In the first five working days of the month, the country sold US$ 5.836 billion in products. Imports in the period totalled US$ 4.782 billion. The surplus up to the moment is US$ 1.054 billion.
Author: From the Newsroom
The government owns 30% of the telephone company and will sell part of that capital. Only Moroccan investors will be able to purchase the shares.
The country has become a permanent member of the ISO/TC 217 committee, a group that regulates the worldwide hygiene, perfumery and cosmetics industry.
Model made by the French Dassault Aviations should equip the Emirati fleet of fighter jet aircraft, currently comprised of Mirage 2000 and Boeing F-16 models.
The men’s national team of the Arab country will play a friendly match against the Brazilian handball team on Saturday in Santo André.
In a report on the country, the International Monetary Fund hails government measures taken to keep the economy from overheating, but claims that reform is needed in sectors such as social security.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has shipped to the Egyptian Museum, in Cairo, 19 pieces found in the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. The return is part of an agreement signed last year.
The Dubai airline signed a partnership agreement with the Spanish team for five years.
The organisation headquartered in Davos is going to promote a meeting in the United Arab Emirates in October to discuss a ‘Global Agenda’. Among the themes are food safety and financial stability.
A group of children in the country flew kites in Gaza to break the world kite-flying record, which belonged to China.
The country was visited by 4.2 million people in the first half of this year. There was growth in the number of visitors from many European countries, despite the continent’s dire economic situation.
Aircraft maker profited US$ 99.5 mn in the second quarter, as against US$ 77.5 mn in the same period of last year. In comparison with the first three months of 2011, however, there was a decline.
World Economic Forum will have its regional edition for the Middle East and North Africa from October 21st to 23rd. The meeting will have the ‘Arab Spring’ as its backdrop.
The Brazilian government will send 38,000 tonnes to Somalia and another 15,000 tonnes to refugee camps in Ethiopia.
