The facility overtook Heathrow, in the United Kingdom, in arrivals, with 68.9 million passengers by December 22nd. By the end of the year, 70 million travellers are expected to have passed through.
During a meeting with the Brazilian ambassador in Khartoum, the Sudanese minister of Agriculture expressed his desire to enhance agricultural exchange.
The increase in the number of visitors reached 4% in 2014. The figure had not grown since 2010. North Africa recorded a raise of 2%.
The Brazilian musician will be one of the headliners. The show ‘Beats from Brazil’ will take place on the evening of March 20th. It will be the artist’s first concert in the Gulf.
Ministry of Agriculture forecasts that the Gross Domestic Product of the sector will amount to as high as 23% of the national product. Livestock productivity went up while the agriculture one dropped in 2014.
It was the worst result for November since the Central Bank started keeping records in 2001. The federal government and regional governments all posted deficits. State-owned companies had surplus.
The index, measured by Fundação Getulio Vargas, dropped 1.5% from November to December in Brazil after a two month high.
Vincenzo Visciglia, who already designed Arab palaces, now is planning to open a showroom in the emirate for his fashion brand and bring a coffee shop chain to Brazil in 2015.
Carmen Zaglul was born in Lebanon, lived in Costa Rica and became a fine artist in Brazil. She has exhibited alongside a fellow artist from Santa Catarina state and is planning a new piece about her origins.
Lasting up to eight weeks, the courses at Al Akhawayn University, in the city of Ifrane, feature classical Arabic lessons and studies on North Africa. Enrolment is open until March 10th.
Feicon Batimat is held in March in São Paulo and expects 120 thousand buyers, between Brazilians and foreigners. In its last edition, the fair was visited by people from 30 countries, including United Arab Emirates and Egypt.
Throughout the month, the emirate will offer discounts at stores, prizes and live concerts. In 2015, the event, which has attracted 56 million visitors, will see its 20th edition.
‘Babilônia’, slated to debut next March on the Brazilian television network, is set in Rio de Janeiro but will feature scenes filmed in Dubai and in Paris.
Maronite organization is taking youths of Lebanese descent aged from 20 to 28 to Lebanon so they can learn about the history of the country and of the religion. Registrations are open until late December.
