http://www.addisfortune.com/index.htm Get the Latest Business News from Ethiopia- The Largest English Weekly in the Nation! http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300 As part of election campaigning, nine debates among contesting political parties on various issues were broadcast on national television and radio. Some of the candidates of the political parties that are running in the forthcoming national elections believe that they have gained from participating, while others point their finger at the incumbent for shaping the debating process to its benefit. However, the standpoint of some voters is cloaked by a lack of interest and a disgruntled attitude, while others seem content with the way things are progressing, reports BRUH YIHUNBELAY, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Finally, the Revolutionary Democrats felt it necessary to unleash their treasured arsenal in the person of Bereket Simon, an old hand of the ruling coalition, in what looks like one of, if not the last, debates, held last Wednesday, May 5, 2010. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Greek financial crisis has put the very survival of the euro at stake. At the euro’s creation, many worried about its viability in the long run. When everything went well, these worries were forgotten. But the question of how adjustments would be made if part of the eurozone were hit by a strong adverse shock lingered. Fixing the exchange rate and delegating monetary policy to the European Central Bank eliminated two primary means by which national governments stimulated their economies to avoid recession. What could replace them? http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Since no country’s top political leader is immortal, every country should have a plan of what to do in case their leader is incapacitated. Normally, this is included in the Constitution, but Ethiopia’s lack some important details. After the tragic death of Poland’s leadership in a recent plane crash, it is time for Ethiopia to take the issue seriously, argues Yohannes Woldegebriel, a lawyer by training who has served as a special public prosecutor and chief prosecutor of anticorruption and customs. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300There are times, few and far between, that Ethiopian Television (ETV) is the station of choice for people with access to other media outlets. The station is not reputed to broadcast clear and unbiased news reports, and often the investigative and feature style pieces that are televised are not what one would expect from a public broadcasting station, no matter what whirlpool of geopolitics it may find itself in. http://www.addisfortune.com/lifematters.htmMon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300A major factor in the absence of a workable peace and security order in Northeast Africa is the unresolved issue of the Nile Waters and regional power order, which are not totally unrelated to each other. This structural logjam is both civilisational and geographic and is deeply embedded in history and geopolitics. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300More and more companies are floating shares to the public in an ever frenzied attempt at grabbing a share of Ethiopia’s growing economy and improving the country in the process. Many of the commercials do better at making promises than explaining how they will be achieved. Yet a growing segment of the population is buying into these companies, building a stronger base for the country’s economic pyramid. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Never mind that national elections may get rigged, manipulated, or are always within the possibility of having irregularities, only to use the terminology of what seems to now be the industry of election observation. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300