Arabic News Weekly Edition for Morocco, 1/12/1998
Weekly Edition, Morocco - Week of January 12, 1998
- Substantial reforms yeild better results for Moroccan economy
During 1997, Morocco more than doubled the direct foreign investment in its economy to $1.5 billion over 1996. Morocco, Economics, 1/16/1998 - Galal el-Said elected chairman of Moroccan parliament's second chamber
Dr. Mohammed Galal El-Said, the previous parliament's chairman and a prominent member in the Constitutional Union party, was elected as the speaker of the second chamber of the Moroccan parliament. Morocco, Politics, 1/15/1998 - Muhammad Ali in Rabat Morocco, People, 1/15/1998
- Morocco and Egypt to set up free trade zone, joint holding company
The head of the Department of the Egyptian-Moroccan Society stated that during its last meeting, the society discussed setting up a holding company in the countries' private sectors. Morocco-Egypt, Economics, 1/13/1998 - Spain restores the tombs of its soldiers in Morocco
Spanish sources said that the Madrid government allocated millions of pesos for the restoration of the tombs of Spanish soldiers in a number of northern cities in Morocco. Morocco, History, 1/12/1998