Morocco has seen its fruit and vegetables exports to the UK increase following the enactment of Brexit, report says. After the UK withdrew from the EU in 2020, British importers shifted their focus to countries like Morocco and Egypt, international information-analytical platform EastFruit concluded on Sunday. While EU horticultural sector imports to the UK decreased due to «more intricate import protocols», exports from Morocco increased. «Notably, Egypt and Morocco
A Dutch public prosecution office has decided not to press charges against a mayor after public comments on Moroccans, that many saw as discriminating and offensive, Dutch News reported on Monday. The department said on Friday, December 8, that it had decided to drop all 27 complaints made against Jack Mikkers, the mayor of Dutch city Den Bosch. During a meeting, held in October, on the development of new refugee centers, a woman complained that «Syrian refugees are the worst».
German mixed martial artist Nasrat Haqparast has called the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to consider Morocco when thinking of its next competition location. Speaking on Sunday after his UFC fight knockout of Australian mixed martial artist Jamie Mullarkey, the lightweight fighter said that he really wishes for the UFC to come to Morocco. «I don’t have something in my mind like a specific date», he told reporters. «Morocco is like my second home now. We have a
Yet another manipulation of the words of a foreign official by Algeria. This time, an Algerian media attributed comments to Joshua Harris that he did not make on the Sahara issue. A falsehood unmasked, in a subtle way, by the United States embassy in Algiers.
A Moroccan citizen known as A.M.F successfully underwent a heart transplant in a hospital in the town of Crooke, Ireland. According to local media, the Moroccan man who works at the airport previously suffered serious health problems last June, which had convinced him that «he was going to die». A solidarity campaign was then launched to support the young man, raising more than €5,500 to help his family while he was in hospital. The Moroccan national was placed on the organ
The president of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) Walid Sadi revealed on Sunday that he was going to «boycott the CAF Awards ceremony», scheduled for Monday December 11, 2023, in Marrakech. The official explained that he had made this decision, notified according to him to CAF two days ago, in «solidarity with Riyad Mahrez». The latter was set aside from the list of nominees for the title of best African footballer. Atlas Lions goalkeeper Yassine Bounou was also
Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Jose Manuel Albares is expected to visit Morocco next week, Spanish media reported. The diplomat will meet on Thursday in Rabat with his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, Spanish diplomatic sources told news agency EFE. This visit is the first of its kind after the reelection of Pedro Sanchez as head of the Spanish government. Rabat and Madrid have reaffirmed their commitments to consolidating good relations between the two countries. «We wish to
While nothing destined him to the film industry, Mohamed Khouna has become, over the last twenty years, the designated service provider for the giants of the seventh art as well as independent creators, distributing their films to movie theaters throughout France. Since 2019, he has brought expertise to Morocco, where he is keen to pass on his skills, with the ambition of helping boost the sector.
Morocco joined, Friday, the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA), a global initiative to accelerate the fossil-fuel phase out of coal-fired power stations, Reuters reported. Morocco «will work together with the PPCA to develop a plan for phasing (coal) out», PPCA said in a statement. 60 governments have joined PPCA so far. At the COP 28 climate summit, the United States, the UAE, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Iceland, Kosovo, Malta and Norway joined the body,
The US Deputy Assistant Secretary Joshua Harris met on Friday, December 8, in Algiers with the Algerian foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed Attaf and his secretary general Lounès Magramane. The officials consulted «on shared efforts to advance regional peace and security, including intensified cooperation to ensure a successful UN political process on Western Sahara without further delay», reads a post published by the Near Eastern Affairs office on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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