First Independent Mena Newspaper
Hungary has dealt a blow to the propaganda machine of the separatists by affirming that it has not accredited a Polisairo representative in Budapest. This denial was issued after a pro-Separatists website claimed that Ahmed Slimane was appointed as Polisario’s diplomatic representative in Hungary. In reaction to this fake news, Hungarian authorities sent a letter […]
Hungary plans to beef up its economic ties with Morocco through investments worth $600 million in the North African country in the coming years, said Hungarian Deputy Minister for economic diplomacy, Levente Magyar. The announcement was made in a statement to the press following the 3rd Joint Economic Committee held in Rabat. The Hungarian Minister […]
Hungarian low-cost airline, Wizzair, has launched, on October 31, a second direct flight between Hungary and Morocco linking the Atlantic tourist hub of Agadir to Budapest. This air route adds to the Marrakech-Budapest link that has been inaugurated by the same airline. The national tourism promotion office (ONMT) explained in a statement that the launch […]
Two weekly flights will link Morocco to Hungary as of October 30 as the north African Kingdom aspires to attract 30,000 Hungarian tourists by 2018 and 100,000 by 2020. In a statement to the press, director of Morocco’s tourism promotion office (ONMT) Abderrafie Zouitene said that Morocco and Hungary will be linked by two flights […]
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 […]
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after talks with Moroccan government members in Rabat that his country can serve as a logistics hub for Morocco’s exports to Russia and Balkan countries. “Hungary can serve as a logistics hub for Morocco’s exports towards Europe, Russia and Balkan countries,” Szijjarto was quoted as saying in a statement […]
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 […]
Libya’s UN-backed unity government Thursday rejected the European Union call for the creation of a migrant camp in Libya in a move to curb and control floods of migrants trying perilous trips to join countries of the 28-member block. Since 2011, following the fall of Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan coasts have been departure points […]
Nineteen foreign tourists from Britain, France, Japan, Hong-Kong, China and Hungary were killed in a hot air balloon crash that occurred Tuesday near the Egyptian city of Luxor The balloon was at 1,000ft (300 m) when it caught fire and plunged into fields west of the ancient city. This tragedy, the world’s worst ballooning accident, […]