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Death of Benedict de Saint-Laurent, former delegate of Anima Investment Network

05/19/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. econostrum.info learns of the sudden death of Benedict de Saint-Laurent on Tuesday 17 May 2022 at the age of seventy-three.

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Mediterranean employment ministers want to promote an economy for the benefit of all

05/19/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. In Marrakech, the employment and labour ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean committed themselves to meeting the challenges of employment and employability for the most vulnerable people, in particular young people and women.

More than €6 billion in pledges for Syria

05/12/2022 | Society / Institutions

SYRIA. Organised by the European Union in Brussels, the donors' conference for Syria raised $6.7bn (€6.36bn) in pledges.

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The EBRD forecasts a slowdown in economic growth in the South and East of the Mediterranean

05/10/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. In its latest regional outlook report, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development foresees a strong impact of the war in Ukraine in the SEMED region with a slowdown of 2.5% in 2022.

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Five Mediterranean countries in the top 20 of world military spending

05/03/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. World military spending has reached $2.1 trillion in 2021, an all-time record to which Mediterranean countries have contributed $150 billion.

Algeria to supply more gas to Italy

04/12/2022 | Industry

ALGERIA / ITALY. The Italian group ENI and the Algerian state company Sonatrach sign a new gas agreement to strengthen energy cooperation between Algeria and Italy.

Emerging Mediterranean seeks Mediterranean start-ups to participate in its 2022 programme

04/12/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. Emerging Mediterranean is launching a new call for applications for the third cycle of this acceleration programme aimed at entrepreneurs with high social and environmental impacts from the southern shore of the Mediterranean.

Four airports from Mediterranean countries make it into the Top 10 of international air traffic

04/12/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. The Mediterranean countries are doing well in the international traffic segment by placing five of their airports in the Top 10 of the world airports ranking published by ACI World.

Agnès Levallois: "The only possible way out of the crisis in Lebanon is a secular state"

04/07/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. During an exclusive interview granted to econostrum.info within the framework of the 11th International Meeting of Cybèle, Agnès Levallois, former journalist, consultant specialist of the Middle East, says she believes in the emergence of new systems in the countries which knew social movements during the last decade. In particular in Lebanon.

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Marseille wants to (re)create a financial centre

04/07/2022 | Society / Institutions

FRANCE. Four years after its closure and after the failure of the Marseille-Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry to set up a new project, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region is working on the re-launch in 2022 of a regional financial centre which would be based in Marseille.

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The Eastern Mediterranean becomes a new gas province

04/05/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. The problem of gas resources in the Mediterranean, but also of their sharing, was invited to the 11th Cybèle meeting in Marseilles whereas the decision of the European Union not to be supplied with Russian gas imposes to find other solutions.

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Jean-Emmanuel Roux de Luze: "Turkey is playing the NATO card in the Ukrainian conflict"

04/05/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. On the occasion of an intervention during the 11th International Meeting of Cybèle, organized in Marseilles on March 31 and April 1, 2022 by the association Euromed-IHEDN, the rear-admiral Jean-Emmanuel Roux de Luze, deputy to the Commander of the Mediterranean maritime zone (CECMED), specifies the consequences of the war in Ukraine for the French Navy.

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The end of Russian gas in Europe reshuffles the cards in the Mediterranean

04/05/2022 | Industry

MEDITERRANEAN. In addition to the general price increase that will impact everyone, the halt in Russian gas exports to Europe will penalise Italy, Greece, Serbia and Slovenia. It could also be a great opportunity for Algeria and Egypt.

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Afric'Agora, a place to welcome African companies, will be set up in Marseille in the summer of 2022

03/31/2022 | Services

MEDITERRANEAN / AFRICA. Supported by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Aix-Marseille-Provence and the Africalink network of entrepreneurs, the Afric'Agora project is going to be created in Marseille to welcome African companies and encourage their relations with their French counterparts. Frédéric Ronal, its promoter within the CCIAMP, tells us about it.

Four Mediterranean sovereign wealth funds join forces to make co-investments

03/29/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. Malta Government Investments, The Sovereign Fund of Egypt, Bpifrance and Compañía Española de Financiación del Desarrollo create a foundation of sovereign wealth funds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

Cepasco launches an olfactory rehabilitation kit using spices

03/28/2022 | Industry

FRANCE. A company created half a century ago in Algeria, the Provençal Cepasco has kept its Mediterranean DNA right up to its supplies and its market share in ethnic grocery shops.

The Maltese give their confidence back to the Labour Party

03/28/2022 | Society / Institutions

MALTA. The camp of the head of government Robert Abela has won the legislative elections in Malta with 55.1% of the votes. The Partit laburista (Labour Party) thus retains the power it has held for nine years.

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ARLEM launches a call for candidates to elect the young Mediterranean entrepreneur of the year 2022

03/22/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. The Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly is looking for a young Mediterranean entrepreneur under the age of thirty-six to receive its 2022 award.

Two calls for tenders for floating wind turbines in France

03/15/2022 | Environment

FRANCE. French Prime Minister Jean Castex has launched two calls for tender for the construction of two floating wind farms in the Mediterranean Sea off Port-la-Nouvelle and Fos-sur-Mer.

European universities are concretising their cooperation with their African counterparts

03/15/2022 | Society / Institutions

EU / AFRICA. Gathered in Marseilles, the ten European universities of the Civis alliance and six African universities signed a partnership to better cooperate, to develop together educational activities answering the world challenges and to support the mobility of the students.

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