Arabic News Weekly Edition for Morocco, 5/11/1998
Weekly Edition, Morocco - Week of May 11, 1998
- Moroccan government postpones presentation of new budget
In press statementas the spokesman of the Moroccan government, Khaled Eliwa, confirmed today that the government postponed the presentation of the new budget project (98-99), to the parliament, due to financial and legal problems. Morocco, Politics, 5/16/1998 - Moroccan King denounces Israeli violation of Middle East peace
King Hassan II of Morocco has asserted that Israel's denunciation of U.N. resolutions 342, 338 and the Madrid conference is no longer acceptable, adding that the International community has to take necessary measures to salvage the peace process on the grounds of the land for peace formula. Morocco-Israel-Portugal, Politics, 5/16/1998 - Fatchett - Morocco - Tunisia Morocco-Tunisia-UK, Politics, 5/16/1998
- Algerian foreign ministry dismisses Moroccan accusations of obstructing desert referendum
The spokesman of the Algerian Foreign Ministry, Savea' Abdul Aziz, said yesterday that Algeria denies Moroccan accusations that the Algerian press is seeking to obstruct the Western Sahara self-rule referendum. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 5/14/1998 - King Hassan will visit Cairo at the end of the current month Egypt-Morocco, Politics, 5/13/1998
- Moroccan privatization program takes in $2 billion
So far the Moroccan privatization program has taken in more than $2 billion, including the profits from selling the state's shares in 52 of 114 companies that are taking part in the privatization program. Morocco, Business, 5/11/1998