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Green Apple Award Trophy granted to project by Mohammed VI Foundation for Environment Protection

Rabat - The project of an environment magazine "l'Olivier" (Olive tree), led by a high school of Taourirt in the eastern region with the support of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environment...

CAN 2015: Morocco did not shirk its commitments

Rabat - Morocco, which is attached to organizing the next Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2015) and maintains its postponing, did not shirk its commitments, said, on Tuesday in Rabat, minister of youth...

HCP figures show improvement of Moroccan families' purchasing power, head of Govt

Rabat - Head of government Abdelilah Benkirane said, on Tuesday, that figures of the high planning commission (HCP) mirror the improvement of Moroccan families' purchasing power. Answering a...

Morocco has 16,000 historic sites and monuments

Rabat - Morocco has some 16,000 historic sites and monuments, said Tuesday in Rabat, Moroccan minister of Culture Mohamed Amine Sbihi.  The minister, who was speaking at the Parliament, added...

Five dead, two injured in road accident near Settat

Settat - Five people were killed and two others injured, including one seriously, in a road accident which occured Monday in the town of Khemissat Chaouia near Settat (160 km south of Rabat) local...

Morocco, UK have important business potentialities in renewable energy field

Rabat - Morocco and the UK share a lot of partnership opportunities in the field of renewable energy, said on Monday in Rabat British PM's Special Trade Envoy to Morocco Lord Sharman. The British...

Le documentaire "Identité d'un front" jette la lumière sur les allégations des ennemies de l'intégrité territoriale du Maroc

Dakhla - Le documentaire "Identité d'un front", projeté dimanche lors de la 5-ème édition du festival international du film de Dakhla (du 8 au 13 novembre), jette la lumière sur les allégations des...

The Netherlands: Expatriates Council freezes partnership with 'Tropenmuseum' until further notice

Rabat - The Moroccan Expatriates Council (CCME) decided "regretfully" to freeze its partnership with the "Tropenmuseum" until further notice, sources from CCME said. This decision, which comes as...

Morocco, IFAD sign loan and grant agreement worth 26 mln dollars

Rome - Morocco and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed, on Monday in Rome, an agreement of a 25.5 mln dollar-loan and 500,000 dollar-grant aimed at financing the first...

Morocco maintains its request to postpone the Orange CAN 2015 to 2016, Official

Rabat - The Kingdom of Morocco maintains its request to postpone the Orange CAN 2015 to 2016, said on Saturday a statement by the Youth and Sports ministry....

USFP party's deputy Ahmed Zaidi dies in accident in Bouznika

Rabat - Deputy of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party (USFP) Ahmed Zaidi died on Sunday after his car was submerged in the waters of Sherrat river in Bouznika, sources from USFP said....

Spaniard arrested in Mohammed V airport for possession of over 7kg of coke, airport sources

Mohammed V airport (Casablanca) - A Spanish citizen was arrested by the customs services at the Mohammed V airport for possession of 7 kg and 652 g of cocaine, airport sources said on Sunday. The...

Exposition à Bruxelles sur le thème "La Marche Verte, un processus de libération et de développement"

Bruxelles - Une exposition sur le thème "La Marche Verte, un processus de libération et de développement", a ouvert ses portes, vendredi soir à Bruxelles, à l'initiative d'un collectif de citoyens...

Morocco's judge Mohamed Bennouna re-elected in New York to International Court of Justice

New York - The Moroccan judge Mohamed Bennouna was re-elected Thursday in New York to a nine-year term on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) starting on 6 February 2015, after simultaneous...

Peter Pham : Algeria's 'known' role in Sahara issue poses security risks in region

Washington - Algeria's "known" role in the artificial dispute over the Moroccan Sahara through its unconditional support to the separatist movement of the Polisario perpetuates this conflict that...

Huffington Post : 'Strong' royal speech, 'key to peace' in North Africa

Washington - HM King Mohammed VI has given Thursday on the occasion of 39th anniversary of the Green March a "surprising and strong speech that could be the key to peace in that ever-volatile corner...

Benkirane discusses bilateral cooperation with Kenyan Senate speaker

Rabat - Morocco's head of government Abdelilah Benkirane met Tuesday in Rabat with the speaker of the Kenyan Senate David Ekwe Ethuro on means of promoting bilateral cooperation....

Morocco seafood exports up 4 % in first 3 quarters of 2014

Rabat - Morocco's seafood products exports recorded a 4 % increase during the first 3 quarters of 2014, Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries minister Aziz Akhannouch said. Akhannouch, who was...

Sénégal-Achoura : Le Maroc prend part aux journées culturelles de la famille Sy des Tidjanes à Tivaouane

Dakar - La famille Sy des Tidjanes du Sénégal a organisé, mardi, une rencontre culturelle initiée par la jeunesse de la Tariqa en commémoration de l'Achoura (Tamkharit).

Air Berlin launches Düsseldorf-Marrakesh direct flight

Marrakesh - German carrier Air Berlin inaugurated Monday a new route linking the German western city of Düsseldorf to Marrakesh with two weekly direct flights, the Moroccan airports authority (ONMT)...