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French state secretary of SME visits morocco next week
Morocco-France, Economics, 4/7/2001

Justice reform: minister announces renovated communication policy
An official from the department further explained that the new communication policy aims to promote popular awareness on the citizens' rights and duties, bring the administration closer to citizens
Morocco, Judicial, 4/7/2001

Jeddah Hosts Moroccan Gastronomy festival
Saudi Arabia-Morocco, Local, 4/7/2001

Middle Atlas museum to be set up in Azrou
Morocco, Local, 4/7/2001

Morocco regrets European commissioner's charges of Morocco's inflexibility in fishery negotiations
Morocco's maritime fishery minister, Said Chbaatou, on Friday regretted statements made by EU commissioner for fishery and agriculture, Franz Fishler, accusing Morocco of inflexibility in negotiations for a new fishery agreement.
Morocco-European Union, Economics, 4/7/2001

Morocco's ambassador in Lisbon denounces Polisario's war and violence logic
Morocco's ambassador in Lisbon, Salaheddine Tazi, denounced in a column published Friday in a local mass-circulation daily the war and violence dynamic developed by the Polisario.
Morocco, Politics, 4/7/2001

Archeologists unearth children skeletons dating back to 13,000 BC
A Moroccan-German archeology team has unearthed in the region of Nador (northeastern Morocco) three children skeletons dating back to 13,000 years BC.
Morocco, Science, 4/7/2001

Moroccan athlete 4th time winner of Sand Marathon
Moroccan athlete, Lahcen Ahansal, won on Friday for the 4th time the sand marathon and broke, therefore, the record of three victories he was sharing with Russia's Derksen.
Morocco, Sports, 4/7/2001

Moroccan-Saudi labor commission set up
Morocco and Saudi Arabia convened to set up a technical commission that will deal with cooperation in the field of labor.
Saudi Arabia-Morocco, Economics, 4/6/2001

Morocco, Iraq sign $ 150 million-worth of exports contracts
Morocco and Iraq, which convened last week in Baghdad the 9th session of their joint commission, have signed $ 150 million-worth of exports contracts, said Morocco's trade, industry, energy and mining minister, Mustapha Mansouri.
Morocco-Iraq, Economics, 4/6/2001

ADB approves $ 100 million loan to finance development of communication infrastructure in Morocco
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (ADB) approved on Wednesday a loan of $ 100 million to finance the Information Infrastructure Sector Development Program (IISDP) in Morocco.
Morocco, Economics, 4/6/2001

Some $ 12.63 million collected during third solidarity campaign, audit firm confirms
The national solidarity campaigns have been regularly staged every year since 1998 to collect funds and other donations to support poorest layers of the Moroccan population.
Morocco, Culture, 4/6/2001

Electronic sector in Morocco counts about 20 enterprises, $ 89.8 million in sales
The electronic sector in Morocco is represented by some 20 enterprises employing 5,192 persons and yielding a turnover of 988 million DH ($ 89.8 million).
Morocco, Economics, 4/6/2001

Dams filled to 59% of capacity
Morocco, Economics, 4/6/2001

Morocco-EU fishery negotiations: standpoints are still diverging, Fischler
European commissioner for agriculture and fisheries, Franz Fischler, conceded in Brussels Thursday in a statement before the European Parliament that the two sides' standpoints are still "very diverging," mainly over financial compensation.
Morocco-European Union, Economics, 4/6/2001

Syrian president pays official visit to Morocco next week
Morocco-Syria, Politics, 4/5/2001

King Mohammed issues instructions to promote situation of sahara populations
Morocco's King Mohammed VI gave on Wednesday instructions to the Royal Commission in charge of following up Sahara Affairs to look into means to promote the situation of Sahara populations, said the royal palace spokesman, Hassan Aourid.
Morocco, Politics, 4/5/2001

Morocco and Myanmar agreed to foster coordination at international organizations
Morocco-Myanmar, Politics, 4/5/2001

US congress delegation visits Morocco
A US congress delegation, comprising 12 members, will visit Morocco this April 7-14 at the initiative of the American committee to support the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA).
Morocco-USA, Culture, 4/5/2001

Chinese officials from control council in Morocco
Morocco-China, Economics, 4/5/2001

Prime minister calls social development agency to focus action in rural world
The Prime Minister who was addressing the agency's governing board said the rural world suffers from lack of basic facilities of education, health, drinking water, electricity, and roads. He called the agency to back micro-projects to secure a minimum income to rural populations and consequently improve their purchasing power and their living standards.
Morocco, Politics, 4/5/2001

Mohammed V solidarity foundation: audit on Ramadan operation
The international audit firm KPMG has audited the financial balance of the solidarity operation conducted by the Mohammed V Solidarity Foundation during the month of Ramadan 1421, a statement by the foundation governing board said.
Morocco, Culture, 4/5/2001

Party expels three leaders, including minister
The National Popular Movement (MNP/center right) announced the expulsion of three of its leading members, including Ahmed EL Moussaoui, youth and sports minister.
Morocco, Politics, 4/5/2001

Flowers exports earned Morocco $ 7.2 million in 2000
Morocco exported 2,132 tons of flowers and flower buds in 2000 for a value of 79.31 million DH ($ 7.2 million), says the Moroccan exchange office.
Morocco, Economics, 4/5/2001

Moroccan parliamentary delegation attends IPU conference in cuba
Laensar urged the IPU to make further efforts to enlarge the scope of democracy and promote democratic principles.
Morocco, Politics, 4/5/2001

Iraq and Morocco sign package of agreements
Iraq and Morocco signed on Tuesday a package of agreements covering cooperation in the economic, trade, cultural, media and scientific realms.
Iraq-Morocco, Economics, 4/4/2001

Spanish secretary of state for foreign affairs in Morocco
Visiting Spanish secretary of state for foreign affairs, Miguel Nadal Segala, held a meeting Tuesday in Rabat with Moroccan secretary of state for foreign affairs and cooperation, Taieb Fassi Fihri, on bilateral cooperation in the economic, financial and cultural realms.
Morocco-Spain, Politics, 4/4/2001

New ambassador of Algeria hands copies of credentials to Moroccan FM
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 4/4/2001

King Mohammed dedicates electronic components assembly plant
Morocco's King Mohammed VI dedicated on Tuesday afternoon a ST Microelectronics' new assembly and test plant at Bouskoura, near Casablanca.
Morocco, Business, 4/4/2001

Moroccan official calls for more efforts to promote Arab women situation
Morocco called the general congress of Arab women labor commission, stemming from the Arab Labor Organization, to step up efforts to promote the situation of Arab women and enable them play their part in the new world order.
Morocco-Regional, Culture, 4/4/2001

Spanish group associated in tourism project in Morocco
Morocco-Spain, Business, 4/4/2001

Iraq, Morocco probe cooperation in oil
Iraq and Morocco probed in Baghdad on Monday means to develop bilateral cooperation in oil.
Iraq-Morocco, Economics, 4/3/2001

Saudi fund contributes to low-cost housing projects in Morocco
The Saudi Development Fund has extended Morocco a 45 million Saudi Rials loan (about 125 Million Dirhams or 11.36 million dollars) destined to co-finance low-cost housing projects.
Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 4/3/2001

International telecoms exhibition opens in Casablanca
An international telecoms exhibition opened this Tuesday in Casablanca displaying latest innovations in information systems and networks.
Morocco-Regional, Business, 4/3/2001

Canadian agency assists Moroccan rural women associations
The Canadian Agency For International Development has handed out equipment to seven associations in the region of the southern Atlantic city of Agadir dealing with the promotion of women in the rural world.
Morocco-Canada, Economics, 4/3/2001

Moroccan companies in Tripoli's international fair
Several Moroccan companies are taking part in the 30th international fair of Tripoli, Libya, this April 2-12.
Libya-Morocco, Economics, 4/3/2001

USFP allocates 20 percent quota to women in the party's leading bodies
The document added that the coming phase must start a new institutional, political and partisan frame on the basis of several reforms which must cover the functioning of the legislative body to overcome the slowness of the two chambers' action, enlarge the prerogatives of the parliament through the setting up of a permanent commission that will monitor public institutions, and the consolidation of the Prime Minister's power and responsibility.
Morocco, Politics, 4/2/2001

Moroccan human rights association insists fighting impunity is business of all
The Moroccan Human Rights Association (AMDH), which held its 6th congress from March 30 through April 1, insisted in its final statement impunity is the business of all democratic forces if a genuine democracy and rule of the law is to be established in Morocco.
Morocco, Culture, 4/2/2001

Morocco, Iraq hold 9th session of joint commission
Baghdad is also hosting an exhibition of made-in-Morocco food, pharmaceutical, electronic and mechanic products with the participation of 120 Moroccan companies.
Morocco-Iraq, Politics, 4/2/2001

Moroccan FM leaves Dubai, starts visit to Kuwait
Morocco's minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, started on Sunday a visit to Kuwait, after a two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates.
United Arab Emirates-Morocco, Politics, 4/2/2001

Saudi tour operators visit Morocco
A group of Saudi tour operators visited at the end of last month several Moroccan cities to explore means to upgrade Moroccan-Saudi cooperation in tourism.
Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 4/2/2001


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