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French President Emmanuel Macron commended the achievements of Morocco under the reign of King Mohammed VI citing notably the Kingdom’s leadership on the global migration agenda. Macron lauded the human dimension underlying Morocco’s migration policy, noting that the 11th World Forum on Migration next December in Marrakech would offer a chance to learn from the […]
French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez have called for increased support and cooperation from the European Union (EU) with countries of origin, transit and destination, especially Morocco, to face the migratory challenge. The call came in the joint statement on immigration and asylum signed by Sanchez and Macron, after talks they […]
The Algeria-backed Polisario has suffered a new defeat in the European Union Court of Justice. A ruling of the court, rendered on July 19, has rejected an appeal lodged by the separatist front in 2014 against the Morocco-EU fisheries agreement and slammed it as ineligible to lodge such an appeal. After the Court’s rulings issued […]
Human Rights Watch denounced on Wednesday the European Union decision to entrust the Libyan coast guards with the task of managing the waves of illegal African migrants who risk their lives to reach European shores. The EU’s obstruction of nongovernmental rescues and handover of responsibility to Libyan coast guard forces is a recipe for even […]
Morocco and the European Union (EU) initialed this Tuesday (July 24) in Rabat a new fisheries agreement marking the end of three months of negotiations. The four-year agreement will enter into force after ratification by the European and Moroccan parliaments. Through this new fisheries agreement, the European Union has just confirmed that partnership with Morocco […]
After weeks of rumors, the thrilling game opposing Barcelona to Seville will be hosted in Morocco. The game, to be played outside Spain for the first time, will take place at Ibn Batouta stadium in Tangier on Sunday, August 12. The choice for a single game at a neutral stadium in Morocco will spare the […]
Spain congratulated Morocco and the EU on agreeing on terms and provisions of a new fisheries deal as a milestone ushering deeper relations between the two parties. The agreement “underscores the stable and deep ties between the EU and Morocco,” said Spanish agriculture and fisheries minister Luis Planas in a statement. He highlighted the importance […]
The EU and Morocco have agreed on new terms of a fisheries agreement covering the Sahara. Morocco described the deal as a recognition of its sovereignty of its southern provinces and its quality as “the only interlocutor in negotiating international agreements covering the Sahara.” From the start of negotiations in Rabat, Moroccan officials made it […]
The European Union and Morocco have reached an agreement on new fisheries deal after five rounds of constructive talks held in Rabat and Brussels. The new agreement, which includes the Moroccan Sahara contrary to the plots hatched by the enemies of Morocco’s territorial integrity, replaces the one that expired on July 14 forcing the European […]
Lufthansa announced that it will launch two weekly flights linking Munich and Frankfort to Agadir starting from autumn 2018. The flights will be available every Monday and Saturday from Frankfort and on Sundays in Munich, the company said on its website. The air route will be operated by A320 aircrafts with a tariff starting with […]