King Mohammed VI Current Events 2: December 2007-May 2011

[Mademoiselle Lilo]

King launches construction works of craft training center in Nador
Nador (north-east) - King Mohammed VI on Monday launched the construction works of a 17 million dirham (2.1 million dollar) craft training center, as part of the anti-poverty program the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH).
photo: http://i40.tinypic.com/4kv6tj.jpg

King inaugurates dialysis center northeast
Nador, northeast -King Mohammed VI, inaugurated, on Monday, a dialysis center at the Nador-based Hassani hospital for an amount of 5.1 million dirhams.
photo: http://i39.tinypic.com/2qxn80l.jpg

King launches first phase of tourism development programme northeast
Nador, northeast - King Mohammed VI launched here Tuesday the first phase of a tourism development programme, worth 7 billion dirhams (867.9 million dollars).
This programme provides for developing the cities of Attalayoun and Marchica, and for endowing Marchica with a marina.
The completion of the Marchicha development programme will require a global investment of 5.7 billion dollars.
photos :http://i31.tinypic.com/2eyuvf9.jpg
http://i26.tinypic.com/o1qtd.jpg

King inaugurates $ 2.6 mln sports center in Nador
Nador - King Mohammed VI inaugurated on Thursday a youth and children sports center worth 21 million dirhams (2.6 million dollars) in the north-eastern city of Nador.
photo: http://i26.tinypic.com/2v84u2s.jpg

King chairs signing ceremony of project to build dump in Nador
Nador - King Mohammed VI on Thursday chaired the signing ceremony of an agreement to fund the construction and exploitation of a public dump for an amount of 78 million dirhams (9.7 million dollars), part of the efforts to fight pollution and protect the environment in the north-eastern city of Nador.

 

[shrifia]

Royal Mansour, Marrakech To Debut In November
King Mohammed VI of Morocco is getting into the hotel business. In a big way. Slated for opening in November of this year, the King’s Royal Mansour, Marrakech, will feature 53 individual riads, or Moroccan-style villas, on eight exquisitely landscaped acres. How do we know the grounds will be breathtaking? Because no expense has been spared here in assembling a superstar team to bring the project to fruition....Link

from the State visit to USA
King Mohammed VI - News, Photos, Quotes, Biography - UPI.com

 

[Mademoiselle Lilo]

King inaugurates, launches drinking water projects in Nador
Nador - King Mohammed VI inaugurated and launched drinking water projects in the northeastern city of Nador for an amount of 102 million dirhams (12.6 million dollars).
These projects, to benefit a population of 140,000 people in several rural and urban communes in the city, are expected to significantly improve the living standards of these populations as well as the human development indices in the region.
In the rural commune of Trougout, the king launched the works of the first phase a drinking water project that will benefit around 6,500 people in 16 villages.
photo: http://img103.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=66159_SM-LE-ROI-AL-HOCEIMA--ONEPG_122_419lo.jpg

King inaugurates new bus station north
Al Hoceima - King Mohammed VI on Monday inaugurated a new bus station in the northern city of Al Hoceima, worth 32 millions dirhams (3.9 million dollars).
The sovereign visited the different dependencies of the facility, which is part of the urban upgrading programme for Al Hoceima province to improve the citizens' living conditions and promote sustainable human development.
photo: http://img241.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=66157_SM-LE-ROI-AL-HOCEIMA--GARE-_122_174lo.jpg

 

[shrifia]

Spain: Mohammed VI repatriate the body of the baby who died by medical error
MADRID - The King of Morocco Mohammed VI will charter a plane to repatriate the body of a Moroccan baby died Monday in Madrid by medical error, a few days after the death of his mother as a result of swine flu, said Tuesday the Embassy from Morocco to Spain.
"His Majesty Mohammed VI following the case since yesterday, and by royal instruction, a plane will come here to transfer the remains and family members, told AFP a spokesman for the embassy...Link

 

[Mademoiselle Lilo]

King inaugurates cultural center in Al Hoceima
Al Hoceima (north) - King Mohammed VI inaugurated on Tuesday the Al Hoceima cultural center, carried out for an amount of 11.687 million dirhams (1.4 million dollars).
photo: http://img227.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=07416_SM-LE-ROI-culturG_122_60lo.jpg#

King inaugurates center for fishermen's wives in north
Al Hoceima - King Mohammed VI inaugurated Tuesday a socio-educational center for the fishermen's spouses in the northern city of Al Hoceima.
photo: http://img242.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=07413_SM-LE-ROI-CENTG_122_581lo.jpg#
King lays foundation stone of fish unloading site in Al Hoceima
Al Hoceima (north) - King Mohammed VI laid the foundation stone to build a fish unloading site in Inouarene in the northen city of Al Hoceima, for 13 million dirhams (1.6 million dollars).
photo: http://img268.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=07410_SM-LE-ROI-MERG_122_170lo.jpg#

Moroccan King Builds Up Nador
King Mohammed VI made the city of Nador his focus Thursday. In one day, he opened a facility and aimed to build another one for Morocco’s northeastern city.
First, the King celebrated the opening of a youth and children sports center, worth 2.6 million dollars. The 4 ha center has football and basketball fields, along with a track,

H.M. The King inaugurates sports, leisure esplanade northern Morocco
Al Hoceima - H.M. King Mohammed VI inaugurated, on Wednesday, an esplanade for sports and leisure on the Quemado beach in the northern city of Al Hoceima, built as part of the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH) for 3.4 billion dirhams ($ 424.6m).
photos: http://img205.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=84579_smleroicentreg_122_157lo.jpg
http://img131.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=84582_smleroiplageg_122_598lo.jpg

 

[shrifia]

the King urges NAM to consolidate rules of good governance
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt - H.M. King Mohammed VI called on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to join efforts and contribute, in a positive and constructive way, to the consolidation of the rules of good governance on an equitable and balanced basis, with a view to enhancing international peace and security and achieving sustainable human development...MAP
the King sends message to Egyptian president
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt - H.M. King Mohammed VI on Thursday sent a message to Egyptian president, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak...MAP

 

[Mademoiselle Lilo]

King lays foundation stone of multi-disciplinary complex north of Morocco
Al Hoceima - H.M. King Mohammed VI, accompanied by his cousin Prince Moulay Ismail, on Friday laid the foundation stone of a multi-disciplinary complex in the Izemouren rural commune in the northern city of Al Hoceima.
photos: http://img22.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=27428_SM-LE-ROI--HOPITg_122_533lo.jpg#
http://img16.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=27432_SM-LE-ROI--PRIEg_122_427lo.jpg#
http://img134.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=27440_SM-LE-ROI--PROJg_122_530lo.jpg#

 

[shrifia]

the King calls on religious institutions to renew discourse, improve performance
Skhirate (Rabat outskirts) - H.M. King Mohammed VI urged religious institutions to renew their discourse and improve their performance as they must keep pace with the dynamics at play within the Moroccan society, and with the intellectual and cultural evolution underway, in addition to the need for them to adjust to the sweeping changes taking place in the world....MAP
the King strongly condemns Indonesia attacks
Al Hoceima - H.M. King Mohammed VI of Morocco strongly condemned the "criminal attacks" which were carried out on Friday morning in Jakarta...MAP

 

[Mademoiselle Lilo]

King enquires about development projects north of Morocco
Izemouren - H.M. King Mohammed VI enquired, Monday in the rural commune of Izemouren (the northern city of Al Hoceima), about several development projects, worth 11 million dirhams (1.3 million US dollars), in the village of Tafensa

the King chairs signing ceremony of agreements on development projects north of Morocco
Al Hoceima - H.M. King Mohammed VI chaired, on Monday in the rural commune of Ait Kamra (the northern province of Al Hoceima), the signing ceremony of two agreements to carry out economic development projects in several centers and communes of the province, for an amount of 300 million dirhams (37.7 million dollars).
photo: http://img159.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=67187_SM-LE-ROI--alHOCEIMg_122_59lo.jpg

 

[shrifia]

H.M. the King talks over phone with French President on cooperation to fight A/H1N1
Rabat - H.M. King Mohammed VI has talked over the phone with French President Nicolas Sarkozy about benefiting Morocco from the French expertise in the field of fighting A/H1N1 flu.
Following these talks, French authorities dispatched two experts to inquire about Morocco's efforts to face this pandemic, a press release of the Health Ministry said on Wednesday....MAP

Morocco made great strides in political, economic and social reform, says US president
Rabat - US president Barack Obama said Morocco has made great strides in political, economic and social reform....MAP
King offers condolences to head of family killed by fire in France
Al Hoceima - H.M. King Mohammed VI sent a message of condolence to Mohamed Benameur, who lost his wife and three children in a fire that broke out on Tuesday in their house in the outskirts of Paris...MAP

 

[Mademoiselle Lilo]

the King inaugurates indoor sports hall northern of Morocco
Imzouren - H.M. King Mohammed VI inaugurated on Monday an indoor sports hall in the urban commune of Imzouren (northern province of Al-Hoceima) for 10 million dirhams (1.2 milion dollars).
photo: http://img230.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=24456_sm-imzouren-centre-g_122_520lo.jpg

the King inaugurates Provincial Centre for Social Services in northern Morocco
Imzouren (Al-Hoceima) - H.M. King Mohammed VI inaugurated, on Monday in the urban commune of Imzouren (northern province of Al-Hoceima), the Provincial Centre for Social Services, built as part of the National Initiative for Human Development for over 8 million dirhams (1 million dollar).
photo: http://img238.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=24465_sm-imzouren-sport-g_122_465lo.jpg

 

[shrifia]

King Mohammed VI receives several foreign ambassadors
Al Hoceima - H.M. King Mohammed VI received, on Wednesday in the Royal Residence of Al Hoceima, several foreign ambassadors, who presented to the sovereign their credentials as ambassadors of their countries to Morocco....MAP
King receives CGEM chairman...MAP
the King appoints new ministers...MAP

 

[Mademoiselle Lilo]

Morocco's King Mohammed VI (R) meets Moroccan Interior minister MorChakib Benmoussa (C) and a Polisario member Ahmeddou Souilem (L) in Tangier on July 30, 2009. Morocco and Algeria-backed Polisario movement dispute Western Sahara.
http://img217.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=95201_14824435_122_142lo.jpg

 

[Mademoiselle Lilo]

saopstenje
On this occasion, Ambassador El Kadiri conveyed the invitation of Morocco’s Princess Lalla Salma to Deputy Minister Trisic-Babic to visit Morocco at the end of this month for the traditional horse race. Deputy Minister Trisic-Babic expressed appreciation for the invitation.

 

[shrifia]

i guess their family vacation(with the king) will start most likely in north of Morocco (Tangier or Tetouan)as they use to do every year,not sur about her next events but i think we will see her in the end of August or maybe first September.

I read today that the king is in M'diq(north of Morocco),he will spend with his little family the holiday there.

 

[chaimae]

I read today that the king is in M'diq(north of Morocco),he will spend with his little family the holiday there.

yes the king is in the M'diq, since the celebrations of the throne day , i was theire yeterday and i saw the royal gards in the summer residence of the king

 

[shrifia]

quiet visit to Senrgal last April...Article in french
Translation
Presentation of condolence: Princess Lalla Salma of Rabat to Dakar
Yesterday the Princess Lalla Salma sister of His Majesty the King Mohammed 6 conducted a brief visit to Dakar. She arrived on board a special flight of Royal Air Maroc. According to our sources, she was sent to President Wade to present the condolences of His Majesty King Mohammed 6. This visit could be involved in the tension of relations between the two countries on the issue of Air Senegal International.

 

[soraya]

the article says that she is sister of the king

 

[shrifia]

the writer of the article must be mistaken,because Lalla salma is king wife not his sister.

 

[shrifia]

King to deliver speech Thursday
Rabat - H.M. King Mohammed VI will deliver, Thursday, a speech on the occasion of the 56th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People, a statement of the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery said on Wednesday....MAP

the king to create advisory body to open up the judiciary
Tetuan - H.M. King Mohammed VI said Thursday evening that he intends to create a "standing, diversified highly representative advisory body that will enable the judiciary to open up to the surrounding environment."..MAP

.the King calls for comprehensive reform of judicial system
Tetuan - H.M. King Mohammed VI called Thursday on the Government to develop a well-defined plan that reflects the strategic depth of the reform of judiciary system.
In a speech on the 56th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People, the sovereign said this reform should revolve around six pivotal axes. These include enhancing the safeguards for an independent judiciary system, modernizing the legal system, upgrading its structures and human resources, bolstering judicial efficiency, consolidating the moralisation process and ensuring optimal, effective implementation...MAP

video for the king speech on the 56th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People
Dailymotion - خطاب الدكرى 56 لثورة الملك والشعب - une vidéo Actu et Politique

 

[shrifia]

she offers condolence for the family after the death of Karim Wade's wife Karine,and according to the article she met Senegal president Abdullah Wade I guess his son Karim too.

 

[Mademoiselle Lilo]

HM King Mohammed VI in 5-day convalescence
Rabat - Morocco's Ministry of Protocol and Chancellery said on Wednesday that "His Majesty King Mohammed VI suffers from a rotavirus infection, along with digestive signs and acute dehydration that require a five-day convalescence."

hope he's fine now,the 2 first day of Ramadan were so difficult to pass.

 

[Little_star]

That's a shame, he won't be able to fast for quite some time in that case.

 

[shrifia]

I was wondering about his absence,he used to be very present during Ramadan.
anyway I hope he is ok now.

 

[Mademoiselle Lilo]

here more information about rotavirus wich the king suffers:
Rotavirus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[shrifia]

Almassae newspapper reported yesterday an amazing story about an old poor woman who spend a very important part of King M6 holiday this summer lurking the king,she spend her day long around the king residence in M'diq in hope to come across him,she said to Almassae reporter who accompanied her in one of these days,that she loves the king and she dream to meet him Because she is very poor and nessd his help,and that she is sur she got it onces she meet him.
the newspapper said that after days of that meeting with the woman she finnaly meet the king but not in the front of his residence where she spend her days waiting him but abit far in M'diq street,she talk to him and she got the help she want from him.

 

[principessa]

Svenskdamtidning is reporting about the hospitalizing of King Mohammed VI:

Google Translate

 

[Sephora]

HM King Mohammed VI in 5-day convalescence


Rabat - Morocco's Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery said on Wednesday that "His Majesty King Mohammed VI suffers from a rotavirus infection, along with digestive signs and acute dehydration that require a five-day convalescence."

Home: HM King Mohammed VI in 5-day convalescence

here more information about rotavirus wich the king suffers:
Rotavirus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The annual Ramadan lessons, given usualy are taking place, or they wait that King recover?

 

[Mademoiselle Lilo]

The annual Ramadan lessons, given usualy are taking place, or they wait that King recover?

they are waiting the king to recover,the first lesson had to took place friday(yesterday),Sheikh Al Azhar Mohamed Sayed Tantawy is in Morocco for that reason,they announced he is for 3 days visit to Morocco.

 

[Sephora]

they are waiting the king to recover,the first lesson had to took place friday(yesterday),Sheikh Al Azhar Mohamed Sayed Tantawy is in Morocco for that reason,they announced he is for 3 days visit to Morocco.

Thanks Lilo, it will be nice if you make a thread for Ramadan's lessons and special work for this month of the king.
The ramadan's lessons are something specific for moroccan kings, it will be good to share the daily topics discussed in presence of the King.