First Independent Mena Newspaper
The number of Russian tourists’ arrival in Egypt has dropped by 23.9% in 2015 compared with 2014 figures. “A total of 2.4 million Russian tourists visited Egypt in 2015, down from 3.1 million in 2014,” an official from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism indicated Friday. “The sharp decrease is a direct fallout of the downing […]
An Algerian court on Tuesday handed prison sentences to six people, ranging from 18 month suspended sentence to 6 years in prison plus fines, in a corruption case involving the country’s state-run oil firm Sonatrach. Seven defendants were acquitted while four companies, including Italy’s Saipem and the German Funkwerk, were also sentenced to fines ranging […]
Morocco and Germany are about to settle the issue of the nearly 3,000 undocumented Moroccan migrants, some of whom claiming refugee status on groundless basis. The issue was discussed on Wednesday during a phone conversation between King Mohammed VI and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. During their phone talk, the two leaders hailed the positive development […]
Morocco is participating in the 81st International Green Week held in Berlin January 15 through 24 as the first African Partner Country of the event. The Moroccan pavilion displays a variety of farming products and processed foods and features a rich program of activities meant to make visitors discover the North African country and its […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday urged Algeria to quickly enforce the deportation agreement signed between the two countries so that Algerian migrants denied asylum could return home. According to press reports, Angela Merkel is getting concerned by Algiers’s foot-dragging to execute the deportation of Algerian nationals who have been denied asylum. Media also report that […]
German car producer Volkswagen Thursday indicated that it will start a car producing plant in 2017 with an annual output estimated at 100,000 cars, reports say. According to Rosa Mensouri, Head of SOVAC’s communication department, the German brand will establish its plant at Relizane, in the department of Relizane. Reports say a total of 170 […]
Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA), different from the two rival governments in Tripoli and Tobruk, formed under the Libya Political Agreement (LPA) signed in Morocco by some members of the two rival parliaments are meeting in Tunis trying to finalize the program and list of government members to be presented to the internationally-recognized government […]
Morocco is set to attract Scandinavians, Turkish tourists in 2016 reports say. The Moroccan Tourism Authority will meet on December 29 under the auspices of the Moroccan Minister of tourism to develop a new strategy which will set the target on Scandinavian, Turkish, German and Russian tourist markets according to reports. The meeting will gather […]
Israel Sunday said it will cut diplomatic ties with the European Union on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in retaliation to the EU’s recent decision to label goods produced in the West Bank occupied territories. The Israeli foreign ministry announced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to suspend ties with EU over the Palestinian issue and also indicated […]
German diplomat and former head of UN’s largest peace keeping mission in DR Congo Martin Kobler is set to replace Spanish diplomat Bernardino Leon as head of the UNSMIL struggling to clinch an accord between rival Libyans, UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon announced in a letter addressed Wednesday to the UN Security Council. After heading UN’s […]