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The Euro Repar Car Service, which specializes in car’s servicing, maintenance and MOT tests, has opened its first site in Morocco wherein automotive industry is thriving. Euro Repar Car Service is part of the strategic plans of French Group PSA and Sopriam to offer customers best aftersales services and boost spare parts sales in Morocco. […]
Morocco, one of the major global players in the fight against terrorism, takes part in INTERPOL’s sea border operation that addresses the threat posed by the travel of foreign terrorist fighters using Mediterranean maritime routes between North Africa and Southern Europe. This operation also targets drug dealers and firearms traffickers. INTERPOL has deployed officers to […]
The Spanish city of Seville and capital of Andalusia is hosting this July 16 through 20 the fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), which serves as a platform for debate and exchange of information on the latest studies concerning the Middle East. The studies encompass diverse perspectives, from conflict analysis and resolution to […]
Foreign Ministers of the European Union member countries have decided to adapt the Association and the Agriculture Agreements signed with Morocco so that they include the Moroccan Sahara. The Council of Foreign Ministers of the member countries of the European Union (EU) adopted, Monday in Brussels, its decision adapting the Association Agreement and the Agricultural […]
The delay in the renewal of the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement has prompted fishing ships from EU countries to leave Moroccan ports and territorial waters. After several weeks of talks between Rabat and Brussels without reaching a new deal, Europeans vessels mostly from Spain and Portugal started leaving Moroccan ports and waters on the eve of […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has granted Novares Morocco, the Moroccan subsidiary of the French automotive supplier Novares Group, a €16.5 million loan. The amount will be used to finance the Novares project in Morocco, supplying the plants of Peugeot PSA in Kenitra and of Renault in Tangiers. The funds will also […]
Moroccan low-cost airline, Air Arabia, launched a direct air route between Agadir and Birmingham with the aim of attracting more British tourists to Morocco’s Atlantic tourist hub. The new air link will help boost tourist arrivals to Agadir, which, together with Marrakech, accounted for 60% of tourist nights spent in the Kingdom. Agadir-Birmingham flights are […]
France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States have welcomed the announcement that Libya’s National Oil Corporation has recovered its prerogatives and is resuming its vital work on behalf of all Libyans, insisting that Libya’s oil facilities, production, and revenues belong to the Libyan people. The four world powers have issued a joint statement […]
As part of its External Investment Plan, the EU Tuesday gave its green light to a package of financial guarantee programs worth around €800 million. This will help to leverage an estimated €8-9 billion in public and private investment in Africa and the Neighborhood, the European Commission announced in a press release. The decision is […]
As the Sahel region experiences its worst food and nutrition crisis in five years and continued insecurity, the European Commission has announced Tuesday a humanitarian aid package worth €191.3 million. Over one third of the amount, i.e. €70,6 to be shared between Mali and Nigeria. “There is no time to waste with many affected by […]