The Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Centre is offering intensive courses in Portuguese language and Brazilian culture in September. The classes are targeted at basic-level students.
Author: From the Newsroom
The government announced that civil servants will rest on Fridays and Saturdays. In the prior regime, the resting day was only Friday.
The fund should send a technical team to the country in September to evaluate financial assistance, informed the managing diretor of the institution, Christine Lagarde, on visiting Cairo.
The tariff has been lowered from 10% to 2%. The measure will remain effective for 180 days and is limited to a maximum of 50,000 tonnes of frozen fisheries.
The country exported the equivalent of US$ 4.91 billion last week, averaging at US$ 982 million per day, and up 0.2% from the average for the first two weeks of August.
The airline is accepting entries to choose a name for a mascot which will be given away to children on its flights. The winner will receive tickets to Dubai.
A survey conducted by the Ministry of External Relations shows that in 2011 the country shipped 300,000 tonnes of food to several nations, and is a major collaborator with the UN Food Programme.
According to a survey of the industry by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade and covering January to July, the decline in revenues was caused by lower demand and prices.
The Kuwait Petroleum Company transport subsidiary plans to acquire eight vessels to renew its fleet.
The combined returns of 316 Brazilian enterprises reached US$ 13.3 billion in quarter two, as against US$ 25.1 billion in quarter two last year. Only 10 out of 24 sectors surveyed saw profits rise.
The recommendation is by the IMF, which disclosed information about the local economic situation. The institution evaluates that the country managed to reduce drought effects and increase revenues.
Brazilian exports of the product to Saudi Arabia were up year-to-date as of late July. The Arab country imported shoes at prices 7% higher on average.
Christine Lagarde will arrive in Cairo next week. According to the institution, the reason for the visit is the ‘support’ the Fund has provided to the country during the transition process.
The sector exported the equivalent of US$ 9 billion. The highlights were maize, whose sales were up 431%, and soy, up 23.5%. Egypt ranked among the leading target markets.
