Rabat - June 18, 2013 (MAP) Reforms of the subsidy fund, the situation on the Moroccan political scene, and the situation in the tourism sectors make up the major themes commented by Moroccan editorialists this Tuesday June 18, 2013. Aujourd'hui le Maroc notes that the governing board of the subsidy fund met last Friday without any reform project but it appears that the direct-aids formula was rescinded, at ...

Madrid, June 18, 2013 (MAP) Morocco and Spain are sharing "joint will" to build "strategic partnership", said Spanish minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo. "Morocco is a neighbour country with which we have excellent ties and with which we share joint will to build strategic partnership", Margallo told Spanish monthly "Atalayar entre dos orillas". He also stated that comm ...

Rabat, June 17, 2013 (MAP)    King Mohammed VI inaugurated Monday in Rabat the Maroc Telecom Tower, a high-tech building that enriches the capital city’s architectural heritage.  The Glass Tower which serves as Maroc Telecom's new corporate head-office has been designed to reflect the expertise and know-how of Morocco's first telecommunications operator in the Kingdom, and to integrate technology for better ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco, June 17, 2013 (AFP) A Moroccan editor was handed a two month suspended prison sentence on Monday for defamation, after writing that an Islamist minister had organised a lavish, alcohol-fuelled dinner during an official trip abroad. The court in a suburb of Casablanca also fined Youssef Jajili, the director of Al-Aan magazine, 50,000 dirhams (4,500 euros), and ordered him to pay a symbol ...

Rabat - June 17, 2013 (MAP) The ongoing crisis in the Moroccan government coalition, coupled to last week’s clash between the head of government and the speaker of the house of representatives, is making the major highlights of Moroccan editorials published this Monday June 17, 2013. Aujourd’hui le Maroc comments that the argument between the head of government and the speaker of the house of representative ...

By Omar Bihmidine Morocco World News Sidi Ifni, June 17, 2013 Many Muslims in France continue to suffer from different kinds of ill-treatment, ranging from racism to suppression of religious freedom, reported Al Jazeera channel. According to French reports, a woman recently complained to the court that she was being discriminated against because she was wearing a headscarf. Other Muslim women in France admi ...

By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, June 17, 2013 When the first sparks of political upheavals began in Sidi Bouzid, in Tunisia 2010, after the street vendor Mohamed Boazizi set himself ablaze in a do-or-die protest against those who had treated him unjustly, the plague of political turbulence rapidly swept neighboring countries. Not surprisingly, the bulk of despotic regimes in those countries ...

By Karima Rhanem Morocco World News Rabat, June 16, 2013 The Moroccan commission on Dialogue on Civil Society and New Constitutional Roles organized on June 15 at Mohammed V university in Rabat the first series of scientific conferences on CSO’s legal enabling environment. Speaking at the opening of the conference, the head of the commission Moulay Ismail Alaoui, former Minister of Education and agriculture ...

By Larbi Arbaoui Morocco World News Tinejdad, June 16, 2013 With the growing food demand and the increase of the world population, Morocco will become one of the world’s major players in securing food security and fighting hunger across the planet. The Arizona State University released a new research study considering phosphorus “a dwindling nutrient essential for food growth” Entitled “Secure Food and Wate ...

By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, June 15, 2013 After Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed, founder of the association for gay Muslims of France (HM2F), once opened in Paris the first gay-friendly mosque in Europe, on September 30, 2012, an alleged group of Muslims based in London have recently shown interest in opening alternative mosques in the UK for both genders and all sexual orientations, according to ...

Morocco World News Rabat, June 15, 2013 The Minister in charge of Moroccans living abroad, Abdellatif Maâzouz, said Saturday in Rabat, that the Moroccan community established in the United States plays a key role in promoting bilateral cooperation between Morocco and the United States. "Moroccans of the United States can be a very important link to achieve and implement projects for the exploitation of the ...

Tehran, June 15, 2013 (MAP) Moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani has won Iran's presidential election, the interior minister announced on Saturday, putting an end to eight years of conservative grip on the nation's executive. Mohammad Mostafa Najjar said that, with 18.6 million votes, or 50.68 percent, Rowhani had won outright. He said 36.7 million people, or 72.7 percent of the electorate, had voted in Friday's ...