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Tunisian - Indian cooperation in technology
Tunisia-India, Economics, 4/15/2000

Labor code, interim finance bill, development plan: major issues on MPs spring agenda
The labor and customs codes, the draft interim appropriation bill and the five-year development plan are the major issues to be discussed by Morocco's MPs during their spring session, opened on Friday.
Morocco, Economics, 4/15/2000

Privatizing the Lebanese Middle East airlines in 2 years
Lebanon, Business, 4/15/2000

55 countries participate in international cometition for der water photography in Hurghada
Egypt, Economics, 4/15/2000

Morocco's tourism activity increased in 1999
Morocco's tourism activity increased by 18 % in 1999 and tourism receipts reached $ 1.93 billion.
Morocco, Economics, 4/15/2000

Canadian businessmen in Morocco monday
Morocco-Canada, Business, 4/15/2000

Saudi Arabia is No. 1 in using VISA card in the gulf
Saudi Arabia, Economics, 4/15/2000

World Bank denies issuing report on tax corruption in Egypt
Prime Minister Atef Ebeid said the World Bank has denied issuing a report on the corruption of some tax officials in Egypt.
Egypt, Economics, 4/15/2000

Egypt, Israel discuss natural gas deal
President Hosni Mubarak met Israel's infrastructure Minister Eli Suissa, who delivered a Message from Shas movement, a key partner in Israel's ruling coalition of Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
Egypt-Israel, Economics, 4/15/2000

French employers meet moroccan officials
The visiting delegation from the French employers' association (MEDEF) held in Rabat Thursday a work meeting with several Moroccan officials to probe means of enhancing partnership between the two countries.
Morocco-France, Economics, 4/15/2000

Egypt specifies 27.5 billion L.E to service debt burden
Egypt decided to specify 27.5 billion LE in the new financial budget for year 2000/2001 to service the foreign and local debts burden-- 24% of the financial specifications in the new budget.
Egypt, Economics, 4/14/2000

Japanese project to support and develop Egyptian small industry
The Japanese international cooperation organization will start in October carrying out a project to support and develop the small and medium-sized industries in Egypt, especially automobile-related industries and export industries, as well as conveying technology, especially lasers.
Egypt-Japan, Business, 4/14/2000

Economic forum discusses Arab- European partnership
The union of Arab banks will organize an economic forum named "Bank management technology" on April 26th - 28th in the Spanish city of Granada.
Regional, Business, 4/14/2000

Egyptian industrial union objects to European partnership agreement
The Egyptian industrial union council announced its opposition to the European - Egyptian partnership agreement that is due to be signed soon between Cairo and the European Union member states.
Egypt-European Union, Economics, 4/14/2000

OPEC international development fund grants loan to Sudan
The International Development Fund of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC granted Sudan a $10 million loan to develop its electricity network.
Sudan, Economics, 4/14/2000

Egyptian plan to increase exports of computer software
The Egyptian Economy Ministry prepared a plan to increase Egypt's exports of computer software and get into new markets, among which are US and commonwealth markets.
Egypt, Economics, 4/14/2000

Meeting of Italian tourism chamber in Luxor in May
The Italian tourism chamber (Fiat IT) will convene its annual conference on May 17-21 in the city of Luxor to discuss increasing the volume of tourism coming to Egypt and the Mediterranean basin area.
Egypt-Italy, Economics, 4/14/2000

Morocco to post 1.2% growth rate in 2000
Morocco will post a 1.2% growth rate in 2000 against an initially-expected 8%, the Moroccan Centre de Conjoncture (CMC) said.
Morocco, Economics, 4/14/2000

Morocco's foreign debt stands below $17 billion
The Moroccan foreign debt was brought down to below $17 billion when it stood at $18 billion in mid-January, Finance and Economy Minister Fathallah Oualalou told the economic weekly "La Vie Economique."
Morocco, Economics, 4/14/2000

Kuwaiti organizes first conference for the Internet
The Kuwaiti association of computer users announced its intention to organize the first international conference for the Internet in Kuwait on November 20- 22 under the slogan, "The Internet and the new millenium."
Kuwait, Economics, 4/14/2000

Egyptian company to spread banking credit cards
Egypt, Business, 4/14/2000

New flights between Marrakesh and southern Spain
A Spanish airliner will service two new weekly air flights between the two Spanish southern cities of Granada and Malaga and Marrakesh, Morocco.
Morocco-Spain, Business, 4/14/2000

Arab fund grants $8.4 million loan to Morocco
The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development will grant Morocco a $8.4 million loan to partially finance an electricity project.
Morocco-Regional, Economics, 4/14/2000

Moroccan tourism ad poster chosen best in Germany
Morocco-Germany, Business, 4/14/2000

Permanent fairs for Egyptian products in the Arab and African states
Egypt, Business, 4/14/2000

Moroccan, Gulf investors meet in Morocco next month
Moroccan and Gulf investors will convene a meeting in Casablanca next May 2-3 to study business opportunities in Morocco, Moroccan Economy and Finance Minister Fathallah Oualalou announced on Thursday.
Morocco-Gulf, Economics, 4/14/2000

Egypt, Canada agree to increase bilateral trade
President Mubarak had talks yesterday with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien on ways of expanding bilateral cooperation in the fields of trade, technical cooperation and training.
Egypt-Canada, Economics, 4/13/2000

Jordan joins the worldly trade organization
Jordan, Economics, 4/13/2000

Italy to swap $100 million Moroccan debt
Italy will swap $100 million debts owed by Morocco, under an accord signed here Wednesday on the occasion of the official visit King Mohammed VI is paying to Italy.
Morocco-Italy, Economics, 4/13/2000

No need to devaluate Morocco's currency, minister
The Moroccan economy and finance minister has ruled out the possibility of devaluating Morocco's currency, the dirham.
Morocco, Economics, 4/13/2000

Arab Financial Institutions End Joint Meetings
The Arab financial institutions wound up Wednesday in Rabat their joint annual meetings with the adoption of annual reports and year 2000 programs of activity.
Regional, Business, 4/13/2000

Amman Hosts Suphex 2000 fair for military equipment
The Suphex 2000 exposition for weapons and military equipment will be opened on April 17 in Amman.
Jordan-International, Business, 4/13/2000

Sudan's oil output up 56 percent to 200,000 barrels
Sudan's oil output has jumped 56 % from 128,000 daily to 200,000 barrels per day, largely from the addition of new productive wells of the Unity and Heglig oil fields in the South and West of the country, respectively.
Sudan, Economics, 4/13/2000

200 German tourist companies put Egypt on top their program lists
Egypt-Germany, Economics, 4/12/2000

Morocco attends World Bank energy week
General manager of the national electricity facility (Office National D'electricit), Driss Benhima, is taking part in the energy week held by the World Bank April 11-13 in Washington.
Morocco-International, Economics, 4/12/2000

International fair in Dubai next year
Regional, Business, 4/12/2000

Saudi Arabia, EU start trade relations
A round of trade talks started on Tuesday in Riyadh between delegations of the general secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the European Commission in order to discuss several trade issues of concern to the two sides.
Saudi Arabia-European Union, Economics, 4/12/2000

Jordan joins WTO
Jordan-International, Economics, 4/12/2000

British minister visits Lebanon
Lebanon-UK, Economics, 4/12/2000

WB participates in 5 economic Programs
Prime Minister Dr. Atef Ebeid met with the World Bank delegation, its resident representative in Egypt Khaled Ikram and Minister of Environment Nadia Makram Ebeid.
Egypt-World Bank, Economics, 4/12/2000

Establishing an Egyptian - Chinese business council
It was decided to establish an Egyptian - Chinese business council on the margin of Chinese President Jiang Zemin's visit to Cairo next week.
Egypt-China, Business, 4/12/2000

Libyan, Maltese trade relations discussed
Meetings of Libyan economic activists and a delegation of Maltese economic activists included main trade companies, banking companies and industrial institutions in Malta.
Libya-Malta, Economics, 4/12/2000

Arab financial institutions hold joint annual meetings in Morocco
The Arab financial institutions opened in Fez (central Morocco) their joint annual meetings with several Arab economy and finance ministers attending.
Regional, Economics, 4/12/2000

Saudi Cabinet agrees on foreigners' ownership of projects
The Saudi Cabinet agreed on a new law for foreign investment that allows foreigners to have complete ownership of the projects and properties related to it.
Saudi Arabia-International, Economics, 4/12/2000

Moroccan, French employers' joint committee meets in Morocco
The joint committee of the Moroccan and French employers' associations, CGEM and MEDEF, will convene its 12th session on Friday in Morocco, said a CGEM press release.
Morocco-France, Economics, 4/12/2000

UGTM, CDT Call for Warning General Strike on April 25
The General Union of Moroccan Workers (UGTM/close to the Istiqlal Party) and the Democratic Labor Confederation (CDT/close to the Socialist union of popular forces) have called for a warning general strike on April 25.
Morocco, Economics, 4/12/2000

Yemen signs MOU for port construction
Yemen-Iran, Business, 4/12/2000

Morocco, Egypt resolved to increase trade exchanges
Moroccan-Egyptian joint commissions on trade and industry wound up works Sunday with the signing of a package of agreements meant to upgrade cooperation in economy, trade and investment and increase bilateral trade exchanges.
Egypt-Morocco, Economics, 4/11/2000

Lebanese minister addresses updating radio equipment
Lebanon, Business, 4/11/2000

Morocco, Bahrain finalize accord on non-double taxation
Morocco and Bahrain have finalized a draft accord on non-double taxation and income tax evasion.
Morocco-Bahrain, Economics, 4/11/2000

Saudi fund finances housing project in Morocco
The Saudi development fund will extend Morocco a $ 7.5 million loan to finance a low-cost housing project in Fes, central Morocco.
Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 4/11/2000

Algeria, France sign customs agreements
Algeria-France, Economics, 4/11/2000

Meeting to probe US-Maghreb partnership in Washington next week
Practical modalities to implement the economic partnership between the United States and the Maghreb will be the focus of meetings in Washington April 18 with economy and finance ministers of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, said US economic affairs under-secretary of state, Alan Larson.
Maghreb-USA, Economics, 4/11/2000

British businessmen discuss in Cairo developing economic relations
A British businessmen delegation in currently visiting Egypt to discuss aspects of cooperation in fields of harbors, exporting fresh fruits and vegetables and medical products, metal industries as well as equipment's of communication and electronics.
Egypt-UK, Economics, 4/11/2000

An economic Austrian delegation visits Egypt today
Egypt-Austria, Economics, 4/11/2000

Seminar on rural development in Mediterranean opens in Marrakech
A seminar on "new strategies for a rural development in the Mediterranean countries" opened Monday in Marrakech to debate development problems in rural areas in the Mediterranean and new strategies to ensure a lasting rural development.
Regional-Morocco, Economics, 4/11/2000

Egyptian - Syrian communications to convene meetings of the joint committee
Egypt-Syria, Economics, 4/10/2000

Egyptian imports equal $17 billion
Official Egyptian economic statistics asserted that Cairo imported during 1999 an estimated at $17 billion, while its exports last year did not exceed $4.5 billion, which caused a shortage in the commercial balance that is estimated at $12.5 billion.
Egypt, Economics, 4/10/2000

Bashar al-Assad participates in Lebanese - Syrian symposium on developing the Internet
Bashar al-Assad, son of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, agreed on participating in a Lebanese - Syrian symposium concerning developing the Internet and data technology, organized by the Syrian scientific association for data which is headed by Bashar in association with the Lebanese assembly for data.
Syria-Lebanon, Economics, 4/10/2000

Saudi Arabia expects three million tourists in five years
Saudi economic sources stated that Riyadh expects three million tourists during the next five years, after the latest decision of the Saudi Cabinet to grant tourism visas to foreigners visiting Saudi Arabia, excluding these for pilgrimage, the minor Haj or work.
Saudi Arabia, Economics, 4/10/2000

Bidders line up for new power projects
International power project developers and suppliers are preparing to bid for three new schemes scheduled to go to tender in the next few months.
Egypt, Economics, 4/10/2000


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