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Morocco and Portugal signed on Thursday a Memorandum of Understanding to set up a maritime hub with advanced infrastructure and services to boost the two countries competitiveness. The agreement was signed in Lisbon by Morocco’s Equipment, Transport and Logistics Minister Aziz Rabbah and Portugal’s sea Minister Ana Paula Vitorina. Following the example of the successful […]
Commentaries by western intellectuals, media and government officials continue to hail King Mohammed VI for his speech against radicalism and terrorism. In a recent commentary on the French Le Point newspaper, French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy highlights that at a time the west is mired in a sterile burkini debate, King Mohammed VI delivered a speech- […]
One of the two Moroccan citizens recently deported from France had plans to perpetrate terrorist attacks in Morocco, the Interior Ministry announced on Thursday. France deported the two Moroccans on August 26 because they constitute a threat to the country’s security. Investigation undertaken by Morocco’s powerful Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) revealed that one […]
U.S. exports to Morocco have more than tripled in the decade following the entry into force of the Free Trade Agreement between the two countries, Global Trade Magazine says in an Article on August 31. Citing data released by the International Trade Administration, the Magazine notes that with the entry into force of the Morocco-USA […]
Polisario proponents at the European Parliament have suffered a new setback with the rejection of an amendment to include a new aid to the Algerian-based separatist group in the 2017 EU draft budget. Three extreme left MEPs presented the amendment to add 150 million euros in support of the Polisario sugarcoating their arguments with defending […]
Morocco will be the honorary guest of the Paris book fair of 2017 to be held next march 24-27 at Expo Porte de Versailles, according to Moroccan press reports. The exhibition has grown in size and importance over the years. It is now considered one of major world venues for publishers, booksellers, rights agents and […]
Morocco’s geographic location, political stability and promising macroeconomic indicators, coupled with its longstanding ties with African countries and increasing investments in the continent make it an attractive partner for countries willing to invest in Africa, such as Japan, which has just convened a summit with African leaders pledging largescale investments in infrastructure. Japan sees in […]
The Payroll in the public sector absorbs 49% of state revenues, a percentage that shows the burden placed on the state budget because of an inefficient employment policy, says a study conducted by L’Economiste daily newspaper. The public sector’s payroll is in dire need of restructuring to mitigate its impact on the state budget after […]
The Polisario has violated the UN brokered cease-fire agreement in the Sahara by introducing armed units in the buffer zone near Gargarat, only 2500 meters south of Morocco’s security wall. The news was reported by several media outlets affiliated to the polisario and relayed on the Moroccan media which talk about a failed attempt by […]
The Japan-Africa economic summit, held in Nairobi August 27-28, was an opportunity for Morocco to stress the centrality of trilateral cooperation in the Kingdom’s foreign policy. Speaking at the summit, Morocco’s Ambassador to Kenya Abdelilah Benryane reiterated the Kingdom’s willingness to share its expertise and know-how with African countries through trilateral cooperation frameworks involving countries […]