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Morocco: Agency calls for solar bids

Yacout Info | 2010-07-30 | News

Morocco was inviting investors who had expressed interest in phase one of its $9 billion (R66bn) solar power project to submit pre-qualification bids by October 4, its solar energy agency said yesterday. The bids being invited are for the construction of one or more thermo-solar units with a...

Morocco, Solar Energy

Morocco, Niger Promoting Economic Cooperation & Bilateral Ties

Yacout Info | 2010-07-26 | News

Morocco and Niger voiced their will to promote their bilateral ties in different fields during a meeting between Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi and his Nigerian peer Mahamadou Danda, reports Global Arab Network citing MAP. Morocco and Niger voiced their will to promote their bilateral ties...

Abbas El Fassi, Mahamadou Danda, Morocco, Niger

CCME to organise an International Symposium

Yacout Info | 2010-07-08 | News

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) is organizing on 24 and 25 July 2010 in Casablanca the International Symposium on "Moroccan Sportsmen of the world, history and current issues”. Participants in this event include national and foreign sports historians, retired and active Moroccan...

CCME, conference, immigrants, international symposium, Morocco, seminar, sport, sportsmen, symposium

USAID Launches New Program 'Economic Competitiveness of Morocco'

Yacout Info | 2010-06-26 | News

As part of the continuous bilateral cooperation between Morocco and the United States, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID-Rabat) launches its new program 'Economic Competitiveness of Morocco," with a budget of $34 million, on Wednesday, June 30, from 10:00 to 12:30 at the Hotel...

agriculture, economy, job market, Morocco, new program, USAID, USAID Rabat, water resources

Kuwait supports closer commercial ties with Morocco: Al-Haroun

Yacout Info | 2010-06-12 | News

Kuwait's Minister of Commerce and Industry Ahmad Rashed Al-Haroun arrived in Rabat on Thursday for a two-day official visit. The minister is accompanied on his trip by a high-level delegation which includes economists, investors, real estate and bank officials. Upon his arrival, Al-Haroun said that...

Ahmad Rashed Al-Haroun Kuwit M, Morocco

Nuclear Program: Morocco Welcomes IAEA Role to Promote Human Safety & Welfare

Yacout Info | 2010-06-11 | News

Morocco's Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna, Omar Zniber, said on that the Kingdom welcomes the growing role of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in areas related to the welfare of human, reports Mokhtar Thabet of Global ArabNews from MAP. Speaking at...

IAEA Atomic Energy Agency, Morocco

Qatar and Morocco eye improved tourism ties

Yacout Info | 2010-06-07 | News

Qatar and Morocco would explore opportunities to boost tourist activities between the two nations, reports Gulf Times. It was agreed upon after a meeting that Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) chairman Ahmed al-Nuaimi had with the Moroccan minister for tourism Yassir Zenagui recently in Doha. Moroccan...

culture, exhibition, exposition, Morocco, Qatar, tourism

Morocco’s economy saved itself from crisis, says IMF

Yacout Info | 2010-05-13 | News

Morocco has suffered little from the global economic crisis due to an economy that is diversified and the rising information technology sector in the country, the International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Wednesday, writes Desmond Shepherd for Bikya Masr. “Countries...

Dominic Strauss Khan, IMF, Morocco

Morocco pavilion at Shanghai Expo - The Kingdom's legacy and the life art

Yacout Info | 2010-05-02 | News

Morocco is the only African country having its own pavilion in Shanghai expo 2010, the 4,000 sq meter pavilion is meant to showcase the Kingdom's legacy of ancestral civilization and the Moroccan art of life , the Chinese Embassy in Rabat said in a statement., reports Maha Karim for Global Arab...

Morocco, Shanghai Expo 2010

Morocco Promoting Foreign Direct Investments

Yacout Info | 2010-04-28 | News

Morocco places the promotion of the business climate and Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) among its top priorities, Morocco's Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Omar Hilale told reporters, writes Mohtar Thabet for Global Arab Network. Addressing the 2nd session of the Business, Investment...

FDI, Geneva, Morocco, Omar Hilale, UN

Morocco - 30% growth in agriculture sector last 4 years

Yacout Info | 2010-04-28 | News

The agricultural gross domestic product (AGDP) reached 115 billion dirhams in 2009, that is an increase of 30% compared to 2005, Morocco Agriculture Minister, Aziz Akhannouch told the Moroccan News Agency, reports Global Arab Network Speaking at the opening of the 3rd meeting on Agriculture, the...

(AGDP), agriculture, Aziz Akhannouch, Morocco

Sofitel returns to Moroccan capital

Yacout Info | 2010-04-27 | News

Accor’s upmarket Sofitel brand has returned to the Moroccan capital of Rabat, with the opening of a 229-room property set in a 20-acre “Andalusian Park” writes Mark Caswell for Business Traveller. Previously the Hilton International Rabat, the Sofitel Rabat Jardin des Roses has benefited from...

Accor, Morocco, Sofitel Rabat

Alstom wins first contract in Moroccan wind power market

Yacout.Info | 2010-04-22 | News

Infrastructure company Alstom, headquartered in Switzerland, has announced the signing of a contract with Nareva Holding, the subsidiary of Moroccan industrial and financial group, ONA, for a new wind farm in Akhfenir, in Morocco, reports Energy Focus. The wind farm, to be commissioned in 2011,...

Alstom, Morocco, Nareva Holding, ONA, Philippe Cochet

Morocco to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015

Yacout Info | 2010-04-15 | News

Morocco is among the few countries that will achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, head of Morocco's statistics office Haut Commissariat au Plan (HCP), Ahmed Lahlimi Alami said, writes Mokhtar Thabet for Global Arab Network This conclusion was confirmed by many studies and...

Haut Comission du Plan, Millenium Goals, Morocco

U.S. Consulate General to organise a Forum on Cinema in the Service of the Environment

Yacout Info | 2010-03-30 | News

"Cinema in the service of the environment" is the theme of a forum organized by the Consulate General of the United States in collaboration with the Moroccan Union of the Arts, from March 31 to April 2 at the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Services in Casablanca. This forum will be moderated by...

cinema, environment, Morocco, United States, US consulate, US embassy

Investing in Morocco's Agriculture,Textiles and Auto Industries

Yacout Info | 2010-03-27 | Economy

Morocco operates a successful market economy that has long been noted for its openness to foreign investment. It has pursued a policy of gradual but consistent reform to improve the general business environment. It is open to foreign capital which now plays an important part in the total investment...

Arab-British Chamber of Commer, auto industry, Morocco, Textiles

RTI Aids Morocco With $15 Million Award

Yacout Info | 2010-03-22 | News

RTI International( Research Triangle Institute) will help Morocco meet the needs of its people, especially youth, by promoting more effective and accountable local governance as part of a project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, reports Basil and Spice. The new five-year,...

El Jadida, Morocco, RTI, USAID

A new strategy to strengthen World Bank partnership with the Kingdom of Morocco

Yacout Info | 2010-02-17 | Economy

A Partnership Framework and not an Assistance Strategy (CAS).Built in the concept of “partnership”, the CPS is different from the previous Country Assistance Strategy (CAS 2005-2009). Under the Strategic Partnership (CPS) 2010-2013 between the Kingdom and the WB, the level of funding provided by...

CPS, Morocco, strategy, World Bank

Morocco's Renewable Energy Ambitions

Yacout Info | 2010-02-12 | Economy

To get a feel for Morocco's green energy potential, simply stand beneath the sun on the blistering sands of the Sahara Desert or pay a visit to the windswept town of Essaouira, a popular seaside resort on the Atlantic coast, about a 100 miles west of the storied city of Marrakech. In both places,...

Meeting of the Morocco-US Working Group on Environmental Cooperation

Yacout Info | 2010-02-11 | News

The Working Group on Moroccan-American Environmental Cooperation, which met Tuesday, February 9 in Rabat, was created in 2004 by the governments of both countries on the occasion of the adoption of the Joint Declaration on the Cooperation in the field of Environment accompanying the Agreement of...

action plan, environment, meeting, Moroccan american, Morocco, US

Editorial

Forging ahead with Visionary Growth

The strategy of His Majesty King Mohammed VI for Morocco’s development forges ahead with steady progress in an uncertain world. Few countries are seeing this level of confident...

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Huntley to sue over prison attack

Soham killer Ian Huntley is to sue the Prison Service for compensation after his throat was slashe...

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Coroner raises rail safety fears

A coroner raises ongoing safety fears as an inquest jury blames a points failure for the 200...

2010-07-30 17:26
UK soldiers push to clear Taliban

Hundreds of UK soldiers launch an operation to clear Taliban insurgents from a key stronghold i...

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