Arabic News Weekly Edition for Economics, 8/18/2003
Weekly Edition, Economics - Week of August 18, 2003
- Arab economists, analysts meet in Alexandria for economic integration talks
Egpt's Prime Minister, Atef Ebeid, opens on Monday the General Conference of the Arab Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Alexandria under the auspices of President Hosni Mubarak. Regional, Economics, 8/23/2003 - Syrian- Jordanian agreement on agriculture Syria-Jordan, Economics, 8/22/2003
- Syrian - Malaysian transport cooperation Syria-Malaysia, Economics, 8/22/2003
- Qatar airlines to head for al-Basra by the end of this week
The Qatari airline company announced yesterday that it will run trade flights to al-Basra in the south of Iraq, as from August 30th, with the consent of the American- British coalition forces which occupy Iraq. Qatar-Iraq, Economics, 8/22/2003 - African monetary union by 2021, and a single currency
"The 27th annual meeting of the African Central Banks Union has fixed 18 years to establish the African Monetary Union and the single currency," the Libyan official news agency reported. Regional, Economics, 8/21/2003 - Syrian business delegation to visit Morocco
A delegation of Syrian businessmen, led by Syria's minister of industry, Issam al-Zaeem, will visit Morocco from August 31 to September 4. Syria-Morocco, Economics, 8/21/2003 - New phase of Egyptian gas pipeline into Jordan starts early 2004 Jordan-Egypt, Economics, 8/21/2003
- Beltagui: 632.000 tourists visited Egypt in July
Egypt's Tourism Minister Mamdouh El-Beltagui said on Wednesday night that 623.000 tourists visited Egypt in July, the highest number of foreign arrivals in the country in one month. Egypt, Economics, 8/21/2003 - Omanisation of the economy ongoing
Omanisation is the process of turning local jobs from foreign workers held to Omani citizens who are equally qualified to do the work. Oman, Economics, 8/20/2003 - Syrian- Malaysian to establish smart card deal
A memorandum of understanding between General Establishment of Telecommunication and Malaysian UCT Sunan Tele. Company was signed yesterday at the establishment's headquarter in Damascus. Syria-Malaysia, Business, 8/20/2003 - October Magazine: Egyptian minister of petroleum: oil companies join bourse soon
In statements during an interview with October Magazine, Minister of Petroleum, Sameh Fahmi, said that oil companies will join, for the fisrt time, the bourse to activate the stock market and render substantial revenues to junior investors Egypt, Economics, 8/19/2003 - Malaysian Proton cars center inaugurated Syria-Malaysia, Economics, 8/19/2003
- Morocco supplies spain with power energy
Morocco supplied Spain five times last week with power energy through the interconnection of Morocco and Spain grids via the Detroit and Gibraltar to meet the local need in energy, sources close to Spain's Red Electrica company (REE) said. Morocco-Spain, Economics, 8/19/2003 - Israel will buy gas from Egypt, rather than Palestinians
The Israeli government yesterday decided to buy gas from Egypt rather than the British "British gas" company working for the Palestinian authority off Gaza coast. Egypt-Israel, Economics, 8/19/2003 - Syrian- Malaysian economic relations in a press conference
Syria's Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa Miro and his Malaysian Counterpart, Mahateer Muhammad held yesterday in Damascus a joint press conference. Miro asserted that these discussions were the base for a new stage of bilateral cooperation in the economic, scientific, educational, technical, communication, commercial, banking and cultural fields. Syria-Malaysia, Economics, 8/18/2003