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On Monday, July 14, 2025, Mali has issued a strong diplomatic protest against the Czech Republic for denying entry visas to its U19 women’s basketball team, preventing their participation in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup held in Brno, from 12 to 20 July. The Foreign Ministry labelled the move as an “unfriendly act” and […]
Morocco signed two military and technical cooperation agreements with Azerbaijan and the Czech Republic covering areas of training, defense industry, technical assistance, exchange of expertise, military health and cybersecurity. The agreements were signed in a ceremony attended by minister delegate in charge of defense Abdeltif Loudiyi, Moroccan Army Commander of the Southern Zone Mohammed Berrid, […]
The government of the Czech Republic has voiced support to the Autonomy plan offered by Morocco for the Sahara under its sovereignty, describing the plan as “serious and credible” and offering a “good basis” for reaching a mutually acceptable solution to the Sahara regional conflict. The supportive stand comes in the Joint Declaration signed on […]
The Czech Republic supports a peaceful, realistic and lasting resolution of the Sahara issue through UN-led process, said on Wednesday in Rabat Vice-speaker of the Czech Senate Jiří Oberfalzer. Speaking to journalists after his meeting with Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Mounia Boucetta, Mr. Oberfalzer welcomed the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for the […]
Poland opens its doors to migrants from Europe, notably from Ukraine and Belarus, but not from North Africa and the Middle East, said Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski. In an interview with Russian news agency Ria Novosti, the Polish Minister reiterated his administration’s stand against refugees, saying that Poland will never apply the relocation plan […]
The contribution of the tourism sector in Morocco’s GDP stood at 63.7 billion dirhams in 2015 compared to 61.9 billion dirhams in 2014, that is a 2.8% rise that brought the share of the sector in the overall GDP to 6.5%, the national statistics office (HCP) said. Prospects for growth in 2016 have been slightly […]
Morocco’s tourism sector is undergoing a crisis propelled by decreasing tourist arrivals amid a tense regional context marked by the spread of confusions in several European tourist markets on the backdrop of the security situation in North Africa. To boost the Kingdom’s attractiveness to foreign tourists, Morocco’s tourism promotion office (ONMT) adopted an emergency plan […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco who is on a working visit to the Czech Republic held tête-à-tête talks with President Milos Zeman in Prague on Monday. The two heads of State discussed topical regional and international issues as well as means to further consolidate the two countries’ political relations and enhance their economic exchanges. They […]
The Tobruk-based government has requested the U.N. Security Council’s authorization to import military equipment from Ukraine, Serbia and the Czech Republic, arguing that the weapons will help control Libya’s borders and fight the Islamic State militants and other extremists in the country. Libya has been under an arms embargo since 2011 and all military shipments […]
Jordan is planning to build three solar power plants expected to produce 40 MW of much-needed generating capacity from a clean, reliable domestic resource. These projects will enable the country to reduce its dependence on hydrocarbons. Jordan imports over 97 per cent of the energy it consumes, relying disproportionately on natural gas from Egypt and […]