Moroccan Minister Lashes out at Teachers Who Give Costly Private Classes
Marrakech - Commenting on the growing trend of public education teachers offering costly private lessons, Minister of Education, Rachid Belmokhtar, said Tuesday before the House of Representatives that...
View ArticleCarlo Ancelotti Greets Real Madrid’s Moroccan Fans
Marrakech - Real Madrid’s Italian coach, Carlo Ancelotti, greeted Moroccan fans who supported Spain’s royal team during its semi-final match against Cruz Azul of Mexico, in the Club World Cup that is...
View ArticleMorocco Hosts Seventh International Forum on Political Dialogue
Marrakech - The Seventh International Forum on political dialogue was held in Rabat on December 16th - 17th. The forum’s themes this year was, "Teachers in international education beyond 2015:...
View ArticleAlgerian citizen calls on King Mohammed VI to Grant Him Political Asylum
Rabat - An Algerian citizen identified as Lahcen Laajaj said that it is “impossible for him to continue living in Algeria,” which he described as a “living hell” after being harassed by the police. In...
View ArticleMoroccan Women Residing Abroad: Prospects of Legal Protection under the...
Rabat - On the occasion of the 10 years of the reformed Moroccan family code, KVINFO, the Danish Centre for Research and Information on Gender, Equality and Diversity, in cooperation with ARPA...
View ArticleMorocco Received 8.11 Million Tourists in Jan-Sep 2014
Rabat - Morocco welcomed 8.11 million tourists in the first nine months of 2014, a gain of 4 percent compared to the same period in 2013, Managing Director of the Moroccan National Tourist Office...
View ArticleFinnish Think Tank: Morocco, Bridge between Europe & Africa
Helsinki - The economic strategy adopted by Morocco in recent years has consolidated its position as a bridge between Europe and Western and Central Africa, "Finland Team" think tank said. "The...
View ArticleDutch Far-Right Politician to Be Prosecuted for Inciting Hatred against...
Amsterdam - Dutch far-right politician and leader of (PVV) party, Geert Wilders, will be prosecuted on charges of incitement "to discrimination and hatred," following his racist comments last March...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Angered by Rabat’s Stadium Scandal
Rabat - King Mohammed VI ordered General Hosni Benslimane to supervise the ongoing investigation that will enquire about all the stages of the Complex Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah's renovation and...
View ArticleUS Aid For Southern Provinces Has Clear Bipartisan Support At Congress: Expert
Washington - The unequivocal strengthening of US aid for development in the southern provinces also known as “Western Sahara,” as provided for in the 2015 appropriation bill which was promulgated...
View ArticlePM Party Threatens to Withdraw from Government if Sports Minister is Dismissed
Rabat - Several days after the scandal sparked by the conditions of the pitch of Rabat’s stadium during the quarter-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup, which were held last Saturday in Rabat, the...
View ArticleGovernment Council Adopts Draft Strategy on Migration & Asylum
Rabat - The Government Council adopted, Thursday, the draft strategy on migration and asylum. This draft was adopted following a presentation by the Minister in charge of Moroccans expatriates and...
View ArticleForeign Trade: Japan’s JETRO Opens Its First Maghreb Office in Rabat
Rabat - The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) opened, Thursday, its Rabat office, the first in the Maghreb and the 6th in Africa after Johannesburg, Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi and Abidjan. The...
View ArticleRoyal Air Maroc Wins National EGovernment Award
Rabat - Morocco's national airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) won, here Thursday, the E-mtiaz Award in the "Website" category of the National Award for Electronic administration "e-mtiaz 2014". Distance...
View ArticleISESCO: Arabs Should Promote Arabic Language in their Education Systems
Marrakech - On World Arabic Language Day on December 18th, the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) called on the Islamic world to reinstate Arabic language and delegate...
View ArticleMorocco: Russian Ambassador Speaks Fluent Arabic, Official Asks Him to Use...
Rabat- Russia’s Ambassador to Morocco, Valery Vorobiev, enthralled his audience during an official event on Thursday by presenting his speech in “fluent Arabic” until a Moroccan official asked that he...
View ArticleBelgium, willing to invest in Morocco’s maritime infrastructure- Ambassador
Rabat - Belgian Ambassador to Rabat Frank Carruet expressed, on Thursday, that his country is willing to further invest in Morocco’s maritime and ports infrastructure projects. "Belgian companies...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Prevents Minister of Sports from Attending Club World Cup Final
Rabat- Following the controversy sparked by the deplorable condition of the pitch of Rabat stadium last Saturday on the occasion of the quarter-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup, King Mohammed VI...
View ArticleNine Migrants Die Off Tangier’s Coast
Rabat - Nine migrants died, including 3 babies, when their inflatable boat sank off the northern coats of Tangier and Fnideq, local authorities said. Twenty-one other migrants, who were onboard the...
View ArticleRabat Hosts the First JCI Debating Cup
Rabat - La Jeune Chambre Internationale (JCI), or International Youth Chamber, of Rabat will host the first “Rabat JCI Debating Cup” on December 21, 2014 at the Center of Training and Expertise for...
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