Arabic News Daily Page for 12/31/1998
Daily Edition - Thursday, December 31, 1998
- Bahrain releases its budget for 1999-2000
Bahraini Emir Sheikh Issa Bin Salman al-Khalifa has issued a presidential decree on the state's general budget for the fiscal years 1999 and 2000, during which deficit increased to 160 million dinars in each of the two years. Bahrain, Economics, 12/31/1998 - Ankara satisfied with the implementation of Adanah agreement Syria-Turkey, Politics, 12/31/1998
- Lebanon announces new measures for exports to Baghdad
The economic affairs directorate at the Lebanese Foreign Ministry has announced in a statement to Lebanese traders and industrialists who export to Iraq "new measures" to carry out the oil-for-food program concerning ratification of export certificates. Lebanon-Iraq, Economics, 12/31/1998 - EURO in the Palestinian areas by the beginning of 1999
The Arab Bank in Jerusalem on Tuesday announced that Palestinians of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip will be able to deal in the European currency, the "Euro," as of the January 1, 1999. Palestine, Economics, 12/31/1998