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Companies from the two sides of the Mediterranean have agreed to pen a deal valid for almost two decades. Spain’s Gas Natural Fenosa was a signatory to the deal with Algeria’s Sonatrach for 800mn m³/year of gas for a period of 18 years and for a 10% stake in the 8bn m³/yr in the Medgaz […]
Morocco is moving forward in implementing its regionalization plan in the southern provinces through the establishment of a regional economic system conducive to growth, wealth generating and employment creation. The broad lines of this development plan for the Moroccan southern provinces were disclosed on Wednesday by the President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, […]
Morocco has been invited to take part in a nuclear security simulation exercise to be held in Spain by the end of next year. The exercise, dubbed CURIEX 2013, will be organized by the European Commission and the Spanish Government. Portugal, France, Italy, Belgium, and Israel were also invited to partake in the exercise. The […]
With the EU aiming to increasingly meet its energy needs from renewable sources – 30 per cent by 2020 and almost 100 per cent by 2050 – a great portion of this renewable power will have to come particularly from large-scale photovoltaic (PV) installations in sunny regions of the North Africa. But since the Maghreb […]
Libya is now focusing on olive to compete with its neighbors in the region in a move to diversify its economy which depends on oil. The country is the 12th largest olive oil producer in the world, accounting for 0.25% of the global production, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Speaking […]
The Portuguese company Galp Energia (Petróleos de Portugal e Gás) announced it has acquired a 50 percent stake in the Tarfaya Offshore area, comprising eight exploration permits, known as Tarfaya Offshore I to VIII, located on the Atlantic Margin, offshore Morocco. The company acquired the shares under a farm-in agreement with the Australian company, Tangiers […]
Algiers is playing host to the projection of Spanish films. The first movie entitled “In his own eyes” directed by Liliana Beatrice Paolinelli was projected at the Cinematheque of Algiers to mark the beginning of the event. The project is part of Spain’s cinema program under the name “Ciné en construction.” The event started on […]
A trans-Saharan pipeline that will convey gas from oil fields in Nigeria to Spain on the Mediterranean coast through Niger and Algeria is scheduled to be operational by 2015 if the project succeeds to overcome all the obstacles on its long way. According to estimates, the 4128 km long pipeline is to convey to the […]
The air forces of the five Maghreb countries (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania &Tunisia) and their European partners France, Spain, Italy, Malta and Portugal have staged lately a joint aerial military drill destined to counter terror threats. The joint regional exercise, code-named “Circaete 2012”, seeks to enhance the combat capabilities of the air forces to prevent […]
Several international experts, intellectuals and human rights activists are wondering whether the idea of setting up a task force to fight the upsurge of illegal immigration will ever work?. The proposed task force, to include delegates or agents from North Africa (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania & Tunisia) and their European partners (France, Italy, Malta, Portugal […]