Archive for the ‘Morocco News’ Category

Morocco, Netherlands ink new accords, fail to agree on dual nationality issue (Magharebia.com)

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Although the Moroccan and Dutch foreign ministers signed agreements ranging from wire transfers to protocols for naming children, the citizenship question remains unresolved after their Rabat meeting.

Morocco voluntarily implements almost all provisions of Ottawa Convention, diplomat

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Morocco voluntarily implements almost all the provisions of the Ottawa Convention on antipersonnel landmines, Morocco’s ambassador to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Omar Hilale, said on Tuesday.

Nigeria are in talks with Morocco to play a friendly match..

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Nigeria are in talks with Morocco to play a friendly match during the next open FIFA window in February next year.

Morocco ‘not as cheap as people think’ - travel news articles by Hostelbookers

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Morocco is more expensive than people believe, according to Orion Trek Voyages. Jane Folliott, a specialist in Morocco and commercial director at the agency, said that the country is becoming more expensive …

AKI - Adnkronos international Morocco: Dutch-Moroccans ’should integrate’ says minister

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Rabat does not want to stop Moroccans living in the Netherlands integrating into Dutch society, Morocco’s Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri told his Dutch counterpart Maxime Verhagen, who is on a visit to …

Morocco to turn detention cells into cultural hubs

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Secret jails that once held Moroccan soldiers arrested after failed coup attempts in appalling conditions are to be converted into centres that will beat witness to their history.

Escaping Domestic Violence Urged In Wake Of Killing

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

As a domestic violence survivor, Hanane, 24, wants other women to know there is a way to escape.

Holland, Morocco sign cooperation pact

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

The Netherlands and Morocco have signed a cooperation agreement on economic, cultural and judicial affairs.

Marrakesh Film Fest wraps - Entertainment News, Film Festivals, Media - Variety

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

The Marrakech Film Fest wrapped Nov. 22 with “Wild Field,” a magical realism tale set in the Russian Steppes, by Georgian director Mikhail Kalatozishvili, winning the grand prize: the Golden Star for best film.

157,900 blind and partially sighted people in Morocco

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

There are 157,900 blind and partially sighted people in Morocco, including 46.6% of women, Social Development, Family and Solidarity minister, Nouzha Skalli, said on Friday.