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ECJ Ruling: Portugal Spotlights ‘Essential’ EU-Morocco Partnership

Portugal stressed on Saturday the “essential” nature of the partnership between the European Union (EU) and Morocco, while reaffirming its willingness to work with European partners and institutions “to deepen it in all areas.” “Portugal considers the partnership between the European Union and Morocco to be essential, and will work with European partners and institutions […]

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Morocco helps Portugal in wildfire fight with two Canadair planes

Morocco’s Royal Air Forces deployed two Canadair firefighting planes and a “Casa” support aircraft, this Wednesday Sept. 18, to Monte Real in Portugal, to help the Portuguese authorities fight forest fires in the north of the country, in a joint action also involving Spanish, French and Italian aircraft. Pursuant to the high instructions of King […]

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Morocco, Portugal, Spain submit joint bid to host 2030 Football World Cup to FIFA

The joint bid by Morocco, Portugal and Spain to host the 2030 World Cup reached a “significant” milestone with the official submission of the complete bid file to the International Football Federation (FIFA), at an event held on Monday at FIFA’s offices in Paris, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) said in a press release. […]

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Thousand-year collaboration between Morocco, Spain, Portugal serves as a stimulus for a new wave of shared cooperation – Spanish Think tank

The thousand years of Mediterranean culture and historical collaborations between Morocco, Spain, and Portugal could today serve as a stimulus for a new wave of shared cooperation, Spanish Institute for Governance and Applied Economics Coordenadas pointed out. In an analysis published this week, the prestigious research center highlighted the “great potential” for the developing partnership […]

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UK Global Ports Holding, Preferred Bidder for Management of Casablanca Cruise Terminal

A consortium led by UK’s Global Ports Holding, the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, has been awarded by Moroccan authorities “preferred bidder status” to operate the Casablanca new cruise terminal. Besides GPH, which owns 51% of the consortium, the selected group includes local shareholder, Steya (40%) and Spanish Ocean Infrastructures Management (9%). After becoming […]

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COP28: Morocco gets €50 million donation from EU to promote clean energy; signs with Portugal joint declaration on electrical interconnection

Morocco, which is actively participating in the ongoing Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai, got €50 million donation from European Union to promote clean energy and decarbonization in development sectors and signed a joint declaration with Portugal on electrical interconnection between the two countries. The […]

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Morocco, Portugal, Spain sign officially bid agreement to host 2030 FIFA World Cup

Football federations of Morocco, Portugal and Spain officially signed, on Wednesday, the bid agreement to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup. The signing of the bid agreement is a commitment by the three football federations to respect the rules and framework governing the bidding process, said the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) in a statement […]

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2030 FIFA World Cup: Morocco, Portugal, Spain sign letter of intent

Morocco, Portugal, and Spain have signed a letter of intent regarding their joint bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup, this Saturday, October 28, at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Morocco. The three football federations of Morocco, Portugal, and Spain signed the letter of intent this Saturday, a crucial step in the candidacy […]

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Presidents of Moroccan, Spanish and Portuguese federations support the 2030 World Cup candidacy

The presidents of the federations of Morocco, Portugal and Spain met Wednesday morning in Lisbon as part of the joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup. The leaders’ summit brought together Fernando Gomes (Portuguese Football Federation), Fouzi Lekjaa (Royal Moroccan Football Federation) and Pedro Rocha (Royal Spanish Football Federation) and made it possible to […]

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World Cup 2030 to be hosted by Morocco, Spain, Portugal

The FIFA Executive Committee has unanimously selected the joint Morocco-Spain-Portugal bid to host the 2030 World Cup since it was the only bid in the race for hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup, converging media sources have reported. A statement from Morocco’s Royal Palace has just confirmed the reports, quoting King Mohammed VI as celebrating […]