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Turkey obtains a new reprieve from the EU and avoids the black list of tax havens

Turkey obtains a new reprieve from the EU and avoids the black list of tax havens
02/18/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
TURKEY / EU. Once again, and despite a deadline set on December 31, 2020 a year ago to regularize the sharing of tax data, Turkey escapes its placement on the European black list of tax havens. version française
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French skies turn scarlet red with the abyssal losses of Air France, ADP and Airbus

French skies turn scarlet red with the abyssal losses of Air France, ADP and Airbus
02/18/2021 - Eric Apim | Transport
FRANCE. Air France announces a loss of €7.1 billion in 2020, while ADP loses 60% of its passengers and Airbus revenues decline by 29%. version française

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The EU adopts a new agenda for the Mediterranean with €7 billion

The EU adopts a new agenda for the Mediterranean with €7 billion
02/09/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. Six years after the last revision of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership launched in 1995 in Barcelona, the European Commission adopts a new agenda for the Mediterranean, with a Southern Neighbourhood Instrument endowed with €7 billion over six years.
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Algeria, Barcelona, Brussels, Development Cooperation and International Cooperation, Egypt, European Commission, European Union, Israel, IVCDCI, Jordan, Josep Borrel, Lebanon, Libya, Mediterranean, Morocco, Neighbourhood Instrument, New Agenda for the Mediterranean, Olivér Várhelyi, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia

Lebanon and Tunisia have the strongest productive capacities of the Mediterranean developing countries

Lebanon and Tunisia have the strongest productive capacities of the Mediterranean developing countries
02/09/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
WORLD. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development is launching a new Productive Capacity Index to help its members achieve their socio-economic transformation.
Algeria, developing countries, Egypt, human capital, Jordan, KPI, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mediterranean, Montenegro, Morocco, Mukhisa Kituyi, natural capital, Palestine Geneva, Paul Akiwumi, Productive Capacity Index, South Africa, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, UNCTAD

Israel to supply 5,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to the Palestinians

Israel to supply 5,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to the Palestinians
02/01/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
ISRAEL / PALESTINE. Accused by several organisations of forgetting the Palestinians in its vaccination plan against coronavirus, the State of Israel is finally going to supply 5000 vaccines to the Palestinian Authority's medical teams.
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Mediterranean health systems tested by Covid-19

Mediterranean health systems tested by Covid-19
01/14/2021 | Development models in Mediterranean
A lack of budgetary means and chronic structural socio-economic weaknesses have prevented an adequate political response to the coronavirus pandemic in the six countries studied by the Euro-Mediterranean Economists’ Association. Version française
Algeria, Covid-19, EMEA, euro-mediterranean economists association, How resilient are the Healthcare systems in the Mediterranean, Jordan, KAS PolDiMed, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Morocco, Palestine, Rym Ayadi, Sara Ronco, Tunisia

Italian and Spanish passports enter the world's Top 5 of the most "powerful" in the world

Italian and Spanish passports enter the world's Top 5 of the most "powerful" in the world
01/11/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
WORLD. The two leading Mediterranean countries, Italy and Spain, are in fourth place in the world ranking of passports that allow their holders to access the greatest number of destinations without having to apply for a visa in advance.
Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Henley & Partners, Henley Passport Index, IATA, International Air Transport Association, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Passport, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia

10 years after the Arab democratic movement, what are the results?

10 years after the Arab democratic movement, what are the results?
11/17/2020 - Henry Marty-Gauquié, member of JFC Conseil | Reflections
Already 10 years ago, on December 17, 2010, the street vendor Mohamed Bouazzizi set himself on fire, triggering the intifada of Sidi Bouzid...
Algeria, Arab Spring, Bahrain, Egypt, Europe, expert opinion, Henry Marty-Gauqié, Jordan, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Mohamed Bouazzizi, Morocco, reflection, Syria, Trump, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen

Voltalia takes a majority stake in 4 solar power plants in Jordan

Voltalia takes a majority stake in 4 solar power plants in Jordan
11/05/2020 - Eric Apim | Environment
JORDAN / FRANCE. French energy company Voltalia signs an agreement to acquire a 70% majority stake in four solar power plants in Jordan.
France, Jordan, Ma'an, Mafraq, solar energy, solar power plant, Sébastien Clerc, Voltalia

World Bank calls for coordinated integration in the Mena region

World Bank calls for coordinated integration in the Mena region
10/19/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
MENA. The World Bank is alarmed about the economies of the Middle East and North Africa region being doubly hit by the coronavirus and falling oil prices. A report calls for a new framework for global trade integration in the region. version française
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The European Commission considers the funding obtained for Syria insufficient

The European Commission considers the funding obtained for Syria insufficient
10/16/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
SYRIA / EU. In its latest report on the financial monitoring of grant and loan pledges to Syria, the European Commission indicates that as of 31 August 2020, international donors had disbursed $5 billion in grants to Syria and its region in 2020. version française
Brussels, Covid-19, Donor Conference, Egypt, European Commission, European Union, Germany, Grants to Syria, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Refugees, Regional Plan for Refugees and Resilience, Syria, Syria Humanitarian Response Plan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States

Start of negotiations between Israel and Lebanon to define their common borders

Start of negotiations between Israel and Lebanon to define their common borders
10/14/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
LEBANON / ISRAEL. The first talks in thirty years between Lebanon and Israel begin in the city of Naqoura, the headquarters of UNIFIL. They will focus on the maritime borders between the two states still officially at war.
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EIB supports energy efficiency in Jordanian municipalities

EIB supports energy efficiency in Jordanian municipalities
10/07/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Environment
JORDAN / EU. The European Investment Bank signs a technical assistance cooperation agreement with the Cities and Towns Development Bank (CVDB) in Jordan.
Cities and Towns Development Bank, CVDB, EIB, energy, energy efficiency, environment, EU, European Investment Bank, European Union, Jordan, Osama Al-Azzam, renewable energy

European Council imposes sanctions on three companies for violation of Libya's arms embargo

European Council imposes sanctions on three companies for violation of Libya's arms embargo
09/22/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
LIBYA / EU. The European Council imposes sanctions on three companies, including one Turkish and one Jordanian, involved in violations of the UN arms embargo on Libya.
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Brain drain benefits Southern Mediterranean countries

Brain drain benefits Southern Mediterranean countries
07/03/2020 | Development models in Mediterranean
Three policy papers published by the EMNES (Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies) examine the complex issue of legal immigration in the Mediterranean area and its paradoxical consequences. Encouraging it on one hand reduces illegal immigration, while on the other it leads to a brain drain from south to north. Version française
Ahmad Wali Ahmad Yar, Algeria, brain drain, Brain Drain in Southern Mediterranean Countries, brain gain, Cinzia Alcidi, Education and Migration in South Mediterranean Countries, Egypt, Emea, Emnes, Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association, Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies, Jordan, Labour Supply, Lebanon, Legal Migration Pathways Across the Mediterranean: Achievements, Mattia Di Salvo, Mediterranean, Mehtap Akgüç, migration, Morocco, Nadzeya Laurentsyeva, Obstacles and the Way Forward, Rym Ayadi, Tunisia

EMEA’s Mediterranean economists examining coronavirus responses

EMEA’s Mediterranean economists examining coronavirus responses
04/28/2020 | Development models in Mediterranean
The Euro-Mediterranean Economists’ Association (EMEA) has been poring over reports of the Covid-19 spread in ten countries and analysing the political responses, with a view to limiting the pandemic’s economic impact. Version française
Algéria, Chahir Zaki, China, coronavirus, Covid-19, Emea, Emnes, Euro-mediterranean economists' association, G20, Ghana, Italy, Jordan, Kinga Konya, Kwame Sarpong Barnieh, Lebanon Egypt, Mais Shaban, Mediterranean, Morocco, Najat El Mekkaoui, Nooh Alshyab, Palestine, Racha Ramadan, Rim Ben Ayed Mouelhi, Rym Ayadi, Samir Abdullah Ali, Sandra Chalita, Sara Ronco, Serena Sandri, Spain, Tunisia, Wuhan, Yacine Belarbi

Philip ter Woort to lead EBRD operations in the Eastern Mediterranean

Philip ter Woort to lead EBRD operations in the Eastern Mediterranean
04/28/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | People
MEDITERRANEAN. Philip ter Woort is appointed Director General of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the Eastern Mediterranean region.
bank, EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Egypt, Gaza Strip, Heike Harmgart, Jordan, Lebanon, London, Mediterranean, Philip ter Woort, Semed, West Bank

In Jordan and Lebanon, Social entrepreneurs reach-out to refugees

In Jordan and Lebanon, Social entrepreneurs reach-out to refugees
04/01/2020 - Nathalie Bureau du Colombier, MARSEILLE | Socio-economic assessments
Jordan and Lebanon, two of the main host countries regarding the number of Syrian refugees, have seen an increase in vocations with social impact during the past two years. A different kind of entrepreneurs has continued to multiply, promoting mutual aid and solidarity rather than profit. A few months ago, Femise published a study on this phenomenon. An analysis which is more topical than ever with the Covid-19 pandemic which calls into question our current systems and sees the reinforcement of new behaviors focused on humanist values. Version française
Center for Social and Economic Research, Constantin Tsakas, Covid-19, FEM44-12, Femise, Institut de la Méditerranée, Jordan, Katarzyna Sidlo, Lebanon, refugees, Royal Scientific Society, social entrepreneurs

"Giving more power to women influences economic development"

"Giving more power to women influences economic development"
12/20/2019 - Frédéric Dubessy | Socio-economic assessments
As part of the Emerging Valley summit, Femise and Institut de la Méditerranée highlighted several initiatives to strengthen the place of women in the economies of the Mediterranean basin. Version française
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MeetMED halfway

MeetMED halfway
10/29/2019 | Energy Efficiency
Interview with meetMED project manager Matteo Barra. MeetMED is a two-year, European Union-financed project managed by the MEDENER, officially launched in May, 2018, at the Union for the Mediterranean’s headquarters in Barcelona. Version française
Algeria, energy efficiency, France, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Matteo Barra. European Union, MEDENER, MeetMED, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, renewable energy, Spain, Tunisia, Union for the Mediterranean

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