Morocco holidays: Fez without the fuss
El-Chorfa gate looms over the medina Photo: ALAMY By Natalie Paris Last Updated: 2:26PM GMT 14/03/2012 Get more than you bargained for in Fez, Morocco’s oldest imperial city, says Natalie Paris. The short hop to Morocco is a cultural exchange like no other – just...
In search of ‘sexy’: side notes from a food summit
Aman Sethi PERCEPTION PROBLEM: Big players in the business of producing, distributing and trading food are looking to glamorise agriculture. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Side notes from a food summit. Sexy, or more accurately its hapless pursuit, was the focus of the...
Morocco’s grain imports down by 10% y/y in February 2012
Black Sea Grain Morocco imported 36mn quintals (equivalent of 3.6mn tonnes) of grain in February 2012, down by 10% y/y, the state-run grains authority ONICL said on its website. On a monthly basis, however, imports increased by 19.6%. Soft wheat, the main staple food...
The Adventures of Travel Cat: Marrakech, Morocco
Jaunted.com Where: Marrakech, Morocco by JetSetCD Kitty cats. They rule the internet and, whether we realize it or not, pretty much the world too. Ever noticed how cats sometimes stake out the coolest spots in a city? This new feature—Travel Cat—focuses on exactly...
Parliament ratifies Ukrainian-Moroccan agreement on maritime merchant shipping
Verkhovna Rada ratifies an agreement between Ukraine and Morocco on maritime merchant shipping. Parliament ratifies Ukrainian-Moroccan agreement on maritime merchant shipping Today at 13:44 | Interfax-Ukraine The Verkhovna Rada has ratified an agreement between the...
UAE’s TAQA sees 2012 capex at $2.0-2.2 bln
(Corrects Q4 loss in paragraph 5 to 372 mln dirhams from 1.048 bln dhs, and year ago profit to 343 mln dhs from 261 mln dhs.) * Capex mainly for five projects globally * TAQA opportunistic on tapping bond market * Co spent $1.9 bln in 2011 By Stanley Carvalho ABU...
Stock markets continue to rally globally
MSN News Indian stock markets opened the day on a firm note. The BSE Sensex is trading higher by around 180 points. The stocks of BHEL and Tata Steel are leading the gains. Asian stock markets have opened the day on a firm note. Stock markets in Japan (up 2.0%), Hong...
Rwanda: Ruhumuriza Eyes Good Outing in Tour of Morocco
BY OSTINE ARINAITWE After over a year in the wildness, Abraham Ruhumuriza will lead a six-man team as they bid to win medals in the Tour of Morocco that runs from March 25 to April 3. The veteran rider has been reinstated in the national team after showing high levels...
Morocco: Sierra Leone Promised Assistance
The Pariotic Vanguard By Tamba Jean-Matthew, Dakar, Senegal. Sierra Leone’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Morocco Her Excellency Khadijatu Bassir, was among three other African diplomats who presented their letters of credence to the...
Hills man tours Morocco through MARL VI program
By: Julie Buntjer, Worthington Daily Globe HILLS — Rural Hills farmer Ian Sandager has seen quite a bit of the world during his four years in the U.S. Marines and a semester studying abroad in college, but Morocco was “never on his radar” as a place to visit. HILLS —...