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Biadillah meets with member of National Assembly of the Union of Comoros

Rabat - Speaker of the House of Advisors Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah met Tuesday in Rabat, with Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the National Assembly of the Union of the Comoros,...

EFE : Morocco attracts more and more Spanish skilled professionals

Madrid - Morocco has started to attract more and more Spanish skilled professionals, during the last two years, reported on Monday the Spanish news agency (EFE). The number of Spaniards hired by...

Qatar's Ooredoo withdraws offer to buy 53% of Maroc Telecom

Qatar- Qatari state-owed Qatar Telecom, recently rebranded as Ooredoo, pulled its binding offer for French Vivendi SA's 53%-stake in the Moroccan operator, leaving Abu Dhabi's Etisalat as the only...

Office of Exchange : Trade deficit down 7.3 pc at end of May

Rabat - Morocco's foreign trade was marked at the end of May by a reduction of its deficit compared to the same period last year, said the Office of Exchange . The foreign trade balance stood at...

Morocco supports French President's formula of "Mediterranean of projects"

Rabat - Morocco supports the French president's formula to promote a "Mediterranean of projects", said Moroccan Minister-delegate for foreign affairs and cooperation, Youssef Amrani who recalled the...

Moroccan medical mission provides free services in Mauritanian city of Kiff

Nouakchott - A Moroccan multidisciplinary medical team is currently in Mauritania where it provided at the hospital centre of Kiffa (600 km east of Nouakchott) medical services free of charge to...

Morocco-EU Association Committee assesses Monday the implementation of association agreement

Rabat - The ninth session the Morocco-EU Association Committee, to be held Monday in Rabat, will assess the implementation of the Morocco-European Union Association Agreement and the Action Plan of...

Arab rights institutions network : Morocco's experience in transitional justice "a successful model in Arab region"

Rabat - Morocco's experience in transitional justice is "a successful model in the Arab region," the president of the Arab Network for National Institutions of Human Rights, Ali Bin Samikh Al...

MAP director : MAP regional poles called upon to be key actor in region development

Sale - The regional poles of MAP news agency are expected to play a role of key player in the development of regions ahead of the establishment of an advanced regionalization, MAP managing director...

Brazil World Cup qualifiers 2014 (5th round): Morocco beats Gambia 2-0

Marrakech - The Moroccan football team beat, Saturday in Marrakech, its Gambian counterpart by 2 goals to 0 in the fifth and penultimate round (group C) as part of African qualifiers to the World...

Moroccan FM meets Australian peer

Canberra - Moroccan foreign minister Saad Dine El Otmani held, Thursday in Canberra, talks with his Australian counterpart senator Bob Carr, on means to further strengthen cooperation relations in...

Reinforcement of Moroccan-Norwegian bilateral cooperation at center of talks in Rabat

Rabat - The reinforcement of Moroccan-Norwegian bilateral cooperation was on Friday in Rabat at the center of the talks between the Secretary general of the foreign ministry Nasser Bourita and his...

President Hollande rapporteur for the Mediterranean Sunday in Morocco

Marseille - The French Socialist deputy Michel Vauzelle, President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region (South of France), will start Sunday a working visit to Morocco as part of the mission...

US official : Washington, Rabat maintain 'special' relations

Rabat - The United States maintains "special" relations with Morocco, a "strategic ally" and a "leading" country in the region, said, Friday in Rabat, US Under-Secretary for Political Affairs, Wendy...

Wendy Sherman : Morocco has always been leader in region

Rabat - Morocco has always proved to be a leader in working for the interests of its region and the world, said, Friday in Rabat, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman....

Sherman reaffirms Washington's stand in favor of Moroccan Sahara autonomy proposal

Rabat - U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman reiterated Friday in Rabat, the "unchanging" stand of the United States on the Sahara issue, stressing that Washington...

Morocco's ties with IMF enbaled it to benefit from credit line of about 6.2 billion -minister

Rabat - Relations between Morocco and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have enabled the Kingdom to benefit from an IMF line of credit of nearly 6.2 billion dollars, said, Thursday in Rabat,...

WEEC 2013: Marrakech Declaration Calls for stepping up support for environmental education projects

Marrakech - Participants at the 7th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC 2013) which wrapped up Thursday in Marrakech, called on governments, international organizations and donors to step up...

Casablanca Stock Exchange opens on downtrend

Casablanca - The Casablanca Stock Exchange Friday opened on a downtrend with its main indexes, the MASI and the MADEX, ceding respectively 0.35 pc and 0.36 pc. The MASI (Moroccan All Shares Index),...

Début à Alger du Festival international de la littérature et du livre de jeunesse

Alger - Le 6ème Festival international de la littératureet du livre de jeunesse (Feliv), un des rendez-vous les plus incontournables du paysage culturel algérien, s'ouvre jeudi à Alger. Le coup...