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, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300 Prime Minster Meles Zenawi and the currently seated opposition addressed each other in Parliament on Thursday, July 1, 2010, for the last time until at least 2015. In a turn of events, the PM seemed to refrain from making his usual quips and curt remarks during his last appearance in front of the outgoing Parliament, which passed a 77.2 billion Br budget for the next fiscal year. Rather, such comments came from those in the opposition camp, some of which interrupted the session sending the whole hall into roaring laughter. Teshome Toga, Speaker of the House, had to repeatedly urge everyone to come to order. The opposition remarked on the budget, value-added tax (VAT), and salaries of civil servants. http://www.addisfortune.com/addisfortunenews.htmMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300The long overdue IT procurement by the largest and oldest bank in the country, the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), was signed and sealed two weeks ago by an international technology vendor based in Switzerland, Temenos Group AG. http://www.addisfortune.com/Swiss Vendor Bags CBE’s 70m Br IT Contract.htmMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300Zemen Bank has become the first commercial bank to offer depositors 0.5 percentage points more on savings than the four percent imposed by the central bank, which other banks continue to pay. http://www.addisfortune.com/Bank’s Record Profits to Profit Customers .htmMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Privatisation and Public Enterprises Supervising Agency (PPESA) filed a 695,000 Br claim against United Africa Group Plc (UAG) for failing to upgrade the Hawassa Wabi Shebelle Hotel, located near Lake Hawassa, to a three star hotel as agreed when it sold the hotel to UAG in May 2005. http://www.addisfortune.com/Hotel Upgrade Delay Leads to Lawsuit.htmMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Federal High Court upheld the decision of the lower court against Xie Mengnan, a Chinese national, who was sentenced to serve three years of imprisonment after he was found guilty of attempting to smuggle 40,000 dollars to Khartoum, Sudan. http://www.addisfortune.com/Chinese National Gets Three Years for Smuggling.htmMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) have been granted an extension of the injunction they received on the properties of Ayele Debela, convicted manager and shareholder of ADH International.http://www.addisfortune.com/Ayele Debela’s Prosecutors Get More Time.htmMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) is looking to raise over 300 million Br for the construction of its new multipurpose headquarters.http://www.addisfortune.com/Red Cross Needs 300m Br for New HQ.htmMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300A reference centre is to be established for the private sector to study international trade in order to better benefit from Ethiopia’s planned joining of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).http://www.addisfortune.com/WTO Centre to Boost Exports.htmMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Privatisation and Public Enterprises Supervising Agency (PPESA) is auctioning three government-owned beer companies - Meta Abo Beer SC, Harar Beer SC, and Bedele Beer SC - along with 21 other companies, to be privatised next year. http://www.addisfortune.com/Privatisation of Beer Companies Brewing.htmMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300Parliament passed the revised Trade Practice and Consumers’ Protection Proclamation at its 35th session on 29, June 2010; establishing the Trade Practice and Consumers’ Protection Authority. http://www.addisfortune.com/Consumers’ Protection Law Passes.htmMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300Total Ethiopia and the United Nations Economic Comision for Africa (UN ECA) together with 10 other companies handed over 500,000 Br worth of road safety educational guides to the Ministry of Education (MoE). http://www.addisfortune.com/Total, UN ECA, 10 Others Aid Road Safety with Half Million Birr.htmMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300All the Brief News Articles from various papershttp://www.addisfortune.com/newsinbrief.htmMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300Get all the Previous Volums of the News paperhttp://www.addisfortune.com/Addis_ Fortune Archive.htmMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300