The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had welcomed the announcement by the Syrian Foreign Ministry regarding the signing of a roadmap to solve the crisis in Sweida Governorate.
The Bulgarian Tourist Union (BTU) will organize a hike for hundreds of mountain lovers, starting from the Ivan Vazov National Theatre to Mt. Cherni Vrah, to celebrate 130 years of organized tourism in Bulgaria.
The Austrian Central Bank expects the local economy to record a slight growth in GDP of 0.3 percent for the current year 2025, thus avoiding entering a third year of recession, following stronger than expected economic performance in the first half of the year.
ADEN-SABA
The Economic Council held a session Tuesday in the interim capital Aden presided over by the Prime Minister Dr. Ma'een Abdulamilk.
The meeting devoted to discuss a range of topics and reports about economic, financial and monetary situations. Government' plans, policies and efforts to mitigate hardships created by Houthi rebel militia, improve revenues and maintain national currency exchange rate were also elaborately debated.
The discussions also touched upon necessary measures need to be taken to increase crude oil production and exports.
The Prime Minister briefed the council about the government's economic performance in 2019, challenges in existence and practical plans to achieve the economic recovery this year.
The Finance Minister reported about planned practical procedures to manage the public revenues of the country and proposed mechanisms to improve efficiency of the authorities in charge of collecting public revenues.
The Governor of the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) cited the interventions made by the CBY to regain exchange rate stability of the national currency and suggested action-plans to manage the disastrous implications of Houthis' decision to confiscate the newly issued national currency banknotes and ban dealing with in the militia controlled regions.
The Minister of Oil detailed the council about the returns of crude oil and measures taken to improve and increase oil production and exports.
The Economic Council has decided to undertake the mission of regulating fuels trade instead of the Economic Committee.