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The European Commission adopted on Wednesday a proposal for a Council decision to authorize it to negotiate with Morocco an amendment to the current Fisheries Partnership Agreement and a renewed protocol that includes the Sahara. “The objective is to preserve and further develop the fisheries partnership between the EU and Morocco, by concluding an agreement […]
Morocco’s steady efforts to promote legal migration and fight all sorts of criminal activities linked to illegal migration have earned it the support and respect in the European continent to an extent that Rabat has become a must-stop capital in all efforts to tackle migration in the Mediterranean. In a recent visit, Finnish Interior Minister […]
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been held for interrogation for allegedly getting illicit funds from ousted Gaddafi’s regime for his 2007 successful presidential bid. He was summoned for questioning at a police station in Nanterre, north-west Paris, on Tuesday, several European media reported. The former President is suspected of getting illicit funds from former […]
Spanish car component manufacturer, Teknia Group, has opened a new plant in Tangier to boost its production capacity. The new factory, which replaces an existing plant set up by the group in 2011, is built over a surface area of 2,700 square meters, the Group said in a statement. The Spanish group operates in the […]
The bilateral talks held Tuesday in Lisbon between the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy for the Sahara, Horst Kohler, and a Moroccan delegation, led by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, were “rich” and “fruitful”. The description was made by Nasser Bourita who pointed out that “overall, the discussions took place in an atmosphere of serenity and the debates […]
A panel of British lawmakers has submitted a request to visit former President Mohamed Morsi in detention since he was overthrown in 2013 by incumbent President who is seeking a second term in office. The group, made of the UK’s two leading parties, Conservative and Labor, reportedly wrote to Egypt’s UK ambassador to request a […]
In the wake of the ambiguous verdict of the European Court of Justice on the validity of the Morocco-EU fisheries agreement, several Moroccan ministers and officials made it clear that respect for the Kingdom’s territorial integrity is a sine qua non for any future international agreement. The proceedings concerning the fisheries agreement receive the highest […]
The GENIE program, developed by Morocco’s education ministry, won the UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for Innovation in Education. Launched in 2005, GENIE is a large-scale, long-term national policy and initiative developed and implemented by the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research of Morocco, the prize organizers […]
A Moroccan delegation, led by Foreign Minister, will visit Lisbon Tuesday (march 6) for “bilateral talks” with the UN Secretary General’s personal envoy for Western Sahara, Horst Köhler, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday. The Moroccan side’s participation in this meeting, at the “invitation of the personal envoy”, aims to “reach a final political solution […]
The EU-Morocco fisheries agreement remains in force until its expiry date set for July 2018, said Morocco’s Agriculture and Fisheries agreement in a comment following the verdict of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) The agreement remains valid and European vessels will continue to operate in Moroccan waters, including off the Sahara coasts until the […]