The European Parliament, the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union, adopted on Tuesday in Strasbourg by a large majority (511 votes), the Euro-Mediterranean aviation agreement with Morocco. According to EC Europa, this agreement «constitutes the very first stage in the strengthening of air relations between the Community and the neighboring countries of the European Union in the context of the Commission communication 'Developing the agenda for the Community's
The Security Council has postponed Tuesday's meeting devoted to the Western Sahara conflict, initially scheduled today, to a later day. The meeting is probably postponed as the personal envoy of the UN Secretary-General is still touring the region. Last night, Horst Köhler was in Algeria where he met the Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. After visiting Morocco, the Tindouf camps and Algeria, the former German president is expected to visit Mauritania to complete his first trip to
Une vingtaine de jeunes porteurs de projets d'innovation sociale en Afrique du Nord et au Moyen-Orient, dont quatre Marocains, participeront, à partir du 4 novembre prochain à Paris, au programme SafirLab, un incubateur de projets qui se propose de soutenir des initiatives de développement dans le monde arabe. Ce programme, initié par l'Institut français et l'Agence française de coopération des médias (CFI), vise à créer un
Le Parlement européen a adopté, mardi à Strasbourg à une large majorité (511 voix), l'accord euro-méditerranéen relatif aux services aériens avec le Maroc. Ce texte, qui consiste en une décision du Conseil de l'Union européenne (UE) portant sur la conclusion au nom de l’UE, de l'accord euro-méditerranéen relatif aux services aériens entre la Communauté européenne et ses États
The trial of Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of the 13th November Paris attacks, will take place between the 18th and 22nd of December in Brussels. The French-Moroccan detainee «might be transported by a helicopter daily» to attend his trial, as reported by L’Express. The daily hearings will be about Salah Abdeslam’s appearance in Forest following the shooting that took place on the 15th of March 2016, three days before his arrest. On the other hand, the Prisons
Geert Wilders’ appeal against a previous verdict pronounced against him for discriminating Moroccans will take place on Tuesday in the high security court at Schiphol, Netherlands, reports NLTimes. The Dutch politician and the current leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV), who was convicted of hate speech and wasn't given a punishement appealed alongside the Public Prosecutor. «The court booked two days this week for the start of this appeal», states the same source adding
Le Roi Mohammed VI a procédé, lundi au niveau de l’avenue Hassan II, au quartier Bettana à Salé, au lancement du projet d’extension de la ligne 2 du tramway de Rabat-Salé, portant sur une longueur de 7 kilomètres et mobilisant des investissements de l’ordre de 1,7 milliard de dirhams. Ce projet s’inscrit en droite ligne des objectifs du programme intégré de développement de la ville de Rabat 2014-2018,
Abdelkader Messahel’s recent accusations against Morocco were at the heart of the oral session at the House of Representatives on Monday. Presidents of parliamentary groups and MPs took turns condemning the latest statement of the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs. MP Omar Balafrej, from the Federation of the Democratic Left, commented on the Algeria Minister’s statement indicating that «responding to the irresponsible accusations of the Algerian minister tends to give him
L'économie marocaine est dans une «position de force» pour engager la réforme de la flexibilité du dirham «en douceur», a souligné le chef de la mission du Fonds monétaire international (FMI) au Maroc, Nicolas Blancher. «Contrairement à beaucoup de pays émergents dans l'histoire économique récente, le Maroc n'est pas amené à effectuer cette réforme sous la pression», a fait
On the 17th, 21st and 23rd of October, the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) arrested six individuals in Rabat, Beni Mellal and Douar Ouled Saad Draa in Moulay Abdellah commune (El Jadida), for having links with the terrorist cell dismantled on October the 14th, said the Ministry of Interior in statement issued on Monday. The Ministry recalls in a same statement that the dismantling of this cell allowed, on the 14th of October, the arrest of 11 people. Chemical liquids and