• Penguin Books, 1999/2000. (danbyrnes.com.au)
  • The Boeing Company will be among the participants at the 1999 Paris Air Show, June 12-20. (mediaroom.com)
  • A member of the security forces stands guard outside a convention center hosting the IMF and World Bank annual meetings, in Marrakech, Morocco, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. (8newsnow.com)
  • The most popular news stories, longreads, podcasts, trends and more from PRovoke Media in 2023. (provokemedia.com)
  • International reportedly used so-called CSR to access high-level officials in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates (11) . (who.int)
  • MENAFN - The Peninsula) Geneva: At least 90 people were feared dead on Friday in the latest migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency said. (menafn.com)
  • The agency has repeatedly issued warnings over the extreme dangers facing migrants who try to reach Europe via the so-called central Mediterranean route, which connects Libya to Italy. (menafn.com)
  • As announced on 23 June 2022, the Company mandated Attijariwafa bank, a Moroccan multinational bank and one of the leading banks in Morocco, to arrange a long-term project senior debt facility of up to c.US$250 million for the partial financing of the currently estimated approximately US$330 million Phase 2 development costs (gross, 100%) of the Tendrara Production Concession. (oilnewskenya.com)
  • Following the Company's announcement on 14 April 2022, the Company has continued to re-evaluate the extensive exploration portfolio within the Greater Tendrara and Anoual exploration permits surrounding the Tendrara Production Concession. (oilnewskenya.com)
  • The dispute dates back years but recently resurfaced when Lebanon invited companies to bid for exploratory offshore drilling next year along the countries' maritime border. (newarab.com)
  • Lebanon is protesting a wall Israel is building along the cessation of hostilities line, following Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000. (newarab.com)
  • Lebanon last year approved the licenses for an international consortium led by France's Total, Italy's ENI and Russia's Novatek to move forward with offshore oil and gas development for two of five blocks in the Mediterranean Sea, including one known as Block 9 that is disputed in part with Israel. (newarab.com)
  • As of 2003, Morocco exported approximately 2.9% of its total exports to the U.S., while it imported approximately 4.1% of its total imports from the U.S.. These numbers show that U.S. trade with Morocco is almost nil when compared with Moroccan trade with the U.S. Therefore, the USMFTA will potentially have a much larger effect on the Moroccan government. (wikipedia.org)
  • For example, just prior to the agreement (signed in 2004), a news release by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced major revisions in Moroccan labor laws spurred by the proposed signing of the agreement. (wikipedia.org)
  • U.S. companies that build production facilities in Morocco today will have an added advantage of exporting industrial products duty-free to Europe by way of the Moroccan-E.U. Association Agreement signed in 2000. (wikipedia.org)
  • In addition, Moroccan pharmaceutical companies have voiced concerns over increased penalties for intellectual property and patent violations. (wikipedia.org)
  • Op-ed: The cooperation between Israel and Morocco generates the 'routinization effect'-the frequent contacts between the two countries helps make the Moroccan public more used to and less sensitive towards signs of public cooperation, gradually stretching the boundaries of cooperation. (ynetnews.com)
  • Beyond the Jewish heritage that lasted for more than 2,000 years in Morocco, the Israeli-Moroccan friendship began in the late 1950s with security cooperation and a need to regulate the immigration of Jews from Morocco to Israel. (ynetnews.com)
  • However, the most striking cooperation takes place in the civil sphere, and is reflected in the exchange of delegations, the preservation of the Jewish-Moroccan heritage, festivals and music events, cinematic creations taking place in Morocco and Israel, cross-border research, student exchanges, and more. (ynetnews.com)
  • In June 2018 alone, three Moroccan civil society delegations arrived in Israel, joining a long list of delegations from Morocco in recent years. (ynetnews.com)
  • Morocco joins Israel and Jordan as the third nation state in North Africa/Middle East to sign a free trade agreement with the U.S. This agreement was a positive move towards President Bush's Middle East Free Trade Initiative set forth in May 2003. (wikipedia.org)
  • He was 16 years old and 93 days when he played at AFCON in 2000, scoring in a 1-3 defeat against South Africa. (africanews.com)
  • Africa Times is an independent participative online news site for Sub-Saharan Africa. (africatimes.com)
  • The past few years have seen a huge shift of crossings from the North of Morocco to the South of the country and to Western Sahara. (alarmphone.org)
  • IOM said Friday that more than 6,600 migrants and refugees had already entered Europe by sea since the beginning of the year, with central Mediterranean route crossings to Italy accounting for nearly 65 percent of the entries. (menafn.com)
  • Meanwhile, on the eastern Mediterranean route that connects Turkey and Greece, used by 1,089 so far this year, no fatalities have yet been recorded in 2018. (menafn.com)
  • 1- The First Meeting of the Water Experts Group (WEG) of the Union for the Mediterranean was held on 7-8 September 2009, in Athens, Greece. (semide.net)
  • Output of the working group will be provided to water expert group as a contribution to the preparation of the water strategy of the Union for the Mediterranean as well as for the Horizon 2020 initiative related to the Mediterranean sea depollution. (semide.net)
  • 2020, https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1071702. (who.int)
  • The International Monetary Fund and World Bank kicked off their annual meeting in Marrakech on Monday, one month after a deadly earthquake struck Morocco and killed nearly 3,000 people. (8newsnow.com)
  • Smuggling networks extend to both sides of the border and involve the local population, local companies and authorities on both sides of the sea. (alarmphone.org)
  • This conference will focus on: the contribution of local and regional authorities to the water strategy of the Union for the Mediterranean. (semide.net)
  • This meeting aims to articulate the recommendations coming from local and regional authorities and to identify the actions and projects of decentralized cooperation likely to be presented at the Union for the Mediterranean while reinforcing the support from important donors for the projects led by Mediterranean authorities. (semide.net)
  • Was founded in Cyprus, in 2014 after the cooperation agreement between Environmental Protection Engineering S.A and Vasiliko Sludge Services Ltd. Environmental Protection Engineering S.A, is the oldest and one of the largest private companies in the Mediterranean, dealing with oil spill response and having successfully respond to over 2000 incidents in many countries. (vssepe.com)
  • Such a statement remains basically true in the nineties, up to 2000, but it must be differentiated according to the level of economic development in various Third World countries. (playthegame.org)
  • Experts from 12 countries will take part in this meeting that will focus on the analysing of the first results of the survey carried out among Mediterranean Partner Countries on the status of water monitoring networks and programmes as well as the preparation of a preliminary report for the working group. (semide.net)
  • However, in low- and middle-income countries where regulation is weak, tobacco companies continue to promote their products, creating an illusion that they are like any other products, and marketing them in a way that normalizes smoking and attracts children (7) . (who.int)
  • Among the projects we will do in 2010, there are numerous Testings in Iberia and Morocco (meetings in the field to document biodiversity of an area by photographs), the creation of TaxoFoto (a virtual free access encyclopedia for the identification of Iberian species), VideoTaxo (identification of species and behaviors by video) and DiccioTaxo (an illustrated glossary of naturalist terminology). (cbd.int)
  • Our company aims to offer complete marine environment protection and spill response services in the Eastern Mediterranean. (vssepe.com)
  • TV News from Malta will continue to broadcast at 8am every Thursday and Sunday on SBS 2, with catch up viewing available via SBS on Demand or sbs.com.au/maltese. (issuu.com)
  • Morocco also attracts agricultural entrepreneurs because it does not impose agriculturally-related taxes and even provides subsidies. (ynetnews.com)
  • Comprehensive TAPS bans, based on Article 13 and the guidelines for its implementation, are strongly resisted by tobacco companies. (who.int)
  • Further, if U.S. companies decide to open plants in Morocco, this will create job opportunities and boost domestic employment. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS) are the primary marketing activities used by tobacco companies to boost sales and expand their market. (who.int)
  • As a result, the Company announces that it has initiated a formal farm-out process for the Tendrara Production Concession and the surrounding Greater Tendrara and Anoual exploration permits and has appointed Gneiss Energy Limited, a leading energy corporate finance advisory firm, to manage the farm-out process. (oilnewskenya.com)
  • Building on the earlier mission to explore the Ghana market in the same region, the mission outcome should determine products and services that Zimbabwean companies can export to Western African region. (tralac.org)
  • The company has also created more than 200 jobs in poor region of Tunis -Kabaria. (tbcc.org.tn)
  • In the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, a rise in the use and placement of tobacco products on-screen in TV and movie scenes has been noted (8) , prompting a call for stronger monitoring of depiction of tobacco in entertainment media and cross- border advertising (9) . (who.int)
  • Evidence of domesticated almonds in the Early Bronze Age has been found in the archeological sites of the Middle East, and subsequently across the Mediterranean region and similar arid climates with cool winters. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Water Experts Group is intended to implement the provisions included in the Declaration of the Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Water held at the Dead Sea, Jordan, December 2008, and particularly regarding the 'Strategy for Water in the Mediterranean' (SWM). (semide.net)
  • French Air Force Rafales come in 2 broad types: the preferred 2-seat Rafale B, and the single-seat Rafale C. They will eventually replace the SEPECAT Jaguar, Dassault's Mirage F1, and most of the Mirage 2000 family in French service. (defenseindustrydaily.com)
  • Construction expert Sandy Hall, who is experienced in representing sponsors, acted as project counsel to Abu Dhabi National Chemicals Company regarding a $5bn petrochemicals complex in Abu Dhabi. (cliffordchance.com)
  • As of November 2006, 92 U.S. companies, 12 franchises, 9 liaison offices, and 22 NGO's schools, and USAID contractors have opened for business in Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1994, liaison offices were opened in Rabat and Tel Aviv, but since October 2000-following the second intifada-Israel and Morocco do not have official diplomatic relations any more. (ynetnews.com)
  • This translates to U.S. trade with Morocco at less than .1% of its total imports and exports. (wikipedia.org)
  • Agreement, or the Liberalization Agreement, aimed at liberalizing the European imports from Morocco, is also applied to Western Sahara. (lu.se)
  • For example, approximately 45,000 Israeli tourists visit Morocco each year. (ynetnews.com)
  • Our ships sail year-round in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean (visiting also Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, our private island in the Bahamas). (msccruisesusa.com)
  • PRovoke Media's annual forecast of PR trends and news that will impact the PR world in the year ahead. (provokemedia.com)
  • Excluding Friday's tragedy, 246 migrants and refugees have already died trying to cross the Mediterranean since the beginning of the year, compared to 254 casualties during the first month of 2017. (menafn.com)
  • The WEG also welcomed the proposal to include in the SWM an activity focusing on strengthening the coordination of existing Euro-Mediterranean and regional initiatives and networks on information and expertise. (semide.net)
  • The Guardia Civil will have an increase of 1,202 officers for its units distributed along the Mediterranean and the Balearic Islands dedicated to preventing Islamic inspired terrorism. (andalucia.com)
  • The territory in this case is Western Sahara, South of Morocco, who includes the territory as part of its own country. (lu.se)
  • What this means is that cherry tomatoes from Western Sahara can be sold at the European market labeled as originating from Morocco. (lu.se)
  • The bad news is that I am about to leave my office, but the good news is that I am staying in Parliament and will involve myself in foreign policy. (carnegiecouncil.org)
  • The World Cup in Russia generated unique images in the Israeli media related to Israel-Morocco relations. (ynetnews.com)
  • Morocco supplies Israel with agricultural produce such as sardines and olives, while Israel supplies Morocco with professional knowledge and technological equipment. (ynetnews.com)
  • The US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (or Morocco FTA) is a bilateral trade agreement between the United States and Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
  • In relation to the huge U.S. economy, the free trade agreement is expected to have a positive, but small overall effect on the U.S. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has said that the agreement with Morocco is the "best market access package to date of any U.S. free trade agreement signed with a developing country. (wikipedia.org)
  • The following report sheds light on how this border business works in different regions in the Western Mediterranean and on the Atlantic route. (alarmphone.org)
  • The Boeing Company has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to provide the 93rd Air Control Wing (ACW) with E-8C Joint STARS aircrew training and courseware development services. (mediaroom.com)
  • Drownings in the Mediterranean began surging in 2013 as Europe's worst migration crisis since World War II began picking up speed, with hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and elsewhere. (menafn.com)
  • In addition, once the EU's Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area (EMFTA) is complete in 2010, additional duty-free access will flow down to U.S. companies. (wikipedia.org)
  • Qnatur.com promotes both, natural values of Spanish protected areas and companies committed to sustainability within their area of influence. (cbd.int)
  • PRovoke Media's coverage, analysis and news around the rapidly-shifting area of employee engagement and internal communications. (provokemedia.com)
  • 3- The next meeting of the water monitoring working group of the Joint Process between the EU WFD and Med-EUWI will take place in Beirut on 6 October 2009 afternoon, in the framework of an international seminar on river basin management in the Euro-Mediterranean area and the General Assembly of the Mediterranean Network of Basin Organisations . (semide.net)
  • Both SBK-1 and TE-4, drilled in 2000 and 2006 respectively, encountered gas shows in the TAGI reservoir. (oilnewskenya.com)
  • The fact that people are willing to pay these prices shows how desparate they are and that the European Union's discourse that blames migrants for relying on smugglers is bonkers: why would anybody chose to pay €2000 if a visa was available for €200, a tenth of the price? (alarmphone.org)
  • Morocco One Of The 2030 World Cup Hosts. (menafn.com)
  • Below are key excerpts of revealing news articles on how the CIA promotes killers, the IMF is calling for a dollar alternative, medical studies are skewed for profit, and more. (wanttoknow.info)
  • Most notably, in Morocco, there has been concern regarding the reduction in tariffs for agricultural products and the increase in intellectual property and patent standards. (wikipedia.org)
  • 2- The Mediterranean Committee of United Cities and Local Governments is organising an international conference on 23 and 24 November 2009, in Lyon (France). (semide.net)
  • Mechanical stimulation has proven to be a key technology to commercially unlock the potential of the TAGI gas reservoir in the TE-5 Horst gas accumulation and, accordingly, the Company believes this offers potential to unlock commerciality elsewhere in the basin. (oilnewskenya.com)
  • BUILD TO ZERO is a technology company with the mission to achieve a net-zero industry by developing innovative and financially viable Power-to-Heat + Thermal Energy Storage (PtH+TES) solutions to decarbonize its thermal processes. (solarsco2ol.eu)
  • With billions of dollars on the line, companies are loath to declare a new drug ineffective. (wanttoknow.info)
  • In a press statement the Ministry of the Interior explained that the trafficking of hashish from Morocco across the Straits of Gibraltar was largely responsible for the existence of organized criminal gangs on the Costa del Sol. (andalucia.com)
  • The tobacco companies' ability to advertise has been restricted due to progressively stricter regulations around the world (6) , including those resulting from court orders, and the adoption of the WHO FCTC. (who.int)
  • The global economy is limping along, not sprinting," IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said at a news conference during the organization's annual meeting in Marrakech, Morocco. (8newsnow.com)
  • VSS-EPE is the first company in Cyprus that provides a full package of oil spill response services with the power to mobilize state of the art antipollution vessels, expert technicians and a pool of antipollution equipment. (vssepe.com)
  • The other good news is that my successor is a good friend of America, and he will continue the same job that I have been able to do in the past seven years. (carnegiecouncil.org)
  • In addition, the Company is continuing to mature industry and alternative financing solutions for the remaining Phase 2 development costs of approximately US$60 million net to Sound's 75% working interest in the Tendrara Production Concession. (oilnewskenya.com)
  • The Company had high graded several potential near term subsalt drilling opportunities within the Trias Argilo-Gréseux Inférieur (TAGI) gas reservoir, the proven reservoir of the TE-5 Horst gas accumulation within the Tendrara Production Concession. (oilnewskenya.com)