|
We are looking for sales & marketing representatives in different countries. Apply now!
Security Council extends MINURSO mandate until next December
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted on Friday a resolution, extending the mandate of the U.N. mission for the referendum in the Sahara (MINURSO) until next December 17.
Morocco-West Sahara-UN, Politics, 10/31/1998
Morocco voices will to consolidate cooperation with China
Morocco expressed firm determination to consolidate cooperation and partnership ties with China.
Morocco-China, Politics, 10/31/1998
Morocco and India convene to avoid double taxation
Morocco and India concluded on Friday in Rabat an accord whereby Rabat and New Delhi will avoid double taxation and prevent tax evasion.
Morocco-India, Economics, 10/31/1998
Morocco to construct $109 million tunnel across Atlas Mountains
Morocco, Economics, 10/31/1998
Moroccan fisheries minister in Lisbon
Morocco's minister in charge of sea fisheries, Thami Khyari, started on Friday a two-day visit to Portugal for talks with Portuguese officials on means of expanding bilateral fishery cooperation.
Morocco-Portugal, Economics, 10/31/1998
Moroccan Student Killed in Russia
Morocco-Russia, Local, 10/31/1998
Morocco refuses to receive Israeli premier, Arab daily says
Morocco has refused to receive Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the conclusion last week of the interim peace accords between Israelis and Palestinians, the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat daily reported.
Morocco-Israel, Politics, 10/30/1998
Speaker of Moroccan Parliament meets delegation from Spanish defense studies school
Speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives (lower house), Abdelouahed Radi, conferred Thursday in Rabat with a delegation from the Spanish High school for defense studies.
Morocco-Spain, Politics, 10/30/1998
Sustained job-generating growth tops government economic objectives
The Moroccan government said its major objective targets high and sustained economic growth to generate jobs.
Morocco, Economics, 10/30/1998
Morocco says it relies on itself to develop northern areas
Morocco said on Thursday it relies above all on its own means to develop its northern provinces, notoriously reputed as being cannabis-growing areas.
Morocco, Politics, 10/30/1998
Morocco and China to commemorate 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties
Morocco and China will commemorate on November 1 the 40th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic ties.
Morocco-China, Politics, 10/30/1998
World Bank to finance rehabilitation of Morocco's historic Fez Medina
The World Bank on Thursday approved two loans worth $14 million to help conserve and rehabilitate Morocco's ancient walled city of Fez-Medina, particularly the historic housing sections and the surrounding environs.
Morocco, Economics, 10/30/1998
Moroccan government ratifies agreements between Cairo and Ribat
Morocco-Egypt, Politics, 10/30/1998
Government ready to settle Islamist leader's arrest case
The Moroccan government said it was ready to settle the case of Abdeslam Yassine, the leader of the Islamist Al-Adl Wa Al-Ihssane association (Justice and Welfare), under house arrest since 1989.
Morocco, Politics, 10/29/1998
Annan receives Moroccan foreign and interior ministers
Morocco ministers of foreign affairs and of the interior, respectively Abdellatif Filali and Driss Basri, were received Monday in New york by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Morocco-West Sahara-UN, Politics, 10/29/1998
Morocco's large projects attractive to Siemens
The German Siemens information systems group expressed "keen interest" in some large projects in Morocco.
Morocco-Germany, Business, 10/29/1998
U.S. highlights Morocco's role in Mideast peace, urges economic talks with Israel
Morocco played a vanguard role in the Middle-East peace process and King Hassan II was very committed and remains attached to this process, Martin Indyk said at a press briefing with Mideastern and North African reporters on the Wye Plantation peace accords concluded last week between Palestinians and Israelis.
Morocco-USA, Politics, 10/29/1998
Nine Spaniards jailed in Morocco will serve remaining prison terms in Spain
Morocco-Spain, Politics, 10/29/1998
Four Dutch Arrested In Morocco with 221 Kg of Cannabis
Morocco, Judicial, 10/29/1998
Morocco trains Palestinians in handicraft and water management
A group of Palestinians is currently attending a training course in matters of pottery and handicraft know-how.
Morocco-Palestine, Economics, 10/29/1998
Morocco holds first Arab song festival
Regional-Morocco, Culture, 10/29/1998
Campaign to fight violence against women next November
Morocco, Culture, 10/29/1998
Moroccan premier meets Finnish secretary of state
Morocco-Finland, Politics, 10/29/1998
Hyundai assesses possibility of installing in Morocco
The giant South Korean Hyundai group is prospecting the possibility of installing in Morocco and benefiting from the country's growth and business potentials.
Morocco-South Korea, Business, 10/29/1998
U.N. chief proposes postponing Sahara referendum until December 1999
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan proposed postponement of the self-determination referendum in the Sahara until December 1999 in view of problems still hindering voter identification.
Morocco-West Sahara, Politics, 10/28/1998
Disputes between security forces and unemployed graduates result in many injured
Meanwhile human rights organizations, opposition parties and the journalists union condemned in separate statements the severity and brutality of the Moroccan security men in settling the demonstration, the first of its sort since Prime Minister Abderrahim Youssoufi was appointed.
Morocco, Local, 10/28/1998
Morocco received no official response on reconciliation with Algeria
The Moroccan government has so far received no official response from Algeria regarding the re-opening of the land borders, closed four years ago, the government spokesman, Khalid Alioua, said.
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 10/28/1998
Morocco will not renew fishing accord with EU
Morocco will not renew the fishing accord concluded in 1996 with the European Union, the Moroccan fisheries minister told Tuesday here the Chamber of Advisors (upper house of the Parliament).
Morocco, Economics, 10/28/1998
Moroccan tourism up 10.6 percent as the French watched soccer
The number of foreign tourists having visited Morocco during the first nine months of 1998 stood at 1,563,277, a 10.6 percent increase compared to the same period in 1997, said a document released by the Moroccan Ministry of Tourism.
Morocco, Economics, 10/27/1998
UN chief calls for identifying all would-be voters meeting identification criteria
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for the identification, as voters in the projected self-determination referendum in the Sahara, all applicants meeting at least one of the five identification criteria already agreed upon by Morocco and the Polisario.
Morocco-West Sahara, Politics, 10/27/1998
Speaker of Moroccan Parliament to co-chair first Euro-Mediterranean forum
For the first time, Libya is represented in a Euro-Mediterranean conference while Lebanon and Syria are absent
Regional-Morocco-European Union, Politics, 10/27/1998
Morocco counts 1.8 million hectares of oak forests
Aware of the importance of forests in Morocco's economy, flora and fauna, the responsible Moroccan authorities decided recently to reforest 500,000 hectares over the next ten years to counter the alarming deforestation caused by fires and over-exploitation.
Morocco, Environment, 10/27/1998
Morocco orders two frigates to French shipyard
Morocco struck a deal with the French holding "Alstom" for the construction of two frigates that will patrol the Moroccan fishing areas.
Morocco-France, Military, 10/27/1998
Prime minister confers with Saudi minister of higher education
Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 10/27/1998
Moroccan association calls for end to Iraqi people's sufferings
The Moroccan National Committee of Support to the Iraqi People, a non-governmental organization, called on the international community to work for an end to the sufferings of the Iraqi people and to "behaviors that violate legality and basic principles of international law."
Morocco-Iraq, Politics, 10/27/1998
IFC Invests $14.4 Million in Moroccan Textile Company
The International Finance Corporation announced on Monday plans to invest $14.4 million in a Moroccan textile enterprise, Settavex.
Morocco, Business, 10/27/1998
President Clinton contacts Arab leaders over Palestinian-Israeli accord
King Hassan II was among the Arab leaders that U.S. President Bill Clinton informed on the contents of the Palestinian-Israel interim peace accord, concluded last week at the White House.
Morocco-Morocco, Politics, 10/27/1998
Moroccan court sentences gang chief to capital punishment
A Moroccan court last weekend sentenced one of the chiefs of a notorious gang that was very active in the Atlas mountain region to capital punishment.
Morocco, Judicial, 10/26/1998
Police disperse employment demonstration in Rabat
The police dispersed this Monday a demonstration in Rabat of unemployed young college graduates who came from all over Morocco askong for a job.
Morocco, Local, 10/26/1998
Moroccan documentary on ancient pulpit rehabilitation prized in France
The film traces the history of the 12th century Koutoubia Minbar, a masterpiece of the Arab-Andalucian civilization
Morocco, Culture, 10/26/1998
UN Secretary General expected in Morocco shortly, UN official says
Secretary general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, is expected shortly in Morocco as part of a tour of North Africa, said UN assistant secretary-general for peacekeeping operations, Bernard Miyet.
Morocco-West Sahara-UN, Politics, 10/26/1998
Arafat praises King Hassan's role in Mideast peace process
Arafat, who paid a short visit to Morocco over the weekend, said in a departure statement that he came to Rabat to inform King Hassan II of the outcome of the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations at the Wye Plantation in the United States.
Palestine-Morocco, Politics, 10/26/1998
Swedish golfer wins women's Marrakesh open
Morocco, Sports, 10/26/1998
Last Week's Articles
|
Advertise on ArabicNews.com. MyFlowers.com sold more than $2700 of flowers in one month advertising on ArabicNews.com! Make your company, and products a success. Special rate for new and small business. Inquire!Advertising Info
|
