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A shopkeeper counts money in of his shop at a bazar in Tunis,
Tunisia August 10, 2016. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Tunisia Mulls to Restructure Banking Sector

by AlMunji alSaidani | Jul 24, 2017 | Business

Tunisia- The Tunisian Central Bank has focused on restructuring the country’s banking sector during a forum organized on reforms for public banks, restructuring them and guaranteeing their financial integrity without losing them to privatization. The forum’s attendees...

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Polish opposition parliamentarians protest against the rules proposed by the head office of the Sejm, the lower house of parliament, that would ban all recording of parliamentary sessions except by five selected television stations and limits the number of journalists allowed in the building, in the Parliament in Warsaw, Poland December 16, 2016. Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja Gazeta/via REUTERS

Polish Lawmakers Adopt Supreme Court Reform

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 20, 2017 | World

The Polish parliament on Thursday adopted a controversial reform of the Supreme Court concern from the opposition over judicial independence and EU threats of unprecedented sanctions. The lawmakers made the move despite massive take to streets. The lower house of...

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Lebanese President Michel Aoun meets with a delegation from Barclay Bank (Dalati & Nohra)

Aoun: Reform will be Achieved, No Return to the Past

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 12, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese President Michel Aoun reiterated his pledge to build a strong Lebanese state as per the Presidential oath, especially in terms of respecting the constitution and the implementation of laws. “The Lebanese expectations of this presidential era are...

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A money dealer counts US dollar notes at a money market in Karachi. AFP

‘Reform’ Isn’t the Answer for Everything

by Satyajit Das | Feb 15, 2017 | Opinion

Nearly a decade after the global financial crisis, the recovery remains disappointing and nothing — neither massive fiscal stimulus, nor record-low rates, nor generous injections of liquidity by central banks — seems to be helping. Policymakers from...

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Labor minister Mufrej Al-Haqbani and Minister of Trade and Investment Dr. Majed Bin Abdullah Al Qasabi (Photo byAli Al-Arifi)

Saudi Arabia to Wipe out Economic Bureaucracy, Fight Unemployment

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Aug 26, 2016 | Business

Riyadh- In a measure aimed at stimulating the Saudi private sector, and increasing the growth rate of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), both the Ministry of Commerce and Investment and the Saudi Labor ministry announced unlimited support in light of the plan...