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King Mohammed VI of Morocco urged the government to step up reforms to foster social and territorial justice with a particular focus on expanding social welfare protection to cover all Moroccans. “I call on the Government and on economic and social actors to be effectively engaged in this endeavor, and to show a sense of […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco delivered Thursday evening a speech on the state of the nation wherein he drew a roadmap for economic revival and social integration amidst the COVID-19 pandemic that dealt a serious blow to the economy and to the income of households. The Monarch announced a number of initiatives to revive the […]
King Mohammed VI has granted pardon to 1,446 convicts on the eve of Throne Day, which marks this year the 21st anniversary of the Monarch’s enthronement. A press release from the Ministry of Justice announced on Wednesday that the list of the beneficiaries from the royal pardon includes convicts in detention and others on provisional […]
King Mohammed VI decided to create an ad hoc committee to investigate dysfunctions relating to a probe by the competition council, a statement of the Royal Office said. The Competition Council, which has been entrusted with ruling on the alleged uncompetitive practices used by fuel distributors, is thus removed from the case. The ad-hoc committee […]
All activities, festivities and ceremonies planned on the occasion of Throne Day, marking this year the 21st anniversary of the accession of King Mohammed VI to the Throne have been postponed due to the state of health emergency decreed to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement came in a statement released Tuesday […]
Morocco has taken one step ahead to lay the legal foundation for the launch of its domestic military industry after the latest Council of Ministers, chaired by King Mohammed VI, approved a draft decree to that end. The decree enables licenses for the setting up of plants to manufacture weapons, ammunition, and military and security […]
A Council of Ministers, chaired by King Mohammed VI in Rabat Monday, examined the headlines of the edited draft budget 2020. The new budget was elaborated to help the economy recover from the impact of the coronavirus and the restrictive measures relating to it. It was based on a growth forecast of 5% and a […]
Morocco’s Royal Air School will make its training facilities available to pilots from national airlines, according to a draft law. The training will help pilots benefit from training expertise of the military under an agreement between the national defense administration and national airlines, a statement of the Royal Office said after a ministerial council chaired […]
King Mohammed VI, who was accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, presided this Monday, July 6, over a council of ministers devoted, among other things, to examining the general orientations of the reviewed budget law for the year 2020, announced a statement, read out by spokesperson for the Royal Palace Abdelhak Lamrini. The Council […]
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