The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will provide Jordan with a 30-million-euro (about 32.51 million U.S. dollars) grant to finance the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Ghabawi area, 20 km east of [Read More]
Jordan and Iraq have announced an open tender to build a joint economic city on their border. The city is scheduled to span an area of 22,000 dunums (2,200 hectares) on the Jordanian-Iraqi border, according [Read More]
Jordan’s Ministry of Interior on Monday launched the Electronic Visa Project that aims to facilitate the entry procedures for travelers into the kingdom. The project would enable travelers to obtain their visas and pay their [Read More]
Jordan on Monday summoned the Israeli ambassador in Amman to protest against the Israeli finance minister’s public use of a “provocative” map that included the borders of the kingdom and the occupied Palestinian territories. Also [Read More]
King Abdullah II of Jordan on Sunday underlined the need to de-escalate and restore calm in the Palestinian territories, as well as cease any unilateral measures that undermine stability and peace prospects. He made the [Read More]
King Abdullah II of Jordan has called for efforts to de-escalate the tensions in the Palestinian territories and urged the conflicting sides to avoid unilateral measures that could lead to instability. He made the remarks [Read More]
Jordanians welcomed a government plan to build shelters across the country for stray dogs, as residents have long been troubled by the nuisance of dog attacks. Jordan’s Local Administration Ministry is working with donor countries [Read More]
Jordan’s Foreign Ministry says that the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation (JHCO) has dispatched a 14-truck convoy loaded with medicines, food, blankets and drinking water to quake-hit Syria. The ministry said in a statement that the [Read More]
Jordan’s State Security Court (SSC) on Wednesday sentenced three members of a terrorist cell to death over a series of attacks in the Jordanian city of Salt. The three are part of 14 defendants involved [Read More]
Jordan announced on Sunday the closure of all livestock barns in the country for 14 days after detecting a new strain of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the state-run Al Mamlaka TV reported. Jordan’s Ministry of [Read More]
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