Greek PM Lucas Papademos has warned parliament of “uncontrollable economic chaos” if it fails to approve a new austerity bill that will cut 15,000 public-sector jobs and lower the minimum wage by 20 per cent. ...
The Health Ministry on Friday denied vehemently reports by some satellite channels that a fire broke out in Douma Hospital in Damascus Countryside ...
The SYP/USD opened the week's trade at SYP 57.81and closed at 57.86, recording a 0.08 % rise, while the Euro started off the weekly trading against the SYP at 74.80 and closed at 75.95 with an increase of 1.51 %. ...
Sources confirmed that Shell Syria, a subsidiary of "Royal Dutch Shell" the Dutch oil production company asked the staff in Syria to continue their work and their commitment to their jobs in the company until further notice while maintaining their monthly wages without any discounts or deductions. ...
The Syrian Government raised the price of gas cylinder (gas jar) to SYP400 instead of SYP250 on Friday. Deputy Minister of Economy Imad Al-Aseel confirmed the increase of gas cylinder price to SYP400. ...
EU countries decided to impose new sanctions on 22 individuals and 8 institutions, because of what they called "the continuing acts of repression", and they will be officially effective starting Monday. ...
The only thing that every Syrian believes in, and they are sure about is the rampant corruption in Syria. Some people attribute the protests movement to that corruption. there are many steps from the government to find a clue to solve this problem.
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The Director of the Industrial cities in the Local Administration Ministry Akram Al-Hassan clarified that the work in the industrial cities doesn’t come under any crisis of which Syria is going through, except for some difficulties. ...
The public cement & building materials in Hama has produced approximately 1.5M tons of cement, and made more than 800M SP’s in net profits during the year 2011. ...
The SYP/USD opened the week's trade at SYP 55.89 and closed at 56.65, recording a 1.34 % rise, while the Euro started off the weekly trading against the SYP at 73.04 and closed at 73.22 with an increase of 0.24 %. ...
The Euro rose 0.2 percent against the US Dollar, to reach 1.2790, recovering from sixteen months of 1.26 US Dollars. ...
Spot gold reached 1616.59 US Dollars an ounce. ...
European shares rose today, led by mining stocks, after forecast-beating results from U.S. aluminum producer Alcoa, which improved the outlook for commodities. ...
US crude oil rose one US Dollar today, to reach 102.31 US Dollars a barrel. ...
The Commercial Bank of Syria continued to grand loans for the citizens over the past year, despite the difficult circumstances in the country. ...
The General Storage and Marketing Establishment in Tartous announced its readiness to market all types of citrus, at the prices they agreed on, with the farmers union. ...
The director of industrial zones at the Ministry of local administration announced that the volume of investments in the industrial cities is up by 512 billion pounds, representing a 25% increase. ...
Director General of the Commercial bank of Syria, Ahmad Diab, asserted that the most important issues to be addressed under the new sanctions imposed on the bank, is to find the best banking operations and to search for alternative channels ...
President Bashar al-Assad issued Law No. 2 for the year 2012 on establishing the National Fund for Investment, which aims to contribute to stabilizing the market ...
Minister of Irrigation George Somi discussed on Wednesday with Iranian Assistant Minister of Agriculture Mohammad Riza Shafei means of developing bilateral cooperation and investment in the water and agrarian projects. ...