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Morocco’s flag carrier RAM launched Saturday the Casablanca-Boston air route, the fourth air link operated by the airline to the US. RAM said, only few weeks after launching Casablanca – Miami flight last April, that it will operate three trips to Boston weekly on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. With the new destination, the number of […]
The Permanent Secretary of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco, Abdeljalil Lahjomri, won the Grand Prix de la Francophonie awarded by the French Academy. The prize, part of the 2019 list of 64 prizes and medals granted by l’Académie Française, was awarded to M. Lahjomri, ex-aequo with the Czech poet Petr Kral. […]
The world’s leading manufacturer of sensor and communication systems, TE Connectivity, opened its second factory at Tangier Automotive City this week. The new plant will support the company’s commercial and industrial transport solutions in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East (EMEA region). The Suisse-based company, which had a single distribution center in Morocco in 2012, […]
The Government of Colombia has praised Morocco’s autonomy plan offered for the resolution of the Sahara regional conflict, commending the serious Moroccan efforts recognized by the UN in its various resolutions adopted on this issue. “Colombia welcomes the Moroccan autonomy plan unveiled in 2007 to reach a political, realistic, lasting and consensual solution to this […]
The official opening of French car manufacturer PSA plant in Kenitra bolsters Morocco’s place as an African industrial hub offering international investors sound infrastructure, macro-economic and political stability, qualified work force and competitive ports. Morocco unseated South Africa last year from the top of the podium of African car producers. The North African country produced […]
Barbados, which froze its recognition of the so-called “SADR” in 2013, withdrew its recognition of this phantom entity, dealing another hard blow to the polisario separatist group and its Algerian supporters. The decision was announced Friday in Rabat by Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley in a joint statement released following her visit to the North […]
The European Council has welcomed the renewed impetus in EU-Morocco relations, saying it looks forward to the upcoming EU-Morocco Association Council. In their conclusions adopted at the end of the European Summit convened in Brussels, the European leaders underlined that they looked forward to the upcoming EU-Morocco Association Council. The heads of State and government […]
The South Africa-based Scientific Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) has recently received €10 million in funding from Germany. According to SASSCAL, the grant will be used to support research on the effects of climate change in southern African countries. The funds will finance research and capacity building projects […]
King Mohammed VI chaired on Thursday in the province of Kenitra the inauguration ceremony of the French PSA group’s ecosystem in Morocco, a project that required a €280 million investment and that confirms the thriving car industry in the North African Kingdom. On this occasion, the Sovereign inaugurated the PSA group’s new plant, expected produce […]
Morocco denounced in the strongest terms the inclusion of the Polisario separatists flag in the website where the tickets of the African Cup of Nations in Egypt are sold. Spokesperson for the Moroccan government said such an act is categorically unacceptable and that Morocco’s presence within the African Union bodies shall in no way be […]