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Morocco : Finance Act 2012 taxation measures to improve the social and business climate
In a presentation made recently in Casablanca on "new tax measures of the Finance Act 2012", the director general of taxes, Mr.Abdellatif Zaghnoun, reported that the Finance Act 2012 provides for a...
Morocco's Stalling Economy
In an article by Lachen Achy,Non-Resident Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace's Middle East Center, reviews the state of Morocco's economy . The article appeared first in...
EU Neighbourhood Action Plan for Tunisia
The enlargement of the European Union, which became fact on 1 May 2004, has profoundly altered the political, geographical and economic situation of the Union, providing the opportunity to...
The 45th Algiers International Fair opens tomorrow with 620 firms from 36 countries.
The 45th Algiers International Fair (AIF) is to open Wednesday at the Pins Maritimes Exhibition Centre with the participation of more than 600 foreign firms from 36 countries. This year’s event, of...
Institut du Monde Arabe celebrates Algeria's 50th Anniversary with a mega-program
The fiftieth anniversary of the independence of Algeria will be celebrated from the 1st to June 25th in the heart of a mega-artistic and cultural program at the Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) in...
Orascom Telecom to file appeal in Algeria case.
The Egyptian company Orascom Telecommunications SAE is appealing a decision by the Algerian Supreme Court after a lower court upheld a $1.3 billion fine for violating foreign exchange regulations....
Egyptian shares slump after post vote unrest.
Renewed unrest and the prospect of a divisive presidential run off have seen shares drop the most since March according to Bloomberg and Dow Jones....
Morocco: Investment Committee approves 35 investment projects worth 19.4 billion dirhams
The interministerial commission on investments, met on Monday under the chairmanship of the Head of Government, Mr. Abdelilah Benkirane and examined and approved 35 investment projects amounting to...
Algeria internet names domains.dz available in Arabic
CERIST, manager of .dz Internet domain sucessfully carried out through its entity DZ-NIC (www.nic.dz) the different procedures and technical operations to ICANN for the registration of (Algeria)...
Casablanca hosts Regional Forum " Improving Competitiveness in the Arab World" 29 May.
This Forum aims to help create a platform for Arab policy makers allowing them to share their experiences on the implementation of trade reforms regulations....
Moroccan Bank BMCE named Best Trade Finance Bank in Morocco for 2011
Moroccan bank BMCE was named "Best Trade Finance Bank in Morocco" for the year 2011 by the Global Trade Review magazine (GTR), the world's leading international trade finance magazine, the Bank...
Tunisia: The government wants the Central Bank governor to go.
The move by the political component the government to sack the governor of the central bank has inflamed investor concerns because business in Tunisia remains in a feverish and unstable state post...
First study on Morocco's retail Islamic finance sector launched
IFAAS announces the launch of the first independent study of Morocco’s emerging retail Islamic finance sector: Islamic Finance in Morocco – sizing the retail market...
Algeria: Three candidates for prime minister
The FLN, the main political force in the new assembly, seems to be failing to claim the premiership, leaving brisk speculation circulating around the RND candidates or technocrats....
Salafists continue violence in Tunisia.
On Sunday, the interior ministry said it had arrested about 15 people who torched police stations and attacked bars in the northwestern towns of Jendouba and Ghardimaou a day ago....
Tunisia fires 81 magistrates.
Minister of Justice Mr. Noureddine Beheiri issued a statement on Saturday saying "It has become imperative to end this situation which taints the honour, dignity and integrity of the judiciary,"...
Foreign terrorists seek to expand in Algeria -Le Temps d'Algerie
AQIM (Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb) and Mujao (Movement for the uniqueness and Jihad in West Africa) seem to have adopted a "strategy" which consists in dispatching foreign terrorists in Algerian...
Fight against contraband: 79 monitoring stations along the border customs
The Algerian customs plan to open 79 monitoring stations along the customs border east and west to reinforce the fight against smuggling, including drug trafficking, Mohamed Abdou Bouderbala,...
Unions protest against government policies in Casablanca
The rally organised by the trade unions was said to be 50,000 strong but police said numbers were about half this amuont.
Those taking part...
Moroccans In Balearic Islands Denounce Separatists’ Attack Against Morocco’s Consular Office.
Several Moroccan associations in the in Balearic Islands condemned in the strongest terms the attack by polisario proponents against the Cosular office of the Kingdom of Morocco in Palma de...