Germany Moves To Cut Migration By Declaring Algeria, Morocco And Tunisia ‘Safe’
Time Simon Lewis (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images) German federal police control cars on the A3 highway near the border to Austria on a section used by arriving migrants and refugees on Jan. 28, 2016, near Passau, Germany. Germany has accepted more than 1.1...
Morocco To Hold Parliamentary Elections On Oct. 7: Government
The Daily Star Middle East Agence France Presse Moroccans will go to the polls on Oct. 7 for the second general election since the king made constitutional reforms in 2011 following Arab Spring protests, the government said Thursday. Campaigning will begin on Sept....
Morocco Suspends Contacts With EU Delegation Over Trade Row
Reuters By Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco has suspended contacts with the European Union delegation in Rabat over a trade row, a confidential Moroccan government document showed, a move that could slow multi-million dollar development projects. The dispute has arisen at a...
Russia’s Turkish Ban Leads To Citrus Imports From Morocco
Fresh Fruit Portal While Turkish citrus producers are feeling the pinch of the Russian import ban, one St. Petersburg-based fresh fruit supplier has turned to Morocco to fill the void. Russian importer Friend Fruits CEO Udzhar Mamedov tells...
Morocco’s Dependable Friendship Warrants American Gratitude And Support
HP Amb. Marc Ginsberg Visions of our land via Getty images Americans have rare excuse to applaud an Arab state given the turmoil in the Middle East. What with ISIS, Iran's dangerous support for terror, the endless violence, and Jihadi threats gripping the region, it...
New Airline Route Announcements And Fascinating Facts And Figures We Came Across This Week (2016 – week 3)
Anna aero Morocco’s nine biggest airports – Agadir, Casablanca, Fez, Laayoune, Marrakech, Nador, Oujda, Rabat and Tangier ‒ have passed 17 million passengers in 2015 (17.23 million to be exact), representing a 1.6% increase over 2014 figures. Casablanca, led the way...
Morocco Summit Pushes Muslim Clerics To Improve The Lot Of Religious Minorities
The Washington Post By Aida Alami | Religion News Service Photo by Aida Alami After the Prophet Muhammad established the first Muslim state, he wrote the Charter of Medina to make sure his subjects lived in harmony, whether they were Muslims, Jews or people of other...
Italy-Morocco Universities Collaboration Accord
ANSAmed The partnership between the Italian academic world and the Moroccan one has been strengthened with an agreement between two major universities. The accord between the Università Telematica Internazionale Uninettuno and the Al Akhawayn University - on the...
Sound Energy Gains Further Shares In Onshore Morocco Licence
Energy Voice by Niamh Forrest Sound Energy said it has acquired a further 50% operating interest in three onshore gas permits in Morocco. The company has reached heads of agreement with PetroMaroc after previously announcing an initial 25% interest in the Sidi Moktar...
Strong 6.1 Quake Hits Mediterranean Between Morocco And Spain
Yahoo News A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck early Monday in the Mediterranean between Morocco and Spain, the US Geological Survey said. The shallow quake hit at 4:22 am (0422 GMT) 62 kilometres (39 miles) north of the Moroccan city of Al Hoceima and 164...