January 23rd, 2019 | 0 commentsA recent poll has found that Moroccans are pessimistic about their financial prospects, given the country’s deepening unemployment and poverty levels. Citing figures from the results of the latest Afrobarometer survey in its January 21 edition, Akhbar Al Yaoum reported that more than 66 percent of Moroccans rated unemployment as the most...
January 23rd, 2019 | 0 commentsA group of Moroccan activists are condemning discriminatory visa policies in Jordan and Egypt after being denied entrance to the countries. The mahram (male guardian) law does not seem to be limited only to Saudi Arabia. In order for Moroccan women between the ages of 18 and 35 to visit Jordan, they need to travel with a mahram. Mounia Se...
January 21st, 2019 | 0 commentsA year after Morocco adopted the flexible exchange rate for dirham currency, the government is planning to stop the system this year due to the economic crisis resulting in public debt. Bloomberg quoted two officials saying that the government is likely to wait until “at least 2020 before considering further easing their hold on the curre...
January 21st, 2019 | 0 commentsHigh Commissioner for Planning (HCP) Ahmed Lahlimi Alami stated that Morocco’s economy will experience stagnation due to declining investment, a decrease in employment opportunities, and a lower national saving rate in 2019. According to the official, Morocco’s economic growth will stand at 2.9 percent this year, against an expected 3 per...
January 17th, 2019 | 0 commentsThe European Parliament has voted on the agriculture agreement between Morocco and the European Union, passing it by a large majority. The agreement was voted on in a plenary session in Strasbourg today. The agreement received 444 votes in favor of the agriculture deal. The deal aims to extend the agriculture trade between Morocco and the...
January 17th, 2019 | 0 commentsThe High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini will arrive in Morocco this evening for a two-day visit to discuss the EU-Morocco agreements. Quoted by Maghreb Arab Press (MAP), European sources said that Mogherini will meet with several Moroccan senior officials regarding the EU-Mo...
January 17th, 2019 | 0 commentsMorocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement to express satisfaction with the agreements linking Morocco and the European Union. Today, the European Union adopted the EU-Morocco agriculture agreement by a vast majority, with 444 votes in favor of the deal The ministry said that the agreements signed between the EU and Morocco...
January 17th, 2019 | 0 commentsAir Arabia Maroc has launched a new weekly flight connecting Rabat and Casablanca. The flights will began yesterday and will continue until March 26. The 20-minute flights will operate on the Airbus A320, which has 168 seats. Departing flights from Rabat will leave at 8:15 a.m. Departing flights from Casablanca are scheduled for 8:35 p.m....
January 17th, 2019 | 0 commentsEnterprise Florida (EFI), the state’s principal economic development organization, “will lead a business delegation of small and mid-sized Florida manufacturers and services providers on an export sales mission to Casablanca,” EFI said in a press release on January 10. The trade mission is scheduled for April 14-18 with the aim to facilit...
January 17th, 2019 | 0 commentsThe Tramway Company of Rabat-Sale (STRS) has shared an update on the progress of extension works for Rabat tramway’s Line 2. The extension will allow the tramway to carry an additional 40,000 passengers per day, bringing the passenger capacity up to 150,000 per day. The extension works of Line 2, which cost MAD 1.7 billion, is 90 percent...
