Arabic News Daily Page for 5/16/1998
Weekend Edition - Saturday, May 16, 1998
- Moroccan government postpones presentation of new budget
In press statementas the spokesman of the Moroccan government, Khaled Eliwa, confirmed today that the government postponed the presentation of the new budget project (98-99), to the parliament, due to financial and legal problems. Morocco, Politics, 5/16/1998 - Egypt does not proceed with third network of portable phones
Egypt refused to establish a third network for portable telephones after selling the first network, which was owned by the government, to the private sector and allowing foreign and Egyptian companies to establish a second network. Egypt, Business, 5/16/1998 - Exhibition for the Egyptian products in Baghdad
Meanwhile, a cargo of Egyptian car frames arrived in Baghdad on Thursday. This cargo is part of a total of 40 trucks arriving during the coming few days, in a deal valued at $1 million. Egypt-Iraq, Economics, 5/16/1998 - Spanish Prime Minister will fly to Tunis tomorrow
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar will arrive on Sunday in Tunisia for an official visit to hold political consultations on implementing the items of friendship and good neighbor treaty that was reached by the two countries in 1995. Tunisia-Spain, Politics, 5/16/1998