Новости за 15.02.2016

ATHENS — Greece will open four "hotspot" migrant registration centres in time for an EU summit this week despite local protests, as Athens comes under intense pressure to control the massive influx to Europe, a source said Monday. 

BRUSSELS — The European Union ended five years of sanctions against Belarus and its authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Monday, citing improving human rights as the bloc seeks more friends in Russia's back yard.

TOKYO — Japan's economy shrank more than expected in the final quarter of last year as consumer spending and exports slumped, adding to headaches for policy makers already wary of damage the financial market rout could inflict on a fragile recovery.

AMMAN — Jordan Investment Commission (JIC) President Thabet Al Wir and members of the Lower House's tourism committee discussed ways to develop tourism in development zones and procedures aimed at providing support to the sector. 

BEIRUT — Hopes for a ceasefire taking hold in Syria this week dimmed Sunday as Turkey renewed its shelling of advancing Kurdish militants and Washington demanded Moscow end air strikes on rebels.

AMMAN — The Muslim Brotherhood has modified its by-law, ending the group’s affiliation with the mother group in Cairo, a move that was described by defectors from the movement as “too late”.

TORONTO — Canada has earmarked nearly $380 million over the next three years to help safeguard the stability of Jordan, according to Canadian Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan. 

ISTANBUL — After months of tensions, Turkey is taking on Syrian Kurdish fighters inside Syria in a move that risks inflaming tensions with its NATO ally the United States and complicating the search for peace after almost five years of civil war.

AMMAN — About JD420 million will be spent in 2016-2018 on various key projects to develop the country's governorates, according to the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation.

AMMAN — Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour has become the longest serving premier since His Majesty King Abdullah's accession to the Throne in 1999, with experts saying the current government will most likely continue until next year.