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Government officials from Libya and Turkey to participate in the Morocco Summit

The Mohammed Ali Abdallah Addarrat, Member of the General National Congress of Libya and FAIK TUNAY, Member of Turkish Grand National Assembly will be a part of the upcoming Morocco Summit: Gateway...

Road accidents kill three, wound five in Khouribga

Khouribga - Three people died and five were injured in three road accidents this weekend in the province of Khouribga, a local source said. Two accidents took place on Sunday on the regional road...

GCC official : Morocco among most stable and attractive countries in terms of investment

Manama - Despite difficulties affecting the world, especially Arab countries, Morocco is still a model at the level of legislation, security and investment attractiveness, said secretary general of...

Inflation stands at 1.3 in 2012 as forecast by central bank

Rabat - Inflation, calculated by the fluctuation of the index of consumer prices, remained moderate in 2012, standing at 1.3% after 0.9% in 2011, an evolution in conformity with forecasts by the...

Apple buys 2 startups to improve its mobile maps

San Francisco - Apple has bought online mapping services HopStop and Locationary as part of its ongoing effort to create a more formidable alternative to Google's navigation system. The...

ECOSOC in Geneva adopts resolution on proposed Europe-Africa permanent link

Geneva - The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted, Friday in Geneva, a draft resolution in which it welcomed the progress achieved in the proposed Europe-Africa permanent link across the...

Andie MacDowell stars in Hallmark Channel show

Los Angeles - Life mirrored art when Andie MacDowell was offered the chance to star in a new Hallmark Channel series. "Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove," based on novelist Macomber's books, focuses...

Spanish Europac gains foothold in Morocco for 30 mln euros, paper

Madrid - Spanish group Europac, specialized in packaging, will gain a foothold in the Moroccan market through the construction of a packaging plant in Tangier for an amount of 30 million euros,...

Daoudi meets in Rabat with officials of Spanish colleges

Rabat - Higher education minister Lahcen Daoudi met, on Tuesday in Rabat, with a delegation of officials from 13 Spanish universities. During...

Interior Minister discusses security cooperation with Spanish counterpart

Rabat - Interior Minister Mohand Laenser held talks, Tuesday in Rabat, with his Spanish counterpart Jorge Fernandez Diaz on issues of common interest, notably security and the European Union....

Highlights of Moroccan editorials (July 15, 2013)

Rabat - The official visit by King Juan Carlos of Spain to Morocco and the political situation entailed by the Istiqlal party ministers' withdrawal from the government are the major highlights of...

Morocco-Spain economic forum opens in Rabat

Rabat - The Morocco-Spain economic forum, held under the theme "Morocco-Spain: a shared area of prosperity", opened on Tuesday in Rabat. The...

Conférence économique africaine 2013 (28-30 octobre à Johannesburg)

Addis-Abeba - La conférence économique africaine 2013 se tiendra à Johannesburg en Afrique du Sud, du 28 au 30 octobre, à l'initiative de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique...

Mooccan Minister : New airports project envisaged

Rabat - A new airports project, part of the 2035 air transport strategy is being envisaged, said Minister of Equipment and Transport, Aziz Rebbah....

Moroccan Driss Hilali re-elected member of Executive Board of World Taekwondo Federation

Rabat - Moroccan Drissi Hilali was re-elected member of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Sunday in Puebla, Mexico. Hilali, former...

Deux espagnols se convertissent à l’Islam, à la mosquée El Koutoubiya à Marrakech

Lemag : Le mois sacré du Ramadan à la cité ocre, ces dernières années, est marqué par le phénomène, du nombre croissant d’étrangers, parmi les résidents ou les visiteurs européens de la ville, qui se...

Trade facilitation: Morocco listed second best performer in Africa, UNCTAD

Geneva - Morocco ranks second, following South Africa, as being the best performer in Africa, according to the a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)....

UAE launches 2013 Iftar operation in Rabat

Rabat - The Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan 2013 Iftar operation was launched, on Friday in Rabat, for the benefit of over 23,000 Moroccan families across the Kingdom. This operation, which...

Spain approves strategic partnership agreement with Morocco on cultural cooperation

Madrid - The Spanish government approved, on Friday, the signature ad referendum of a strategic partnership agreement on development and cooperation with Morocco in the cultural, educational and...

Mining development strategy aims to create 15,000 jobs in 2025, Minister

Rabat - The mining development strategy aims to double the number of job opportunities generated by the sector to more than 30,000, and triple sales to more than 15 billion dirhams, said Friday in...