’s Development Bank, KfW, has lent Tunisia €27.5 million earmarked for the modernization of the Medjerda canal project at northeastern Cap Bon. The loan will be used to modernize all infrastructures and equipment of the canal to meet the increasing demand in potable and irrigation water. The canal provides the cities of Tunis, Cap Bon, […]
Algerian foreign ministry unilaterally postponed a planned visit by Spanish foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez in what appears as a reaction to Spain’s support for the Moroccan position on the Sahara issue. Spain has recently taken stands that Morocco welcomed and has abstained from expressing support to the referendum option for the area, which the UN […]
The Algerian government will grant scholarships to 400 PhD students to be enrolled at the Irish University of Limerick (UL). The program to cost up to €20 million over four years comes as the North African country embarks on a switch from French to English as the official language of teaching and learning in […]
Following the careless act of Spanish Secretary of state in charge of social affairs Nacho Alvarez who hosted in his office a Polisario delegation, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not take long to admonish the minister of the leftist Podemos party and clarify again Spain’s position on the Sahara issue. The Spanish Foreign […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) supports Morocco’s automotive industry with a €15 million loan to Varroc Lighting Systems Morocco, the Moroccan subsidiary of the Indian motor industry’s lighting systems giant, Varroc Engineering Pvt Ltd. The EBRD’s financing will allow Varroc Engineering to supply the Tangier Renault factory and the Peugeot PSA plant […]
A Moroccan MP delegation took part in the 19th Winter Meeting of Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA) held in Vienna Feb.20-21. During the gathering, the Moroccan MPs discussed with OSCE members and partners several issues related to migration & security, the fight against terrorism & extremism, human […]
Spanish Secretary of state in charge of social rights Nacho Alvarez decided to go carelessly against the current of his government making a storm in a very small cup by hosting a Polisario delegation in his office. Alvarez went further in his anti-Moroccan sentiment and provocation to express in the name of the Spanish government […]
Switzerland denied having in its territories a representation of the Polisario, reducing the Algerian-backed group to its status of a separatist militia serving its paymasters’ regional agenda. The Polisario does not have a representation in the UN Geneva neither, said Swiss foreign ministry in a note sent to Morocco’s embassy in Berne. The […]
The Swiss-based technology company TE Connectivity, which designs and manufactures automotive sensors, is expanding its activities in Morocco wherein the car industry is booming. TE will build a new plant in the Tangier automotive city. The factory, to cost over 15 million US dollars, is the fourth of its kind in the North African Kingdom. […]