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It seems that economic cooperation between Morocco and India is gaining momentum since the historic visit paid last year by King Mohammed VI to that giant country. To boost further trade exchanges between the two countries, an Indian business delegation is expected in the North African country next week to explore the possibilities of partnership […]
Chinese carmaker Yang Tze will establish a factory to produce electrical cars and busses near Tangier for a total investment of 1 billion dirhams ($101.6 million.) This was announced by the Chinese group’s CEO Wu Tian CAI following a meeting in Tangier with the President of the Tangier-Tetuan- Alhuceima region, Ilyas EL Omari. The new […]
Morocco and India have set up a joint trade and industry chamber to boost economic cooperation between the two countries. The chamber was launched during a ceremony attended by India’s vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari who is paying a visit to the North African country, the Head of the Moroccan Government Abdelillah Benkirane and businessmen from […]
Moroccan counter-terrorism services Friday derailed dangerous terror plans that consisted in launching several coordinated attacks against diplomatic western missions and tourist sites, authorities said. The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) managed to “foil a dangerous terrorist plot following the arrest Friday in Tangier a Chadian national affiliated to Daesh,” said the Interior Ministry in […]
Moroccan Interior Minister Mohamed Hassad and Head of Morocco’s internal intelligence service Abdellatif Hammouchi, who is also Chief of General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), paid Wednesday a work visit to neighboring Spain. During this trip, the two top security Moroccan officials met with Spanish Interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz and Security Secretary of State […]
The Spanish group Europac, specializing in the production of packaging paper and cardboard, inaugurated this week an integrated packaging plant in Tangier Automotive City (TAC,) dubbed Europac Packaging Med. The plant, the company’s first outside Europe, required a €30 million investment, which is the largest amount injected by the Europac Group in an industrial unit […]
Spain and Morocco started Tuesday a joint exercise to enhance sea safety transport of a radioactive material from Algeciras port to Tangier-Med port. Dubbed “Gate to Africa,” the three-day exercise, first of its kind, is organized in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It seeks to assess and improve the two neighbouring countries’ […]
The Royal Moroccan Air Force got delivery on Saturday of three new refurbished CH-47D Chinook transport helicopters. The Chinook aircrafts arrived at the port of Tanger-Med, Tangier, aboard the US registered cargo vessel MV Liberty Pride. The delivery of the three CH-47 helicopters is part of a foreign military sales case facilitated by the Security […]
The Mohamed Choukri Foundation announced last week it has set up an international literary Prize in honor of the late Moroccan writer. The Prize will be awarded annually to authors of works of various literary arts from Morocco and other countries from all over the world. The Mohamed Choukri International Award will be handed over […]
Chinese operators and firms have started looking towards Morocco for new locations of their businesses or production units. The Chinese Shandong Shangang group, a world leader in the manufacture of steel products, is one of these groups which decided to set up a unit in the Tangier free zone in Northern Morocco. A memorandum of […]