Despite political uncertainty with the coming elections and setbacks in negotiations with the European Union, Turkey’s economic fundamentals remain strong. While there have been short-term wobbles due to recent events, …
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Italy, the world’s second largest olive oil producer, has to go shopping for its green gold in Syria, because it cannot keep up with its own demand. The average Italian …
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The Syrian Telecommunications Establishment, a state-owned body holding a monopoly over Syria’s landline network announced a marked surge in revenues in 2006, owing to a 13.7% hike in subscriber numbers …
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The nomination of Turkey’s foreign minister, Abdullah Gul, as the government candidate for the presidential selection process came as little surprise to those who felt a “compromise” candidate was in …
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Mega construction projects are popping up everywhere in the Middle East: towers, hotels, shopping malls, artificial islands and space age luxury dwellings are appearing, not only the GCC countries, but …
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Italy, the world’s second largest olive oil producer, has to go shopping for its green gold in Syria, because it cannot keep up with its own demand. The average Italian …
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The Syrian Telecommunications Establishment, a state-owned body holding a monopoly over Syria’s landline network announced a marked surge in revenues in 2006, owing to a 13.7% hike in subscriber numbers …
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The nomination of Turkey’s foreign minister, Abdullah Gul, as the government candidate for the presidential selection process came as little surprise to those who felt a “compromise” candidate was in …
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Mega construction projects are popping up everywhere in the Middle East: towers, hotels, shopping malls, artificial islands and space age luxury dwellings are appearing, not only the GCC countries, but …
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Abdali represents the past, present and future of Amman. What once was the Jordanian intelligence headquarters is today an enormous hole in the earth, in which bulldozers prepare for the …