King Mohammed VI Sends Senior Negotiator to Relaunch Israel-Palestine Peace...
By Jonathan Walsh Rabat - King Mohammed VI has sent a senior Moroccan Jewish negotiator to Israel, with the intention that he mediate preliminary discussions between Israeli and Palestinian leaders,...
View ArticleDutch Senate Votes to Terminate Social Security Benefits Treaty with Morocco
By Zainab Calcuttawala Rabat - The Dutch senate voted on Tuesday in favor of a bill that will unilaterally terminate a 1972 treaty that allowed Moroccans with a Dutch citizenship to collect social...
View ArticleEU Expresses Support to the Moroccan Presidency of COP22
Brussels - The European Union expressed on Monday its support to the Moroccan presidency of the United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change (COP22) to be held on November in Marrakech. The...
View Article8 Killed, 30 Injured in Road Accident Northeastern Morocco
Nador - Eight people were killed and 30 others were injured, including two seriously, when intercity bus and a van collided Wednesday morning near the Northeastern city of Nador, local authorities...
View ArticleMorocco Ranks 150 in Providing Children Access to Justice
By Zainab Calcuttawala Rabat - Morocco ranks 150 out of 197 countries in providing children access to the judicial system according to a ranking published by the Child Rights International Network...
View ArticleMan Seriously Injured Following Landmine Explosion in Southern Morocco
Laayoune – A young man was seriously wounded and four of his companions were slightly injured after kicking a landmine on Tuesday evening in the southern city of Laayoune, local authorities said....
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Extends Condolences to Families of Victims of Nador Road...
Rabat - King Mohammed VI has sent condolence messages to the families of the victims of the road accident that took place on Wednesday morning near the Northeastern city of Nador. The King also...
View ArticleNew Project to Develop Moroccan-Made Solar-Powered Water Heaters
Fez - Two weeks after King Mohammed VI launched the first phase of the world’s largest solar power complex in Ouarzazate, a new milestone has been reached this week in Fez with the launching of a...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Holds Talks with French President in Paris
Paris - King Mohammed VI held, Wednesday at the Elysee Palace in Paris, talks with French president François Hollande, expanded later to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Environment of both...
View ArticleMoroccan Man Arrested For Involvement in New Year’s Eve Sexual Assault in...
By Zainab Calcuttawala Rabat - A Moroccan man was arrested this week for his involvement in the mass sexual assaults against women during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Cologne after one of his...
View ArticleMorocco Denies Allegations on Its ‘Mediation’ to Resume Palestinian-Israeli...
Rabat - Moroccan authorities denied the allegations widely reported by Israeli media in recent days that King Mohammed VI had allegedly dispatched a Moroccan Jewish negotiator to Israel with the...
View ArticleMoroccan Minister Holds Talks with US State Under Secretary for Political...
Rabat - Delegate Minister to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Mbarka Bouaida held, here Wednesday, talks with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Thomas Shannon. This...
View ArticleMorocco Dismantles 10-member ISIS Affiliated Terror Cell
By Zainab Calcuttawala Rabat - Moroccan security forces dismantled a 10-member, ISIS-affiliated terror cell active in the cities of Essaouira, Meknes, and Sidi Kasem on Thursday. According to a press...
View ArticleMoroccan Official Holds Talks with NATO Deputy Secretary General
Rabat - Upon high instructions of King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), Delegate Minister in charge of National Defense Administration...
View ArticleGermany Stops Flow of Moroccan Asylum-seekers
By Zainab Calcuttawala Rabat - Moroccan asylum seekers will not be welcomed in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany’s largest province by population, according to a statement by the German Office of...
View ArticleEuro-Mediterranean University of Fez to Open Institute of Political Science
Paris – According to the minister of higher education, scientific research and executives training, Lahcen Daoudi, the Euro-Mediterranean Institute for Political Science will open in Fez next...
View ArticleCasablanca Four Season Hotel Wasn’t Granted Alcohol License For Being Near a...
By Zainab Calcuttawala Rabat - Three weeks since the official inauguration of the Four Seasons Hotel Casablanca, its management team is still trying to obtain a liquor license from Moroccan...
View ArticleMorocco Announces New Program to Vaccine all Poultry After First Avian Flu Case
Rabat - Moroccan officials announced a new program that will preventatively vaccinate all poultry against the Avian flu (H9N2) after the emergence of the country’s first case of the virus on...
View ArticleFrench TV Channel France 2 Says Ouarzazate Solar Plant Is “Morocco’s Pride”
Zainab Calcuttawala Rabat - France2, a French national television channel, dedicated on Thursday a report to Morocco’s Noor solar complex, which was inaugurated by King Mohammed VI in early February....
View ArticleStrategic Dialogue Promotes Dynamic Relations Between Washington and Rabat: FM
Washington - The strategic dialogue between the United States and Morocco provides a framework that enables both countries promote partnerships so that relations between Washington and Rabat remain...
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