By Mohammed Mouad Chahbane Morocco World News Marrakesh, May 23, 2013 Contacts are believed to be underway between the PJD leadership and one of the leading parties of the opposition over the possibility of forming a new coalition government. According to the Moroccan daily Al Alam, the official newspaper of the Itsiqlal Party (IP), contacts are underway between the Party of Justice and Development’s leader ...

By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, May 21, 2013 While celebrating its 8th anniversary May 18 under the theme “Economic inclusion within the framework of the INDH,” the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH) raised the question of whether its mission has concluded. As the World Bank puts, the INDH aims at assisting “the Government in improving inclusiveness, accountability and transpa ...

Younes Radi Morocco World News Marrakesh, May 21, 2013 This past week, the ruling party issued a very serious allegation claiming that the TV Channel 2M is working towards “undermining the economic security of the state. These hostile allegations emerged after 2M aired a report stating that the confidence of Moroccan businessmen and job creators with regards to the current economy is very low. Free journali ...

By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, May 18, 2013 The Moroccan TV channel 2M and the PJD seem to not get along well with each other lately. Tensions between both sides have continued to escalate since April 17, when 2M broadcasted an episode of the controversial Moroccan TV Show “Moubachara Maakoum,” which was devoted to debating the government’s decision to reduce the investment budget to MAD 1 ...

By Youssef El kaidi Morocco World News Fez, May 17, 2013 In a ceremony organized at its headquarters in Rabat on Wednesday, the Maghreb Arab News Agency (known of its French acronym MAP) launched its online portal in Tamazight language. The new online portal was the fruit of joint work done by the Arab Maghreb News Agency and the Royal Institute of the Amazigh Culture in a cooperation that lasted three mont ...

Rabat, May 15, 2013 (MAP) The Istiqlal party’s decision to withdraw from the government coalition continues to make the headlines of Moroccan editorials this Wednesday May 15, 2013. Aujourd’hui le Maroc notes that the islamist Party for Justice and development (PJD) which heads the government coalition continues to ignore its resigning ally", living room to several interpretations: the first one is that the ...

Paris - May 15, 2013 (MAP) French foreign trade minister, Nicole Bricq, will pay on Thursday a visit to Morocco where she will participate in the 1st Panafrican meeting of French external trade advisors. Bricq’s fourth visit of the kind to Morocco “illustrates the unique relations between the two countries and France’s will to remain Morocco’s first economic partner in a context of increases competition”, a ...

Rabat, May 15, 2013 (MAP) Morocco moved up to the 70th position gaining three places compared to last year in the ranking established by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on competitiveness in Africa for 2013. Morocco, which continues its momentum in terms of competitiveness, ranks fourth on the African level outdistancing all North African countries on this indicator of competitiveness, according to a press r ...

By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, May 15, 2013 According to Mr. Lahcen Daoudi, the minister of higher education, scientific research and executive training, the number of scholarships awarded to academic students currently stands at 216,000 compared with 180,000 last year. Mr. Daoudi, who spoke last Tuesday at the meeting of the House of Councillors, said that the ministry has reevaluated the ...

Montreal, May 13, 2013 (MAP) Canadian minister of citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism, Jason Kenny, hailed the leadership of King Mohammed VI and democratic reforms conducted by the Sovereign in favour of freedom, democracy and social justice values. “Thanks to his distinguished leadership, HM King Mohammed VI is part of the most eminent and most respected heads of state”, the minister told MAP as ...

Rabat - May 13, 2013 (MAP) The decision made by the Istiqlal party, major ally of the Islamist PJD in the government, to quit the government and the future of the government coalition dominate the editorials published this May 13, 2013. "Aujourd’hui le Maroc" which runs an editorial titled "two years and a half gone with the wind", draws the attention to the hard economic situation (in Morocco) and notes th ...

 RABAT, Morocco, May 12, 2013 (AFP) King Mohammed V of Morocco has urged the conservative Istiqlal party to go back on a decision to pull out from the Islamist-led government, a spokesman for the party said on Sunday. Istiqlal's national council, the main ally of the ruling Islamists, announced on Saturday it was pulling out of the government over its failure to shore up the economy and solve dire social is ...