Syria Focus
Syria witnesses sharp fall in Human Development ranking
- The UNDP annual report shows a continued decline in Syria’s Human Development Index and in its worldwide ranking.
- Tuesday, July 22 - 2003 at 16:28 |
Syria's Central Bank lowers interest rates for the first time in 22 years
- The Central Bank of Syria has lowered interest rates on deposits by 1% and on credits by 1.5%.
- Thursday, June 12 - 2003 at 19:47 |
Private banks enter Syria
- The Syrian Government has authorized private banking in the country through the award of licences to three foreign banking concerns.
- Monday, May 12 - 2003 at 16:14 |
EIB to extend loans to Syria's SMEs
- The Syrian private sector is to benefit from an initial 25 million euros of credit facilities from the EIB.
- Monday, May 12 - 2003 at 16:13 |
War on Iraq, a blow to the Syrian economy
- Iraq was Syria’s first trade partner in the last two years. Industrialists and traders have closed their offices in the Iraqi capital and started laying-off.
- Syria: Sunday, April 13 - 2003 at 12:57 |
British delegation in Syria for business opportunities
- An important British business delegation held a round-table meeting with a number of Syrian businessmen in Damascus on February 17, the second such encounter after a first meeting held last July.
- Syria: Wednesday, March 12 - 2003 at 12:55 |
Syrian gas to feed Lebanese power station before year-end
- After the award by Lebanon, of the contract to build the Lebanon side of the Syrian-Lebanese gas pipeline, Syria is expected to start pumping gas to its neighbour before the end of the year.
- Syria: Wednesday, March 12 - 2003 at 00:06 |
Private free trade zones to be set up in Syria
- The Syrian President issued on January 28 a new decree regulating investment in the country's free trade zones (FTZ).
- Syria: Saturday, February 08 - 2003 at 10:11
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