Moroccan Agribusiness Industry gets Funding from Development Bank
New York – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (ERBD) is providing a 2.5-million euro loan for subsidiaries of French agricultural cooperative group Maïsadour. EBRD has granted the...
View ArticleElections: Petition Urges Morocco’s Govt. to Facilitate Vote of People With...
Rabat – A petition launched in recent days urges the Moroccan government to facilitate the vote of people with special needs. Moroccan legislative elections are just around the corner. Political...
View ArticleBissau Guinean Man Arrested in Morocco Carrying Over 7kg of Cocaine
Rabat – Police services at the Casablanca Mohammed V airport arrested, on Sunday, a Bissau Guinean national who was trying to smuggle 7.590 kg of cocaine, said national police (DGSN). The suspect, aged...
View ArticleMorocco’s Counterterrorism Strategy: Fruit of Long Process Triggered by...
Paris – The Moroccan Counterterrorism Strategy is the fruit of a long process that was triggered following the Casablanca’s attacks in 2003, said director of Central Bureau for Judiciary Investigations...
View ArticleLegzira Beach’s Archways Crumble
Rabat – Legzira Beach boasted two impressive rock archways which have attracted millions of tourists from around the world to this natural wonder. But now there is only one left. One of the arches,...
View Article5.1% of Moroccan Population Is Disabled (Census)
Rabat – Nearly 5.1 % of Morocco’s population was disabled (1,703,424 people) in 2014, the High Commission for Planning (HCP) said. The prevalence of disability is relatively higher in rural areas...
View ArticleMalmö Arab Film Festival: Special Focus on Morocco
Malmö – The 2016 Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF) will be held on September 30 – October 5, 2016, with a special focus on Morocco, organizers said. The program includes an extensive film program, the...
View ArticleJob Market: Moroccan Firms Triumph Over Foreign Multinationals
Rabat – Moroccan firms triumph over foreign multinationals and maintain their popularity over future business talent Employer branding thought leader, Universum Global, is present in more than fifty...
View ArticleBahrain Calls for Political Settlement to Sahara Issue on Basis of Autonomy...
New York – Bahrain’s foreign minister, Cheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa, stressed, Monday before the 71st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the need for a political settlement to...
View ArticleMoroccan Caricaturist Threatened to Be Slaughtered
Casablanca – Kahlid Gueddar Moroccan Caricaturist and editor in chief of Babobi newspaper calls upon Moroccan authorities to protect his life after he shared the cartoon that caused the death of...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Chairs in Tangiers’ Royal Palace Council of Ministers
Tangiers – King Mohammed VI chaired, on Monday at the Royal palace in Tangiers, a council of ministers during which three organic draft laws and a draft government decree were adopted. In the beginning...
View ArticleMorocco Submits NDC to Secretariat of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Rabat – Morocco submitted its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, in parallel to the ratification of the Paris Agreement on...
View ArticleMissing Infant Is Returned to Her Parents, King to Pay for Her Medication
Rabat – The missing toddler whose story mobilized Moroccan social media users was returned to her parents, and King Mohammed VI has offered to pay for her medication. The news of an infant abducted...
View ArticleMoroccan Fog-Water Harvesting Project Wins United Nations Award
New York – The United Nations has awarded on Thursday in Bonn (Germany) a climate change prize to a Moroccan fog-water harvesting project, considered to be The world’s largest operational fog-water...
View ArticleCOP 22 to Carry Forward Momentum Triggered by Paris Agreement
Paris – The 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, scheduled in November in Marrakech, will carry forward the momentum triggered by the...
View ArticleSwitzerland, “Reliable Partner” of Morocco: Ambassador
Rabat – Switzerland, the fifth largest investor in Morocco with some EUR 600,000 million, is a “reliable partner” of the Kingdom, Swiss ambassador to Morocco, Massimo Baggi, said here on Wednesday....
View ArticleMorocco, ‘a Model in the Region’: President of Bundesrat
Rabat – Morocco is “a model in the region”, thanks to the large-scale reforms implemented by the Kingdom and its commitment to sustainable development, protection of the environment and development of...
View ArticleMorocco, Guest of Honor at 2017 Cairo International Book Fair
Rabat – Morocco will be the guest of honor of the 48th Cairo international book fair, to be held on Jan 27 through February 10. This edition will feature the participation of the Moroccan main...
View ArticleAzoulay to Represent Morocco in Shimon Perez Funeral
Rabat – Andre Azoulay will represent Morocco in the funeral of former Israeli president Shimon Perez’s on September 30. Israel’s ninth president, Shimon Perez died after a major stroke last Wednesday...
View ArticleMoroccan Entrepreneur Resorts to King After Being Asked to Give a Bribe
Ratbat – Young Moroccan entrepreneur resorts to King of Morocco after being asked to hang out MAD 200,000 bribe to obtain new business authorization. A new video of a Moroccan expatriate in Gabon has...
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