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Investment minister witnesses MoU to support clean technology start-up accelerator

Egypt's Investment Minister Sahar Nasr

Cairo - MENA
Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr witnessed Saturday the inking ceremony of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish an investment fund specialised in supporting emerging companies working in the... Read more
Venezuela inks deals worth six bn dollars with Russia

Nicolas Maduro had signed deals with Russia worth six billion dollars

Caracas - DPA
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday said he had signed deals with Russia worth six billion dollars during a recent visit to Moscow.The deals include investments in the oil sector and gold mining, Maduro tweeted. The... Read more
EBRD President Suma Chakrabarti to visit Egypt

EBRD President Suma Chakrabarti

Cairo - Arab Today
EBRD President Suma Chakrabarti will visit Egypt from 6 to 9 December 2018 for high-profile meetings and participation in the Business for Africa summit.In Cairo President Chakrabarti will meet the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El... Read more
G20 leaders back WTO reform despite clear divisions

World leaders attending the Group of 20

Buenos Aires - DPA
World leaders attending the Group of 20 annual summit in Buenos Aires on Saturday endorsed a "rules-based international order" in a joint final statement which also laid bare stark differences between key powers. The leaders pledged to... Read more
Eurasian Economic Union to protect itself from anti-Russian sanctions

The Eurasian Economic Union

Moscow - TASS
The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will find effective mechanisms of protection from anti-Russian sanctions that affect other member states of the association, First Deputy Head of the Russian Government Office Sergei Prikhodko said ahead... Read more
Egypt's Investment minister meets Lebanese PM to boost economic cooperation

Egypt's Investment minister Sahar Nasr meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad El-Hariri

Beirut - MENA
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri met on Friday with Egyptian Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr in Beirut.The meeting tackled bilateral relations and, in particular, the economic cooperation between the... Read more
French lawmakers fear intimidation by 'yellow jacket' fuel protesters

Paris police chief Michel Delpeuch warned protesters

Paris - DPA
A day ahead of planned protests in Paris against rising fuel prices and taxes on petrol, a French minister warned that lawmakers had been threatened by angry demonstrators."You have deputies who have been threatened by angry citizens... Read more
South Korea hosts Boao Forum for Asia in Seoul

Boao Forum for Asia Seoul Conference in capital Seoul

Seoul - Xinhua
South Korea hosted the Boao Forum for Asia Seoul Conference in the country's capital Seoul, bringing together some 800 entrepreneurs and government officials. The opening ceremony was held at a hotel in central Seoul Tuesday, after a... Read more