First Independent Mena Newspaper
The presidents of the federations of Morocco, Portugal and Spain met Wednesday morning in Lisbon as part of the joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup. The leaders’ summit brought together Fernando Gomes (Portuguese Football Federation), Fouzi Lekjaa (Royal Moroccan Football Federation) and Pedro Rocha (Royal Spanish Football Federation) and made it possible to […]
Religious tolerance is “a hallmark” of Morocco’s history, the US State Department points out in a new report. “Religious tolerance is a hallmark of Morocco’s history — from its welcoming of refugees fleeing the Iberian Peninsula at the end of the 15th century to late King Mohammed V’s efforts to protect Jews during World War […]
Morocco has acquired high-tech armament that would give it the upper hand in symmetrical or asymmetrical potential regional conflicts, said Forbes. Morocco reinforced its arsenal with game-changing air systems and weapons made by Israel and Turkey that helped Azerbaijan make inroads in the Nagorno Karabath war, wrote Paul Iddon on Forbes. After highlighting the efficiency […]
The Mohammed V University of Rabat won five gold medals and 13 innovation masters at the World Creativity & Innovation Week “IWA 2023”, held online last week in Las Vegas. The awards were presented to Professor Hassan Ammor, director of the Mohammadia School of Engineering (EMI) and his team, made up of Samiya Qanoune, Zakaria […]
The Moroccan Ministry of Digital Transition and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) have signed two partnership agreements, aimed at promoting the digital transformation of the administration and the digital inclusion of very small, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Morocco. The two agreements, worth €8 million, were inked in Rabat by Minister of […]
A letter of intent was signed in Rabat this week between the Archives of Morocco Institution and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), with a view to accompany implementation of a cooperation agreement, inked last November between the Moroccan institution and the National Archives of Korea, in the field of safeguarding and […]
U.S. Dalrada Financial Corporation, a leader in climate technology, clean energy, and precision manufacturing, has announced the setting up of a subsidiary in the Moroccan city of Fez. The new entity will focus on providing installation and ongoing support services for Dalrada’s range of high-efficiency commercial heat pumps to countries within the MENA region Dalrada […]
American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor Martin Scorsese will take part in the 20th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival due Nov.24 –Dec.02, 2023. The announcement was made by the festival’s organizers in a press release. For over four decades, Martin Scorsese has been one of the world’s most influential film artists. An […]
Morocco succeeded in connecting the water-rich Sebou basin with a dam in the Bouregreg basin that supplies Rabat and Casablanca. The project is planned to carry surplus water from Sebou basin all the way to the region of Marrakech in response to water scarcity and repetitive drought that emptied reservoirs. The waterway will help save […]
The Chinese Tinci Materials facility in Morocco whose construction was announced end of June this year will produce 100,000 tons of Lithium hexafluorophosphate and electrolytes. The manufactured materials are intended for electric vehicles in the European market, the European Union (EU) having announced a ban on the sale of internal combustion vehicles by 2035, reported […]