Business Europe Headlines International Morocco

King Mohammed VI, French President Macron, First Passengers of TGV

King Mohammed VI of Morocco and French President Emmanuel Macron were the first passengers to board Thursday the brand new Moroccan high-speed train at the revamped railway station in Tangier. The two heads of state have made a journey to Rabat aboard the TGV, baptized “Al Boraq”, inaugurating thus Africa’s first high-speed train, a landmark […]

Headlines Libya

Libya: Political Protagonists Agree to Hold Elections Dec. 10

Stakeholders in the Libyan conflict agreed Tuesday in Paris to hold elections on December 10 as France and UN push to end seven years of instability. UN-backed Prime Minister Faiez Serraj, military commander of so-called Libyan National Army Khalifa Haftar and heads of rival assemblies agreed in principle in an eight-point document to hold the […]

Headlines Morocco

Morocco’s King Represented at COP23 High-level Segment by Princess Lalla Hasna

King Mohammed VI has been represented by his youngest sister, Princess Lalla Hasna at the opening ceremony of the high-level segment of the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP23) held Wednesday in Bonn. Princess Lalla Hasna, who is the Chairwoman of the Mohammed VI Foundation for […]

Europe Headlines International Libya

Libya Invasion was a Mistake, President Macron

France’s new President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged that the “invasions” of foreign forces in Libya to end Colonel Muammar Gadhafi’s rule in 2011 was an error. In an interview with European Media, a part of which was published by Il Corriere della Sera newspaper, the French President said “(France) was wrong to join the war […]

Europe Headlines International Morocco

Macron’s Visit to Morocco, Injecting New Blood to an Exceptional Partnership

Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron started a friendship and working visit to Morocco on June 14 in response to an invitation from King Mohammed VI. Macron landed in Rabat airport accompanied by his spouse Brigitte. He afterwards held a press conference following talks with King Mohammed VI on a range of issues of mutual […]