Spain: Green Bean Prices Could Soar After End Of Morocco Agreement
Fresh Plaza This week, green bean prices have increased again in the province of Almeria. The cost of this residual crop (in terms of volume) in week 49 has reached 1.52 €/kg on average in the case of the flat variety, while the price of round green beans has...
EU To Appeal Court Ruling On Trade Agreement And Strengthen Cooperation
EU Neighbourhood Info Centre EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said the EU would appeal the European Court of Justice's ruling of 10 December annulling the EU-Morocco Trade Agreement. “Our international commitments will be respected” said Mogherini at the...
‘La Marche Verte’ (‘Al Massira’): Marrakech Review
Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore An entertainingly light, heavily slanted historical drama. 350,000 marchers assert Morocco's ownership of the Western Sahara. Buy a guidebook to Morocco, and you'll see the southern chunk of the country's map shaded as a separate...
EU Challenges European Court On Trade Deal With Morocco
The North Africa Post The European Union has decided to appeal the European ruling on EU-Morocco trade agreement as the North African country warned the decision could damage bilateral ties. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the EU will challenge the...
Cyberprivacy : Europe Approves Tough New Data Protection Rules
NYT Stephen Lam/Reuters by Mark Scott European officials approved long-awaited data protection regulations on Tuesday, the latest effort in the region to give people a greater say over how their digital information is collected and managed. The changes, expected to go...
$834b Cost Of ‘Arab Spring’, Forum Told
Gulf News Dubai: A hard-talk type forum opened in Dubai on Tuesday to shed light on the burning issues arising from the post-Arab Spring convulsions as the Western world moves towards right-wing extremism amidst an economic slowdown. His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin...
Libya Factions In 2 Rival Negotiations On Unity Government
ABC NEWS by Rami Musa and Maram Mazen, AP The signing of a U.N.-sponsored deal aiming to end Libya's conflict by forming a unity government has been delayed by a day to Thursday, said Libyan members from the country's two rival parliaments. Hamid al-Bandag, a member...
Now Is The Time: CSR, Women And The Progress That Can Defeat Extremists
Devex Impact Woman Empowerment By Sofia Hilali Recent news from the Middle East and North Africa is rife with terror and devastation. From Aleppo to Tunis, we are all bystanders to unprecedented violence, wondering what — if anything — can be done to change the...
Libya: UN-Backed Political Deal To Be Inked In Morocco
Mediafrica Times by Emmanuel Agbenonwossi Rival Libyan groups will sign a UN-backed political agreement on Dec 16th in Moroccan Atlantic Coastal city of Skhirat, in outskirts of Rabat. The deal includes the formation of a National Unity Government. Libya has two rival...
Morocco Approves 20% Cash Rebate For Foreign Shoots
Variety by Martin Dale Photo by Paul Cooper/REX Shutterstock (453047b) New measure expected to more than double filming in kingdom Less than a week after the 15th Marrakech Film Festival, Morocco’s parliament has approved a new 2016 Finance Law that includes a new 20%...