Morocco, Finland Ink MOU To Boost Energy Cooperation

RABAT, Feb 12 (NNN-MAP) – Morocco and Finland signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), to promote cooperation in renewable energy, clean-tech and energy efficiency. The document was signed by Morocco’s Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali and Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs, Mika Lintila via videoconferencing, the…

S.African President Announces Measures To Address Economic Problems

CAPE TOWN, Feb 12 (NNN-BUANEWS) – South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, said, the government is making efforts to address “deep” and “structural” problems in economy, including electricity crisis, inefficiency of railways and ports and reluctance to invest. The government is accelerating the implementation of “far-reaching structural reforms,” to modernise and…

EU Economy Should Be Back On Track After Winter Slowdown: Official

BRUSSELS, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The European Union’s (EU) economy should be back on track in 2022, after a slowdown in winter, due to the spread of the Omicron variant, said European Commissioner for Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, while presenting the European Commission’s Winter 2022 Economic Forecast. “The EU as a…

UNIFIL Chief Urges Lebanon, Israel To Resume Talks On Blue Line

BEIRUT, Feb 12 (NNN-NNA) – Head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Stefano Del Col, yesterday called on Lebanon and Israel, to resume technical Blue Line talks, in order to reach agreements on a number of contentious areas along the Blue Line. During this year’s first tripartite…

165 Palestinians Injured In Clashes With Israeli Soldiers In West Bank: Medics

RAMALLAH, Feb 12 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 165 Palestinian protesters were injured yesterday, during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank, said medics and eyewitnesses. Palestinian eyewitnesses said, fierce clashes broke out near the villages of Beita, Beit Dajan, Burqin, and Huwara, and south and east of Nablus…

Gas Explosion In Eastern Uzbekistan Kills One

TASHKENT, Feb 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – A gas explosion in a private medical clinic, in the eastern Andijan region of Uzbekistan, killed one person and injured four others, the Uzbek Emergency Situations Ministry said yesterday. Earlier in the day, based on preliminary reports, the ministry said that, seven people were injured.…

Uzbekistan To Produce 56.3 Billion Cubic Metres Of Gas In 2022

TASHKENT, Feb 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – Uzbekistan will increase natural gas production to 56.3 billion cubic metres this year, to ensure a stable supply of oil and gas products for the country, the Uzbek Energy Ministry said, yesterday. Uzbekistan, which exports gas to some of its neighbours, including Russia and China,…

Kyrgyzstan Relaxes COVID-19 Containment Measures

BISHKEK, Feb 12 (NNN-KNA) – Kyrgyzstan yesterday, cancelled quarantine for persons who have been in contact with COVID-19 patients, and removed mandatory PCR tests, for people upon entering the country. At a meeting of the Republican Headquarters for Combating COVID-19, the country’s health ministry presented the information, about the current…

Malaysian Economy Grows 3.6 Percent In 4th Quarter Of 2021

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The Malaysian economy grew 3.6 percent, year on year, in the fourth quarter of 2021, as economic activities resumed with the easing of containment measures, official data showed yesterday. The rebound in economic activity was aided by recovery in the labour market, as well…

Turkish President Erdogan Tests Negative For COVID-19

ANKARA, Feb 10 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, tested negative for COVID-19, after being infected with the virus last week, it was reported yesterday. “President Erdogan’s PCR tests that we have done over the past two days, have come back negative,” his doctor, Serkan Topaloglu, was quoted as…