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The EU has pledged 190 million euros in a new financial contribution to Morocco’s post-quake reconstruction efforts. An agreement was signed in that respect by the EU’s commissioner for the neighborhood Olivér Várhelyi and minister in charge of the budget Fouzi Lekjaa. The Commissioner said the EU has injected 5 billion euros in the Moroccan […]
Morocco has sent a clear and straight forward message to the European Union, telling the European bloc to defend bilateral partnership with tangible actions not words. “Morocco expects the EU to prove its commitment to partnership through deeds, not words”, said Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita during a joint press briefing Monday in Rabat with […]
Time has come for the UK government to recognize Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Saharan territory following in the footsteps of key allies, including the United States, France, Germany and Israel. In an Op-Ed published in online platform “Comment Central”, Harry James Richer, a foreign policy analyst, said such recognition would positively contribute to […]
MP Industry Group, a subsidiary of the Romanian MEN Industry Group—has inaugurated its first plant in Tangier Automotive City, Northern Morocco. The plant, built over a 35,000 m2 area, will produce automotive plastic components using advanced injection molding techniques. Nearly $40 million has been invested in this facility which comes to enhance further Morocco’s position […]
Morocco and Spain conducted a joint operation dismantling a terrorist cell loyal to IS with operations in the Sahel, Moroccan anti-terrorism agency BCIJ said. Nine individuals have been arrested in this operation in the Moroccan cities of Tetouan and Fnideq and in Madrid, Ibiza and Ceuta. BCIJ said the equipment seized during the operation, including […]
Morocco is hosting this November 21-22 a retreat of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC). This event takes place under Morocco’s presidency of the Council and marks the first time such a meeting is held in the MENA region and only the second on the African continent. According to a statement released by the […]
In a sharp departure from the general migration policy across the European Union, Spain has announced its plan to legalize about 300,000 undocumented migrants per year, starting next May and through 2027, the country’s migration minister said Wednesday (20 November). With about 600,000 undocumented migrants, one of the highest rates in the bloc, Spain aims […]
A conference tackling the development of a multi-dimensional partnership between Morocco and Austria was held in Vienna on Wednesday, at the initiative of Moroccan Millennium Leaders (MML) and Austria’s Young Professional Network. A number of elected representatives, economic operators, community actors and academics attended this event, part of the Moroccan civil society’s commitment to promoting […]
A humanitarian convoy consisting of 13 trucks (12 tankers and a repair and tool vehicle) departed from Tanger-Med on Nov 16, and was sent to flood-stricken Valencia, Spanish news agency EFE reported. It was the second assistance convey sent by Morocco to Valencia. The first convoy had arrived last week. It included 25 truck vacuum […]
Moroccan security services foiled on Saturday morning at Tanger-Med Port an international drugs and psychotropic substances trafficking attempt, seizing 155,703 Ecstasy tablets concealed in an international transport truck coming from a European country, the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN) said in a press release. According to initial findings of the investigation, border control and […]