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Parliament Approves $150m in Loans for Roads

Parliament approved two loans for road construction projects, amounting to over 150 million dollars during its 30th session.

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Housing Agency in Arrears at 112m Br

The outstanding rent arrears that the Agency for Government Houses (AGH) accumulated reached 112 million Br on May 8, 2010, and a significant proportion is owed by embassies and international organisations.

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Stars May Not Align for New Hotel Rankings

A new hotel classification system that could see hotels gain or lose stars has been drafted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MoCT); hotels that beat the criteria for the Five Star level could find themselves in a new category called Five Star Deluxe.

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Automated Vehicle Inspections to be Conducted by 11 Firms

The Ethiopian Transport Authority (ETA) has selected 11 companies to conduct its annual vehicle inspections by automatically using a machine as opposed to the manual inspections it used to do previously.

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Addis Abeba to Aid Deedless Homeowners

Addis Abeba is to start addressing pending housing title deed issues for houses that were legally acquired before 1996 but were never supported by ownership documents.

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Chamber Unveils Fresh Exporters’ Guide

An updated Exporters’ Guide to replace the previous edition which came out a decade ago was presented to stakeholders on Friday, June 11, 2010 at Hilton Hotel during a meeting of the Ethiopia Chamber of Commerce and ..

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Amid the mayhem surrounding the copyright ...

 
   

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Editor's Note  

Back in the day, a man began a long dispute over a claim for land against..

 
   

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Economic Commentary  

In response to a commentary by a writer whose name this newspaper withheld upon request, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) posted, last week, on its website (www.mfa.gov.et), the following response. It is a rebuttal, point by point, of Fortune’s anonymous author whose commentary was headlined, “EPRDF Aims for Chinese Model Legitimacy, Not Democracy.” In the interest of fairness and balance, we have republished the response here.

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Opinion  

In an increasingly globalised world, the importance of speaking a common language is of paramount importance, and none more so than in the delicate world of business and finance. Sadly, though, Ethiopian Television’s (ETV) daily business news has persisted in giving a flawed and anachronistic estimate of gold.

   

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Now that the Revolutionary Democrats are awash with electoral gains, as much in a windfall as they had said it was for the opposition in 2005, what is to come is a fight amongst each ...

   

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"Through the EPRDF, the existence of the Derg Regime can still be seen"

Andualem Arage, general secretary of the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJP), said when asked if there was anything he wanted to add at the end of his interview, which appeared in the Amharic weekly, Addis Werre, on June 8, 2010. He mentioned the nearly total victory of the incumbent in a country touted to be democratic and generalised on how similar the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) is to the Derg Regime.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Bulcha Demeksa: Eight Decades in Nutshell

 
 

A pillar in Ethiopian and African society, Bulcha Demeksa, refraining from competing in the 2010 National Elections and watching the defeat of his party along with all other opposition parties (save one member of Medrek), announced his resignation from politics. He took an interview with EDEN SAHLE, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER, ..... More

 
Interview-China’s Complex View of  Africa
 
 

The increasing role of China in Africa’s infrastructure building and the management of the continent’s economy has become a subject of intense discussion not only by Africans but from people beyond the continent. China is different from the West in its strategic approach towards Africa...... More

 
 
 
 
View Point

The Ethiopian Government is hailing the recent elections as one of the most democratic elections ever held in Africa. In contrast to the most popular headlines of both ...

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Life Matters
 

It would be foolish to pass up yet another opportunity this year to write about the contemporary history ....

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View From Arada
 

Elsabeth graduated from the 10+3 stream three years ago and is still looking..

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