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Moroccan minister of economy & finance Mohamed Benchaaboun conferred on Monday in Brussels, with European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni on Morocco-EU partnership and on rules of origin, which need to be reviewed to bolster the Kingdom’s exports. Talks between the two sides also tackled the issue of taxation. “Important decisions will be taken in […]
Tunisian Minister of Tourism René Trabelsi has strongly denounced comments made by a French-Jewish MP who called for boycotting Tourism in Tunisia. The French lawmaker, Meyer Habib, from the Union of Democrats and Independents slammed, in a Facebook post, Tunisian President Kais Saied, who reportedly ordered the ministry of sports to launch a probe into […]
French soldiers killed more than 30 Islamist militants in Mali in three separate operations targeting al Qaeda and Islamic State-linked groups. According to France’s armed forces, soldiers of the French Barkhane force killed about 20 militants and destroyed several vehicles in the Gourma region. In the Liptako region, a stronghold of Islamic State, 10 more […]
The European Union (EU) has denied rumors that it will ban Morocco from exporting products from the southern region of the Sahara to European states. The EU’s position on the labeling of Moroccan products has not changed, affirmed the EU’s spokesperson Peter Stano on Thursday, Feb. 6, from Brussels, Belgium. The union will apply the […]
Moroccan and French senior military officials discussed means to further promote military cooperation notably in terms of the exchange of expertise and training. The visit by French Minister of the Armies Florence Parly to Rabat where she met Minister Delegate responsible for the administration of national defense, Abdellatif Loudyi, as well as with Inspector […]
Morocco and Spain enjoy closer security cooperation that stands as an example in the region offering prospects for a further consolidation of joint action in fields such as counterterrorism and fight against illegal migration, Spanish Interior Minister said in Rabat. “Joint action on a daily basis by Moroccan and Spanish security services is exemplary and […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) has approved a €20 million loan to Moroccan Bank “Crédit du Maroc” to boost green investment of SMEs and contribute to the development of value chains in the North African Kingdom. The EBRD funds will be extended as sub-loans to local SMEs that plan to invest […]
Morocco’s ambassador to Azerbaijan Adil Embarch was granted the “Azerbaijan Best Awards” in the “Ambassadors” category for the period 2018-2019. The prize-awarding ceremony took place recently in Baku in the presence of several figures from the political, economic, cultural and media spheres. During the ceremony, the organizers paid tribute to the Moroccan diplomat for his […]
Spanish police Monday said it has rounded up 26 people organized in a network which has been trafficking immigrants to the European country, mainly from Algeria. The alleged traffickers used to transport the immigrants aboard powerful speedboats, which set out from the northern port of Oran and crossed the western Mediterranean in three hours, the […]
Morocco has foiled 74,000 illegal migration attempts in 2019 resulting in a 60% drop in arrivals to Spain the same year, head of migration and border management at the Interior Ministry Khalid Zerouali said. Morocco has taken special measures to stop the flow of illegal migrants to Spain since 2017, Zerouali told AFP. He said […]