Jordan
February 18, 2012
Firmly into 2012, how are the Arab revolutions developing? We check in with some of the Arab protest pictures to gauge to what extent they have reached revolution saturation, or on the contrary are just getting started.
February 13, 2012
The National Committee to Revive the Teachers Association and the Amman Free Teachers Committee pledged to continue the strike, which entered its second week yesterday.
February 12, 2012
Jordan remains vulnerable to external shocks, the World Bank said Saturday in a press release at the end of talks between a senior management team and top Jordanian officials.
February 8, 2012
Spurring economic growth is the private sector’s responsibility, and not the government’s, a World Bank official stressed on Tuesday.
February 1, 2012
Foreign direct investment (FDI) witnessed a steep drop of 40 percent in the Kingdom of Jordan by the end of 2011
January 29, 2012
Jordan's King Abdullah II has received the leader of Hamas. It was the first visit by Khaled Mashaal in Jordan since his expulsion 13 years ago.
January 25, 2012
Egyptian gas supplies fell from 220 million cubic feet per day in 2010 to an average of 80 million cubic feet in 2011 due to a series of 10 attacks last year on the Arab Gas Pipeline in the Sinai Peninsula that cut off the flow of natural gas.
January 22, 2012
Al Bawaba's pickings of some of the more colorful Tweeps operating in the Middle Eastern Twitter-sphere include friendly Lebanese politicians and singers to the actively engaged Emirs and Queens of the region. Which Arab politicians or celebrities are dominating the Twitter-verse?
January 21, 2012
The commander of Iran's Qods Force, Brigadier General Qassem Soleimani, has said Iran is present in southern Lebanon and Iraq and that these countries are acting in "this way or another" by the will of Tehran
January 18, 2012
Jordan's 2011 energy bill reached JD 2.75 billion
January 17, 2012
Recent talks between Israelis and Palestinians in Amman have so far failed to achieve concrete progress, King Abdullah II of Jordan, said about the low-level talks.
January 9, 2012
"The instability the region has witnessed and protests in Jordan were one of the factors that affected the sector in 2011," Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Nayef Al Fayez remarked.
January 8, 2012
Cyber crimes that might affect Jordan include identity theft, phishing, e-fraud, and infecting devices with malware to steal data, according to the IT experts.
According to data released by the Jordanian Department of Statistic, unemployment for the kingdom averaged 13.1 percent for 2011.
January 5, 2012
In remarks to The Jordan Times Wednesday, they agreed that there is a huge price difference between villas and apartments in western Amman, which is the modern and affluent part of the city, and those old and less privileged houses in eastern Amman.
December 29, 2011
A reminder in brief of the tumultuous news schedule of the year passed. 2011 saw news churned out globally at such a rate that had viewers transfixed to their TV screens, computers and phones for constant updates. In no order of importance or calendar chronology, Al Bawaba offers you its very own review in montage of the year in two parts.
The third quarter achieved a higher growth rate than the first and second quarters when the economy expanded by 2.2 percent and 2.4 percent respectively.
December 28, 2011
The members’ violations include “abuse of public office” after they reportedly signed a council decision that labels a casino as a legitimate tourism business in accordance with the Tourism Law, according to a Prime Ministry statement.
December 25, 2011
Christmas is observed in some Middle Eastern countries, by local peoples as well as by expatriates. How do these some 10 million Christian 'Arabs' living in the Middle East mark Christmas, with most living in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine? Christmas visits smaller Arab Christian populations in Jordan, Iraq, and even some of the Gulf states.
December 18, 2011
Many mobile users cited the "price war" among Zain, Orange and Umniah as the main reason that motivates them to own more than one mobile number.
December 13, 2011
The relationship of Arab and Persian can be summarized as one of antagonistic alternating bouts of best of friends with worst of neighbors!
Syrian rights activists on Tuesday reported that at least 20 people were shot dead by Syrian security forces, mostly in Ibleb.
December 8, 2011
Chairman of Jordan’s Chamber of Commerce Nael Kabariti said on Wednesday that Jordan will be the first victim and “big loser” from economic sanctions imposed on Syria by the Arab League.
December 5, 2011
There is "no possibility" decision makers in Amman will consider establishing a buffer zone along the northern border to offer protection to displaced Syrians, said the Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications Rakan Majali.
December 4, 2011
At a protest in front of the Prime Ministry yesterday, some two dozen environmentalists demanded a dialogue over a project they say may have unforeseen costs for future generations of Jordanians.
December 1, 2011
The Kingdom's nuclear programme has attracted the interest of several major utilities, including French energy giant GDF Suez, China's Datang International Power Generation Co., Russian Rosatom Corp. and Japanese Kansai Electric Power, according to the commission.
November 27, 2011
By severing gas supplies earlier this month, the seventh act of sabotage this year on the Arab Gas Pipeline exposed the weakness of Jordan's energy sector, which relies on Egyptian gas for over 80 percent of its electricity needs.
November 22, 2011
Palestinian sources confirmed that Jordan's King Abdullah II, who visited Ramallah Monday conveyed to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a European proposal to resume negotiations with Israel.
November 15, 2011
The Jordanian ambassador to Damascus Omar Al Amad said in a press statement published Tuesday that two of about 120 protesters in Syria, were able to break into the building
According to the Jordanian Employment Ministry, Egyptians make up 68% of foreign workers in Jordan
