Новости за 02.05.2016

AMMAN — The Cabinet on Monday approved the electricity tariff for charging electric vehicles, as the Kingdom is heading towards supporting and expanding the use of electric cars.

TEHRAN — Iran's new parliament will have more women than clerics when its members are sworn in next month, a first in the Islamic republic and a sign of the country's evolving politics.

AMMAN – Analysts see the drop in remittances from Jordanians working abroad in the first two months of this year –– for the first time in years –– as not alarming. 

AMMAN — The Senate on Monday passed the 2016 constitutional amendments by sweeping majority as referred from the Lower House, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

AMMAN/GENEVA — Washington and Moscow said on Monday they were working hard to extend a truce in Syria to Aleppo, the divided northern city where a sharp escalation of violence in recent weeks has left a ceasefire in tatters and torpedoed peace talks.

CAIRO — The Yemeni government suspended direct peace talks to end the country's civil war on Sunday after the Houthi movement and its armed allies seized a military base north of the capital Sanaa, two members of the official delegation to the talks said.

BERLIN — A sweeping free trade deal being negotiated between the European Union and the United States would lower food safety and environmental standards, Greenpeace said on Monday, citing confidential documents from the talks.

AMMAN – Arab Bank Group continued its strong financial performance during the first quarter of 2016 as net profit after taxes and provisions reached $218.3 million, compared to $217.2 million in the same period of last year. 

AMMAN – Lafarge Jordan on Monday said that its shareholders have unanimously approved the company's future development plans that include turning the site for cement production in Fuheis, near Amman, into a green urban hub. 

AMMAN — The Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company's (JPRC) general assembly on Sunday approved the company's financial statements for 2015 and approved its board of directors' recommendation to increase the company's capital by 33 per cent to JD100 million.