Category: ECONOMY
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Egyptian FM optimistic over agreement on EEZ with Greece
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in an interview with Efimerida Ton Syntakton newspaper on Saturday, on the sidelines of the 2nd Conference on Stability and Security in the Eastern Mediterranean held in Rhodes, stressed the need for cooperation between Greece and Egypt in the energy sector. He stressed that “it is important for all of…
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Value of trade between Egypt, Greece drops to $1.3bn in 2016
Trade exchange between Egypt and Greece dropped 21.9% in 2016 to $1.3 billion from $1.7 billion in 2015, said chairman of the Greek side to the Egyptian-Greek business council Ioannis Yiotis. Yiotis was addressing the third forum of the council which was hosted by the Egyptian Businessmen Association on Wednesday. He asserted that both sides work on promoting economic relations,…
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Greek seal to expand to more types of commodities
The Athens Chamber of Small and Medium-Sized Industries (BEA) is planning to expand the use of the mark indicating products of Greek origin to non-food categories, such as apparel, furniture and toys. This effort started in the summer of 2015, but without any substantial response from the competent Ministry for the Economy and Development. Now…
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E-Khorda: An Opportunity for Egyptians to Make Gold from E-Waste
E-waste is one of the fastest growing wastes in the world. Communication and technological literacy is increasing, and access to electronics and electric appliances is rapidly growing, and consequently so is electronic waste. Material such as lead, cadmium, mercury, zinc, and many more, are all found in all electronic and electrical devices used daily in…