Arabic News Weekly Edition for Morocco, 6/22/1998
Weekly Edition, Morocco - Week of June 22, 1998
- King Hassan receives Moroccan soccer team
King Hassan II received on Friday in Rabat the Moroccan soccer team, which returned home the same day coming from France where it made a good showing in the first round of the World Cup, despite being unable to advance. Morocco, Sports, 6/27/1998 - Opposition is not a threat to security says official
A Moroccan Islamic official stated that the Islamic opposition is neither negative nor does it threaten the country's security, as Abdul-Elah Bankir, deputy secretary-general of the Popular Constitutional Democratic Movement, excluded the possibility of Islamic extremism transferring from Algeria to Morocco. Morocco, Politics, 6/27/1998 - Morocco will be endowed with a modern customs code
Morocco will be endowed shortly with a modern customs code meeting the expectations of businessmen and exporters, Moroccan Finance Minister Fathallah Oualalou said. Morocco, Economics, 6/26/1998 - Moroccan interior minister ends working visit to Spain
Moroccan Interior Minister Driss Basri wound up on Thursday a 24-hour working visit to Spain, during which he reviewed with Spanish officials ways to enhance bilateral cooperation. Morocco-Spain, Politics, 6/26/1998 - King Hassan receives departing Jordanian ambassador to Rabat Morocco-Jordan, Politics, 6/26/1998
- Morocco to have its 1st bone marrow transplant unit
Morocco will launch next October its first bone marrow transplant unit to spare the Moroccan patients the sufferings of travelling abroad to undergo grafting operations. Morocco, Health, 6/25/1998 - King Hassan's determination for change gave us courage, said Youssoufi
King Hassan II's determination to ensure change "encouraged us to accept alternation", Moroccan Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi told French "Liberation" daily on Wednesday. Morocco, Politics, 6/25/1998 - Moroccan party asks for strengthening public liberties
Abdul-Elah Ben, the deputy secretary-general for the party of the Moroccan Popular Constitutional Democratic Movement party asked the Moroccan government to work in order to strengthen liberties in the country, referring to his opposition to the house arrest to which Abdul Salam Yassin, the leader of the prohibited Charity and Justice Party, is subjected. Morocco, Politics, 6/25/1998 - Over 600 kg of cannabis seized in northern Morocco Morocco, Local, 6/25/1998
- Morocco is upset over World Cup
Complaints got loud in Morocco by the press speaking this Thursday about the "arbitrary refereeing" that unfairly deprived Morocco of a more-than-deserved qualification for the second round of the World Cup. Morocco, Sports, 6/25/1998 - Heroic Morocco trounces Scotland but fails to qualify
A heroic and brilliant Moroccan team trounced Scotland 3-0 but failed to make it to the second round because of U.S. referee Esfandiar Baharmast who offered a penalty-victory to Norway over World Champions of Brazil. Morocco, Sports, 6/24/1998 - Moroccan economic indicators meet Maastricht criteria
French bank Parisbas lauded the Moroccan budgetary and monetary policies, enforced at the end of the structural adjustment in 1993, and said the indicators posted in 1997 meet the "Maastricht criteria": inflation maintained at 1 percent and public deficit nearing 3 percent of the GDP. Morocco, Economics, 6/24/1998 - Morocco's oil refiners to merge in 1999
Morocco's main oil refiner Samir is expected to merge with refinery Societe Cherifienne des Petroles (SCP) in the beginning of 1999, a senior manager said on Tuesday. Morocco, Business, 6/24/1998 - Morocco and EU Examine 4 million ecu Support to Moroccan NGO's Morocco, Culture, 6/24/1998
- Iraqi speaker ends visit to Morocco Iraq-Morocco, Politics, 6/24/1998
- Fisheries agreement with E.U. will not be renewed
Moroccan minister in charge of fisheries said Tuesday he informed a EU delegation which visited Morocco last week that the fisheries agreement which expires in 1999 will not be renewed. Morocco, Business, 6/24/1998 - Morocco faces Scotland in all-or-nothing match
Morocco plays its last hope in the 1998 World Cup this Tuesday against Scotland in Saint-Etienne. Only a win can push Morocco through to the second round together with Brazil which tops group A with 6 points from two wins over Scotland (2-1) and Morocco (3-0). Morocco, Sports, 6/23/1998 - French microelectronics firm to invest $400 million in Morocco
Thomson, which has already a plant in Casablanca that makes microelectronics products for export, recently announced plans to create its own back-end unit in Morocco for an investment of $12.3 million. Morocco, Business, 6/23/1998 - Morocco to lower illiteracy rate to 25 percent
Morocco is determined to lower the illiteracy rate from 55 percent to 25 percent in the next 15 years, Moroccan Social Development and Solidarity Minister Khalid Alioua said. Morocco, Education, 6/23/1998 - Morocco and Spain sign judiciary cooperation accord
Morocco and Spain signed a judiciary cooperation accord on Monday in Rabat providing for the consolidation of partnership in the fields of magistrate training and court management. Morocco-Spain, Judicial, 6/23/1998 - South African MP delegation in Morocco
Abdelouahed Radi, speaker of the House of Representatives (the lower house of the Moroccan Parliament), conferred monday in Rabat with a South African MP delegation on ways of boosting cooperation between the two countries' legislative bodies. Morocco-South Africa, Politics, 6/23/1998 - Morocco's ministers council adopts 1998/99 appropriation bill
The Moroccan ministers council, presided by King Hassan II, on Monday adopted the 1998/99 appropriation bill, which will be presented to parliament. Morocco, Economics, 6/23/1998 - Germany to finance Moroccan water and decentralization projects
The German state cooperation bank "KFW" will finance for 63 million DM (around $35 million) projects for drinking water supply and consolidation of decentralization in Morocco. Morocco-Germany, Economics, 6/22/1998 - Moroccan premier confers with Iraqi parliament speaker Morocco-Iraq, Politics, 6/22/1998
- Jordan, Morocco share same viewpoints on Middle East, says Jordanian prime minister
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali, who visited Morocco last week, stressed "the convergence" of political viewpoints between Morocco and Jordan on major issues related to the Middle East. Jordan-Morocco, Politics, 6/22/1998