Tuesday, February 9

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DVM Announces Acquisition of Tarfaya Offshore Block in Morocco

Floods cripple Morocco's Gharb region

An International Symposium "Judeo-Muslim Peaceful Coexistence", 15 March in Marrakech

Over 650 publishers to participate in 16th International Book Fair (SIEL) in Casablanca

Morocco's Government Aims To Boost Tourism And Foreign Investment

Morocco expands stimulus to support growth

Morocco's ambassador to Britain offers a reception in honor of Moroccan journalists based in London

Renewable energy: UK keen to promote strategic partnership with Morocco, official

Morocco official jobless rate drops to 9.1 per cent

Princess Lalla Salma wins Charter of Paris against Cancer award 2010

News

DVM Announces Acquisition of Tarfaya Offshore Block in Morocco

DVM International Limited has reached agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco to acquire a 75% working interest and operatorship in the large and highly prospective Tarfaya Offshore Block located in Morocco, reports Oil Voice. Pursuant to the agreement the Office Nationales des Hydrocarbures et des Mines ('ONHYM'), the hydrocarbon company of the Kingdom of Morocco, retains a 25% carried interest...

Interview

David Flint: British Consul General, Head of the UK Trade and Investment Team at Casablanca

David Flint is the first British Consul General to be dealing exclusively with commercial affairs in Casablanca as head of the UKTI team. He has considerable experience in the Economic department of the Foreign Office and in the City of London Corporation. Yacout Info spoke to him on his first visit to Marrakech. Yacout Info: Where did you work previously?]b David Flint: I worked in the...

Economy

Economic development opportunities in the Marrakech Tensfit Haouz region

The CGEM and the Regional Council of Marrakech Tensfit Haouz held a forum for business innovation and a prosperous regional economy on Wednesday at the Palais de Congres in Marrakech. A strong pannel of speakers examined the economic potential of the region. The interim Wali of the region, Mr Bouchaib El Moutaouakil emphasised the great economic potential and diversity of the region which covers...

Culture

Three Plans to Improve the Culture Sector in Morocco

Several projects are being finalized in the cultural sector. The coming years should see the birth of several projects. The most important of them include: Assistance Fund for Music, Plan to upgrade theatre, and finally the Reading Plan. Assistance Fund for Music This project dates from the time of the mandate of the former Minister of Culture Touria Jabrane Krytef. In 2008, a draft...

Portrait

Ambassador Freck Vreeland and Vanessa Vreeland

Ambassador Freck Vreeland was the United States Ambassador to Morocco 1992-1993. His Wife Vanessa is a distinguished mosaic artist, whose work Yacout Info has had the pleasure of featuring in a previus issue. We visited their house in La Palmeraie "Orchard of the Shooting Stars". The great door opens to an orchard of apricot, lemon and olive trees. It looks like a palace, "riad" really doesn't do...

Tourism

21st International Marathon of Marrakech

Only two days left before January 31, 2010, the start date of the International Marathon of Marrakech which has accustomed us over the past twenty years to a very high technical level performance. We recall names such as Abdelkader Mouaziz, Abderrahim Ghomri Jawad Gharib, Khalid El Boumlili Rashid Ghannoun, Zhor El Kamch, Asmae Aaghzaoui and many others who have achieved success in the Marrakech...

Patrimony

Moroccan Architecture

In 1912, the artist Matisse visited Morocco. His encounter with the country’s rich strong colours, the exotic architecture and the landscape – both lush and dry – changed his art forever. Morocco’s cityscapes, atmosphere and society attracted many more artists, including actors, writers and poets, throughout the twentieth century. The architectural styles, majestic residences and traditional...

Yacoupedia

Bees and flowers decline in step

Diversity in bees and wild flowers is declining together, at least in Britain and the Netherlands, research shows.Scientists from the two countries examined records kept by enthusiasts dating back...

Morocco to invite bids for solar station in Feb

North African Tagine cooking, healthy, interesting

American searches for his lost youth in Marrakech and elsewhere in Morocco

Editorial

Our hopes for 2010

We hope that a legally binding agreement on reduced carbon emissions can be approved as soon as possible in 2010 following the weak compromise in Copenhagen which leaves the most...

Agenda

Gallery

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