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United Bank Wins 11.9m Br Ruling against
Getaneh Trading |
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United Bank won an 11.9 million Br court ruling
against Getaneh Trading Plc; however, the court
released a property, that had been frozen at the
request of the bank, for foreclosure by Nib
International Bank (NIB), another creditor of
Getaneh. |
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Addis Chamber Hiring Firms to Assist ISO
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The Addis Abeba Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral
Association (AACCSA) is hiring consultancy firms to
assist local companies in fulfilling the quality
certification criteria of the International
Standardisation Organisation (ISO). |
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New Agency to Ensure Consumer Protection |
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The agency will be accountable to the Ministry of
Trade and Industry (MoTI). However, neither the
ministry, nor any other body, is to interfere in the
agency’s adjudication, according to the bill. The
adjudication will be based on the civil and criminal
procedural codes of the country. |
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EPA Secures 200m Br in Foreign Funds |
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The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) secured
200 million Br from foreign funds and grants for the
implementation of its policies, Desalegn Mesfin,
deputy director of the EPA, told the Natural
Resources and Environmental Protection Affairs
Standing Committee of Parliament when he presented
the authority’s report on May 7, 2010. |
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Macmillan Bungles Ethiopian Textbook Bid |
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The UK publisher Macmillan misread a World Bank ban
applied on it and walked away from a 3.3 million
dollar textbook printing contract from the Ministry
of Education (MoE); the contract went to the
second-best offer at a higher price. |
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As
part of election campaigning, nine debates among
contesting political... |
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Editor's Note |
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Finally, the Revolutionary Democrats felt it
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Economic
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Following the tragic accident of a Russian made
aircraft with 96 high profile Polish government officials onboard, who
consequently all perished, a power vacuum and succession problems seemed
inevitable. However, such fears proved to be baseless as the Polish Constitution
meticulously provided direction in such a way as to protect and safeguard the
country and its people from such problems and any corresponding lawlessness that
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The 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... |
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Gossip |
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Never 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
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"Even
better, who gave them the water they are using now?" |
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Asfaw Dingamo, minister of Water Resources (MoWR) for Ethiopia,
said this to the Egyptian minister to illustrate the
disagreement in the Nile River negotiations and explained how
the water should be used cooperatively, in an interview with
Addis Zemen published on May 3, 2010. |
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It seems politics will continue
being practised by people that continue behaving like
rookies. They all continue making the same old mistakes.
Even EPRDF, the much experienced and the better positioned
“defending champion”, hardly fails from giving excuses for
the ...
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The Forum for Justice and Democratic Dialogue (FJDD),
a.k.a. Medrek, was borne out of the frustration of
the past political stalemate and despairing outlook
of the future, attributed to the electorate’s
indifference to politics following the 2005
electoral debacle.
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View Point |
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A 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, ... |
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Life Matters |
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There are times, few
and far between, that Ethiopian Television (ETV) is
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View From Arada |
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Print and electronic media are, of late, advertising the
sales of shares of one company or another... |
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