CASABLANCA—For almost a year, diplomats, experts and journalists have been telling investors not to worry about the new Islamist governments emerging in the wake of the Arab Spring. They are wrong.
Relatives and friends of the 17 people killed in a Marrakech cafe bombing a year ago on Saturday marked the first anniversary of their death by releasing a dove in memory of each of them. ....
Adventurer Bertrand Piccard told The Associated Press on Friday that the 2,500-kilometer trip from Switzerland to Morocco will take two days and see stopovers in Madrid and Rabat.
Morocco has become one of the leaders of the African film production, said Michel Ouedraogo, General delegate of the 22nd Pan-African Film and Television Festival (FESPACO) slated on February 26 to March 5 in Ouagadougou.
Morocco is a country shaded with a variety of colors yet cloaked with the blanket of mystery. It is this charm, the fact that that tourists desire to know more and more about Morocco is what makes this country so attractive. ...
Just getting there can be an adventure in itself. The city is still home to artisans who practice their art in the old ways, and can be found at every twist and turn in the ancient medina.
The Moroccan bleach market grew 4% between 2009 and 2010, reach Dh263 million in 2010. Rising income levels in Morocco have fuelled growth in the market, while the current value unit price remained steady in 2010
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The head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Magrama), Miguel Arias Cañete, says the negotiations that were resumed last week by the Commissioner of Fisheries of the European Union (EU), Maria Damanaki, and the Government of Morocco to subscribe a new fisheries agreement are steadily being developed and without “great difficulties.”
The Spanish minister expressed his hope that the agreement will be closed before the end of June 2012.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) on Thursday loaned Morocco’s phosphate producer, office chérifien des phosphates (OCP), 200 million euros without demanding guarantees from the state.
The loan agreement was signed in Paris by the OCP’s CEO Mustapha Terrab and first Vice President of the EIB Philippe de Fontaine Vive, who expressed confidence in the OCP.
The European Commission welcomes the positive vote of the European Parliament on the Agricultural agreement with Morocco. Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Dacian Cioloș, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Commission Vice President Catherine Ashton expressed their satisfaction with the approval of this Agreement during the plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday.
