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Hot Weather Expected Today

Weather inshore today until 6:00 pm on Monday will be hot daytime with slight dust at places at times, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report.Offshore, it will be fine.Wind inshore will be northwesterly 05 to 15 KT gusting to 2…

Jordan News Agency hosts seminar on amended traffic law

The Jordan News Agency (Petra) hosted Monday an awareness seminar carried out by the Public Security Directorate (PSD) to spread awareness of the traffic and the new traffic law. The Director of the Central Traffic Department, Brigadier General Firas …

Internal Affairs

JLGC inks industrial support, development program agreements

The Jordanian Loan Guarantee Corporation (JLGC) has commenced the signing of agreements for the Export Credit Guarantee Program, which is part of the initiatives offered by the Industry Support and Development Fund under the Ministry of Industry, Trad…

Yemeni delegation visits statistics department

The Department of Statistics (DoS) Director-General Haider Fraihat on Sunday welcomed a Yemeni delegation from the Central Statistical Organization (CSO), led by its President Safaa Mautee. In a statement released on Sunday, the DoS said the visit is …

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Buying & Selling

Mafraq exports 500,000 sheep to Saudi Arabia

Mafraq Governorate announced Monday that it has exported 500,000 sheep to the Saudi market following a Saudi decision to lift the ban on Jordanian livestock exports on June 15. Director of Mafraq Agriculture Department Ebtihal Khreisha told the Jordan…

Irbid exports in September hit $88mln

Irbid Governorate’s exports for September sustained a 19 per cent decrease from $107.9 million last year to $88 million, according to the total value of certificates of origin issued by the Irbid Chamber of Industry. Chamber President Hani Abu Hassan …

Arts & Culture

Ministry launches studies for more reliance on renewable energy

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, in collaborating with partners, is conducting studies to increase reliance on local energy sources, particularly renewable energy, and align with the global trend to reduce the carbon footprint and mitigat…

Amman Summer Festival kicked off activities

Events of Amman Summer Festival on Friday evening kicked off in Al Hussein Gardens, by a concert performed by the Jordanian singer, Nida’a Sharara, in presence of Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) Mayor, Yousef Shawarbeh. The festival’s launching cerem…

15th International Honey Festival Held in Baha

Vice Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Mansour Al-Mushaiti inaugurated yesterday the 15th International Honey Festival, organized by the ministry and the Beekeepers Cooperative Association (BCA) at the association’s headquarters in Baljura…

Jordan, Egypt’s culture ministers hold symposium on culture, art

Minister of Culture Haifaa Najjar said, “We have a lot of vocabulary and heritage elements in the Arab world, which are among the richest elements in the world, and we must protect this heritage and its privacy by empowering people.”In a symposium as …