http://www.addisfortune.com/index.htm Addisfortune is the Largest English Weekly in Ethiopia. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300 The Tana Beles Multipurpose Hydroelectric Project, which has been under construction since June 8, 2006, by the Italian company Salini Construttori, at a cost of 7.1 billion Br, was inaugurated on May 14, 2010. The project was financed by the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) and loans from development partners. Located on the shores of Lake Tana, it is the largest hydropower plant in Ethiopia so far, with a generating capacity of 460MW. The water gushes out of the 26km tunnel and falls 275 metres down onto four turbines, each with the capacity to generate 115MW. The water then flows out of the plant and is further used for irrigation purposes. One of the four turbines has already begun generating power at full capacity, and the other turbines are expected to go fully operational in the coming two months, according to Meheret Debebe, chief executive officer of the EEPCo. http://www.addisfortune.com/addisfortunenews.htmMon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Election campaigning is expected to come to an end today after the competing parties have battled it out on TV, radio, town hall meetings, and rallies. On May 23, 2010, exactly a week from today, members of the electorate will cast their decisive votes. That day will determine who is to go to Parliament and the regional councils, except for Addis Abeba, whose council election will not take place at this time. Of the different types of campaigning modes deployed, the extensive use of posters in this election is like no other previous election, and some of the voters are getting a feel for it, report BRUH YIHUNBELAY and EDEN SAHLE, FORTUNE STAFF WRITERS. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Four state enterprises out of six are going private; for which offers were approved by the board of the Privatisation and Public Enterprises Supervising Agency (PPESA) on March 19, 2010. http://www.addisfortune.com/Privatisation of Four State Enterprises on Track.htmMon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) officially prohibited foreign embassies in Ethiopia and international organisations from observing the 2010 National Elections, the fourth since the overthrow of the Derg. http://www.addisfortune.com/Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bars Embassies from Election Observation.htmMon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The judge presiding over the Ayat case rejected all the objections of the defence lawyers, on May 11, 2010, on the charges instituted by the prosecutors of the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA); the defendants pleaded not guilty during the same hearing. http://www.addisfortune.com/Court Rejects All Ayat Objections.htmMon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The court has adjourned the Ayat case again, this time to May 11, 2010, after defence lawyers and prosecutors of the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) debated the right of the latter to institute a charge on behalf of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) on illegal banking and money laundering. http://www.addisfortune.com/Jurisdiction Dispute Leads to Further Ayat Adjournment.htmMon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Federal High Court 11th Criminal Bench found Ayele Debela, manager and shareholder of ADH International, guilty on 10 counts involving illegal banking, tax evasion, and money laundering, on May 11, 2010. http://www.addisfortune.com/Court Finds Ayele Debela Guilty of Illegal Banking.htmMon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The bill for the establishment of the Trade Practice and Consumer Protection Agency shed the controversial articles that were to give the agency judicial power. http://www.addisfortune.com/AMCE Deal at Current, not 2006, Exchange Rate.htmMon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The 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. http://www.addisfortune.com/Proposed Consumer Protection Agency Loses Judicial Power.htmMon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Office of the Fund, established by the Vehicle Insurance against Third-party Risks Proclamation No. 559/2008 and created in 2009 to manage the insurance fund for the treatment of people injured in traffic accidents, is expected to go operational in July 2010. http://www.addisfortune.com/Third-party Insurance Soon to be Required.htmMon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Blue Nile Construction SC was ordered by the court to pay a little over half a million Birr to Total Ethiopia SC after the former failed to pay for fuel and oil given to it. http://www.addisfortune.com/Blue Nile Construction to Pay Premium for Total’s Fuel.htmMon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300All the Brief News Articles from various papershttp://www.addisfortune.com/newsinbrief.htmMon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Get all the Previous Volums of the News paperhttp://www.addisfortune.com/Addis_ Fortune Archive.htmMon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300