July, 2017

• 4 July

  Egypt extends state of emergency

  Egypt’s parliament has approved a presidential decision to extend the state of emergency nationwide for another three months. President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi initially imposed the state of emergency after suicide bombings struck two Coptic Christian churches on Palm Sunday in an attack that was claimed by the Egyptian

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• 4 July

  Morocco expects UN to resolve Western Sahara dispute

  Morocco’s top diplomat said on Tuesday that the United Nations is to lead efforts to end a dispute over a partially recognised state in Western Sahara that Rabat considers its territory. Speaking in Addis Ababa at his first African Union summit since Morocco returned to the bloc in January, Foreign …

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• 3 July

  NATO forces in Eastern Europe are fully operational

  NATO’s new missions in Eastern Europe, aimed at discouraging Russia from striking American allies are now “fully operational” before Russian mass drill in the region. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Thursday that the Alliance’s “forward presence is fully operational in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. This sends a …

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• 3 July

  Macron in Mali for diplomatic push on Sahel anti-jihad force

  French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Mali on Sunday to boost Western backing for a regional anti-jihadist force, with France urging greater support for the Sahel region amid mounting insecurity. The so-called “G5 Sahel” countries south of the Sahara – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger – have pledged …

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• 3 July

  Egypt to host Gulf nations in dispute with Qatar

  Egypt says it will host a meeting of Arab nations that have cut off ties to Qatar. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid says foreign ministers of Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates will meet in Cairo on Wednesday. He says the meeting will discuss the future …

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• 3 July

  Analysts Warn Tax on Turnover Could Render 30% of Companies Insolvent

  One out of three companies in Romania will be exposed to insolvency risks if the government replaces the 16% flat tax on profit with a tax on turnover, showed a study by Iancu Guda, president of the Romanian Association of banking analysts. (Mediafax)

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• 3 July

  Romania Unemployment Rate At 5.5% in First Quarter

  The unemployment rate in Romania stood at 5.5% in the first quarter of 2017, the same as in the fourth quarter of 2016, the country’s statistics board said. The jobless rate stood at 6.3% among men and at 4.4% women. By areas of residence, the jobless rate was 6.4% in …

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• 3 July

  Klaus Iohannis and Rumen Radev at the Romania – Bulgaria Business Forum

  The Governments of Bulgaria and Romania aim to modernize Danube ports, to ensure conditions for navigation and development for river transport and to build new road bridges, said Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the Romania – Bulgaria Business Forum, an event he attended together with his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev. …

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• 3 July

  President Klaus Iohannis, by President Donald Trump's side at "Three Seas Initiative" Summit

  President Klaus Iohannis will participate on Thursday at the “Three Seas Initiative” Summit (the Baltic -the Adriatic – the Black Sea) to be held in Warsaw where the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump will also be present, as special guest. (Agerpres)

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• 3 July

  Middle east events and news

  ISIS Media Group Urges Muslims In The West To Kill Their Neighbors On June 29, 2017, the Nasher News Agency, a group that distributes Islamic State (ISIS) publications and materials, posted calls on its Telegram channels urging ISIS supporters living in the West to carry out attacks on private homes …

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