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HOMERe France and IECD join forces to facilitate the employability of young Lebanese

09/22/2022 | Services

LEBANON / FRANCE. The HOMERe France association and the European Institute for Cooperation and Development have signed a cooperation agreement to support the employability of Lebanese youth by offering internships in France to senior technicians who have graduated in Lebanon.

Bruno Boulnois, Egypt, Emmanuel Becquart, European Institute for Cooperation and Development, France, HOMERe, IECD, Lebanon, Marseille, Morocco, Paris, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, Renaud Muselier, training, Tunisia

The manufacturer of solar panels DualSun raises 10 M€ to expand internationally

09/01/2022 | Society / Institutions

FRANCE. DualSun, a Marseille-based solar panel manufacturer, has announced a new €10 million round of financing from its historical investors, including Noria, and TiLT Capital Partners, to expand internationally.

TotalEnergies and Eni make new "significant gas discovery" offshore Cyprus

08/23/2022 | Industry

CYPRUS. In two separate press releases published on Monday 22 August 2022, TotalEnergies and Eni announce a "significant gas discovery" in Cyprus...

Yves Aubin de La Messuzière wants to "contribute to the understanding of the Arab world"

07/07/2022 | Society / Institutions

FRANCE. Born in 1942 in Rabat, Morocco, Yves Aubin de La Messuzière is a former French diplomat, expert on Arab countries. He graduated in Islamology at the Sorbonne, as well as in literal and oriental Arabic, and spent his career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, notably as ambassador in Tunisia and Italy. He has also worked in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria... A member of the Iremmo scientific council, he has just created a branch in Marseille: Iremmo Suds.

Arab world, Iremmo, Iremmo Scientific Council, Iremmo Suds, Maghreb, Marseille, Mashrek, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Worlds, Morocco, new geopolitical challenges, Southern Region, the Middle East and the Ukraine war, Yves Aubin de La Messuzière

Iremmo creates a branch in Marseille

07/04/2022 | Society / Institutions

FRANCE. The Institute for Research and Studies of the Mediterranean and the Middle East (Iremmo) sets up a branch in Marseille by creating the Iremmo Suds association. Legally, it exists since May 2022. But it will only be fully operational in September.

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Cruises try to go green

06/30/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. Criticised for its environmental nuisance, the cruise sector is adopting technical solutions to limit its impact. Increasingly strict regulations are an effective spur. In the Mediterranean, the extension of the Seca and Pelagos zones will bring the most polluting ships out of our sea.

EIB finances first three French offshore wind turbines

06/28/2022 | Environment

FRANCE. The European Investment Bank announces the conclusion of three financing agreements for the installation and commissioning of the first floating offshore wind turbines deployed in France, all located in the Mediterranean.

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BpiFrance anchors in Casablanca to better establish its brand

05/31/2022 | Society / Institutions

MOROCCO / FRANCE. BpiFrance wants to inspire and connect French and African companies during a forum "Inspire & Connect" in Casablanca in July 2022.

Death of Benedict de Saint-Laurent, former delegate of Anima Investment Network

05/19/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. econostrum.info learns of the sudden death of Benedict de Saint-Laurent on Tuesday 17 May 2022 at the age of seventy-three.

Aix-en-Provence, Anima, Anima Investment Network, Benedict de Saint-Laurent, Corsica, EDILE, Emmanuel Noutary, Marseille, Mediterranean, notebook, Saint-Antonin sur Bayon, Sainte-Victoire, Zoé Luçon

Air France-KLM and CMA CGM to share air cargo capacity

05/19/2022 | Transport

FRANCE. The merger between Air France-KLM and CMA CGM will allow the pooling of their cargo networks and the capacities of their respective all-cargo aircraft.

Pierre Loaëc takes over as head of the Marseille regional office of the European Commission

05/05/2022 | People

FRANCE. The European Commission appoints Frenchman Pierre Loaëc as head of the Commission's regional office in Marseille.

The Villa Méditerranée hands over to Cosquer Méditerranée

05/03/2022 | Services

FRANCE. The reconversion of the Villa Méditerranée in Marseille into a reconstruction of the prehistoric Cosquer cave marks a new ambition for a building destined to become a tourist mecca after having hosted the major Mediterranean economic events.

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Aroma-Zone sets up in Marseille and prepares its internationalization

04/21/2022 | Services

FRANCE. The concept of Aroma-Zone, the sale of DIY cosmetic and home care products, is being strengthened in the South of France with the opening of a shop in Marseille and then in Montpellier, and will soon be exported to Belgium before going to Spain and Italy.

Emerging Mediterranean seeks Mediterranean start-ups to participate in its 2022 programme

04/12/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. Emerging Mediterranean is launching a new call for applications for the third cycle of this acceleration programme aimed at entrepreneurs with high social and environmental impacts from the southern shore of the Mediterranean.

GEFCO to join CMA CGM Group

04/08/2022 | Transport

FRANCE. The Marseille-based shipping group CMA CGM has announced the acquisition of "almost 100%" of the capital of the French automotive logistics company GEFCO.

automotive, CEVA Logistics, CLS, CMA CGM, Colis Privé, Commerce & Lifecycle Services, France, GEFCO, Ingram Micro, logistics, Luc Nadal, Marseille, PSA, Rodolphe Saadé, RZD, Stellantis

Marseille wants to (re)create a financial centre

04/07/2022 | Society / Institutions

FRANCE. Four years after its closure and after the failure of the Marseille-Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry to set up a new project, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region is working on the re-launch in 2022 of a regional financial centre which would be based in Marseille.

ACIM, Agency for Entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean, Aix-Marseille-Provence, Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, Alain Lacroix, Ambition Capital, Bernard Kleynhoff, Casablanca Finance City, CCIMP, Cefim, EnterNext, Euronext, European Union, FCM, Feder, Finances et conseil méditerranée, France, Frédéric Ronal, Henry Roux-Alezais, IMTM, Marseille, Marseille Financial Centre, Marseille-Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Economic and Financial Community, Mediterranean Institute of Maritime Transport, OCEMO, Office for Economic Cooperation for the Mediterranean and the East, Palais de la Bourse, Pierre Joubert, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, RSI, Région Sud Investissement

The Eastern Mediterranean becomes a new gas province

04/05/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. The problem of gas resources in the Mediterranean, but also of their sharing, was invited to the 11th Cybèle meeting in Marseilles whereas the decision of the European Union not to be supplied with Russian gas imposes to find other solutions.

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Afric'Agora, a place to welcome African companies, will be set up in Marseille in the summer of 2022

03/31/2022 | Services

MEDITERRANEAN / AFRICA. Supported by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Aix-Marseille-Provence and the Africalink network of entrepreneurs, the Afric'Agora project is going to be created in Marseille to welcome African companies and encourage their relations with their French counterparts. Frédéric Ronal, its promoter within the CCIAMP, tells us about it.

Cepasco launches an olfactory rehabilitation kit using spices

03/28/2022 | Industry

FRANCE. A company created half a century ago in Algeria, the Provençal Cepasco has kept its Mediterranean DNA right up to its supplies and its market share in ethnic grocery shops.

Two calls for tenders for floating wind turbines in France

03/15/2022 | Environment

FRANCE. French Prime Minister Jean Castex has launched two calls for tender for the construction of two floating wind farms in the Mediterranean Sea off Port-la-Nouvelle and Fos-sur-Mer.