The owner of Ma Sweet Cases, Mirela Goi, leaves to the Emirates in search of new clients this month. She has already exported to approximately 15 countries, four of them are in the Middle East.
Enrolment for the classes which will be taught at USP is open until August 8th. Students will learn from the alphabet to basic sentences in the language. Topics as religion and the role of women are part of the syllabus.
The estimate was issued by the City Hall. The city received nearly 500,000 tourists from June 12th to July 10th, of whom 229,000 were Brazilians and 196,000 were foreigners.
Exports by Brazilian footwear companies were up 3.5% June-on-June, following three straight months of decline. In the first half, however, sales were down 2.6%.
Lebanon’s Foreign Affairs and Emigrants official Gebran Bassil attended a luncheon offered by the Arab Chamber. He stated that his country has high hopes for its diaspora.
Legaspi sells handmade purses to a store in Tripoli. Currently, 20% of their output is sold abroad, but the company wants to reach 40% by entering new markets, such as the Emirates.
Head of state and government from South Africa, Russia and Germany are among the ones who have confirmed their attendance at the World Cup final next Sunday in Rio de Janeiro.
The Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (Itamaraty) will issue multiple-entry visas to Lebanese citizens as informed to Lebanon’s FM, Gebran Bassil, who is visiting the country. Lebanese minister asked Brazil’s help in Middle Eastern conflicts.
Codeshare agreement was entered into this week. Passengers of the airlines based in Abu Dhabi and Brazil will pay a single rate for tickets to all destinations served by the two companies.
Rating agency announced it has kept the country’s sovereign credit rating as BBB with a stable outlook. This means there should be no short-term changes.
Brazil’s Apis Vida is obtaining a halal certificate and is interested in selling to countries such as Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Libya and United Arab Emirates.
Nagib Nassar lives in the country since the 1970s and has developed hybrid manioc plants with higher protein contents to help fight hunger. In December, he will be awarded a prize from Kuwait for his work.
Brazil shipped 734,606 bags to the region in the first semester. Revenue, however, fell by 10% in the same period and stood at US$ 97 million.
The airline from Abu Dhabi grossed US$ 3.2 billion in the first six months of the year and carried 6.7 million passengers, up 22% from the first half of 2013.

