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Spanish rescue service said Monday it has saved 19 migrants from Algeria as they were attempting to cross the Mediterranean onboard a small boat. Two days earlier, Spain rescued 57 migrants at sea on Saturday as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean towards Europe from Morocco. Spain has become the new backdoor to Europe following […]
The 36th Turkey-EU Joint Consultative Committee kicked-off in Brussels on Tuesday with Ankara pressing for a full membership to the European body despite EU member states’ harsh criticism of its human rights record and political openness. Turkey’s European Union Affairs Minister Omer Celik urged the EU to “support Turkey during this difficult period in the […]
France 24 TV channel has apologized following protests by Morocco after the channel broadcasted images of protests in Venezuela purporting they happened in Morocco’s northern town of Al Hoceima. The French news broadcaster said the images were a technical failure that was addressed in the following news hour. Morocco’s ministerial department in charge of the […]
Spanish Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido underscored Morocco’s key role in promoting the European Union’s counterterrorism efforts, saying that the Kingdom is Spain’s “best partner” in addressing the global scourge of jihadism. The Spanish minister, who made the statement at an address to a conference in Madrid themed: “European Union Challenges: Jihadist Terrorism”, stressed that […]
Moroccan authorities handed over to Italian counterparts a stolen 17th century Baroque Italian painting worth up to six million euros. The painting by Giovanni Francesco, known as Guercino, had been recovered in Morocco after being stolen from a church in the northern Italian city of Modena in 2014. The Moroccan police returned the painting to […]
French company Faurecia, a world leader in car parts manufacturing, is planning to build in Morocco its third plant specialized in car interiors and emissions control devices. The plant will open its doors next year in the coastal city of Kenitra, Faurecia Chief Executive Patrick Koller said in a statement, following the inauguration of the […]
PSA Group has signed a partnership agreement with leading Moroccan universities and engineering and business schools to establish an OpenLab dedicated to boosting sustainable mobility for Africa. The agreement was signed by the leading French automotive manufacturer and five Moroccan universities, two American universities with campuses in Morocco, an engineering school of Ecoles Centrales based […]
CMA CGM, a world leader in maritime transport, has launched a new service linking Morocco to several West African countries, including Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Benin and Liberia. By launching this new shipping line, the French group, Compagnie Maritime d’Affrètement-Compagnie Générale Maritime (CMA CGM), supports the North African Kingdom’s economic development and revs up the commercial […]
Would-be migrants are increasingly avoiding passing through conflict-wracked Libya on their treacherous sea journey to Europe in favor of the more peaceful and closer western Mediterranean route between Morocco and Spain. The UN Refugee Agency has warned Spain to prepare for an upcoming surge in migrant arrivals as the number of mostly sub-Saharans who made […]
The European Investment Bank has granted a loan of €70 million to the Fez-based Euromed University for the construction and the equipment of a campus. An agreement was signed by officials from the Bank and the University last week to bolster the finances of the Euro-Mediterranean Institute, whose honorary Chairman is King Mohammed VI. Over […]