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There are very few events in the History of a country that transcend time and generations to remain vivid in the memory of all, old and young, there are few events that bear a historical grandeur and a sense of destiny and belonging. Morocco did live such an event. That was the Green March, the […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a €200 million loan to state-owned “Société Nador West MED” to enable it finance the basic infrastructure for a new port on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco in the city of Nador. The development of the port is a major boost for eastern Morocco and […]
India, the world largest democracy and regional superpower, is looking into ways of tapping into Morocco’s growing economic and political influence in Africa for building a strategic partnership with the African continent during the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit which opens this Thursday in New Delhi. According to some experts, India wants to counter China’s dominance […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco is expected in New Delhi to take part in the third India-Africa Summit scheduled for this October 26 to 29. The royal trip to India, the third since King Mohammed VI came to power in 1999, translates the importance Morocco attaches to strengthening its relations with the Asian country. It […]
The King of Morocco has urged the members of Parliament and political parties to shoulder their responsibility and to honor the commitments they made to their voters, to heed their claims and respond to their pressing concerns and to avoid trivial disputes. “Representing the citizens is a great responsibility. It must be shouldered by elected […]
Morocco warned Wednesday at the United Nations against “any irresponsible or risky course of action in connection with the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara”. In a speech to the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, King Mohammed VI said the Organization’s work “must not be a destabilizing factor for countries that contribute to […]
Morocco will take over the chairmanship of the United Nations Climate Change Conference from France which is hosting the COP21 from November 30 to December 11. The announcement was made by French President François Hollande during his official visit to Morocco earlier this month. “I will receive H.M. King Mohammed VI on the occasion of […]
France and Morocco, two old friends, are determined to strengthen further their strategic partnership built on sound and longstanding relationship, based on common interests and values, and founded on shared commitment to promoting peace, stability and economic development. The friendship binding the two countries has been tested many times and has weathered all political and […]
Burglars sneaked into the office of a renowned Paris-based lawyer, ransacked the place and robbed two computers. The incident, unveiled earlier this week by the French media, could have gone unnoticed were it not for one of the files the lawyer, Eric Dupond-Moretti, is currently in charge of and were it not for the outstanding […]
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius likened Sunday the case of the two French journalists Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet who attempted to blackmail Morocco and its King Mohammed VI to a bad movie. “This is like being in a bad movie,” Laurent Fabius said in a first response by a French official to the case […]