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Global digital platforms including TikTok, Apple, Google, OpenAI and Spotify have begun applying Morocco’s 20% value-added tax (VAT) to some services sold to Moroccan customers, providing the clearest sign yet that the country’s new regime for taxing digital services is taking effect. The changes are now appearing on invoices and transactions seen by Moroccan users, […]
Chinese Wuxi Xin Hongye Wire & Cable Technology has said it will invest $34 million in an automotive cable plant to be set up in Tangier region in partnership with France’s Acome Automotive. The two partners will establish a $ 10 million joint venture named “Morocco Acome Xinhongye Automotive Cables”. The Chinese company will hold […]
Morocco-India Joint Defense Committee, which held its inaugural meeting in New Delhi this week, discussed training, education, peacekeeping, military exercises, medical cooperation, cyber defense and defense industries. The meeting was co-chaired by Brigadier General Abdellah Athmani, Chief of the 2nd Bureau of the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces and Joint Secretary (International Cooperation), Ministry of Defense […]
Morocco is accelerating its strategy to eliminate slum housing, restructuring priority metropolitan areas with tens of billions of dirhams in funding as it works to close the file on shantytowns and buildings at risk of collapse by 2028, according to an analysis puvlished by L’Economiste daily. Housing Ministry figures show the number of households living […]
Morocco and the European Union have closed out the PASS III program supporting the health sector, marking what both sides describe as a new stage in a strategic partnership stretching back to 2002, local media report. Health and Social Protection Minister Amine Tehraoui and EU Ambassador to Morocco Demetrios Tzantziev presided over the closing ceremony […]
Morocco’s ambassador to Washington, Youssef Amrani, took part on Wednesday in the strategic dialogue with the Permanent Observers to the Organization of American States (OAS), held as part of the special meeting of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI). Speaking at the event, the Moroccan diplomat emphasized that Morocco’s status as a Permanent Observer […]
Morocco Royal Navy is taking part in “Exercise Phoenix Express-2026”, a multinational maritime exercise organized by U.S. Naval Forces Africa and U.S. 6th Fleet in Tunisia The 12-day exercise brings together North African, European and U.S. maritime forces as part of a global network of maritime security forces to enhance cooperation and expertise in maritime […]
Morocco’s National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) has held a working meeting with the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and the University of Queensland to prepare a new project on conservation agriculture and soil health in Morocco, Aujourd’hui le Maroc reports. The initiative builds on a memorandum of understanding signed between INRA and […]
The Morocco-Canada Economic Chamber will host an economic summit in Montreal on September 19 under the theme “From Intention to Investment,” aiming to accelerate trade flows and translate business opportunities into concrete investment projects and corporate partnerships between the two countries, Atalayar reports. The gathering will bring together corporate leaders, institutional investors, industry analysts, public […]
Spanish First Vice-President and Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise Carlos Cuerpo underlined Morocco’s substantial economic importance to Spain, citing export figures that place the North African kingdom nearly on a par with the United States as a market, while calling for “extreme prudence” before accusing Morocco of orchestrating Ceuta crossing. Speaking in an interview […]