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Ruins of crusader castle Kerak (Shutterstock/File Photo)

September 18th, 2018 - 07:36 GMT

Jordan's Karak Castle Remains Constructive Gem for Discovery

Karak Castle is the most famous Crusader-Islamic military site in Jordan and appears today as a perfect summary of Crusaders’, Ayyubids’ and Mamluks’ architectural military genius, yet, the site has not received enough scholarly attention and some details are still missing, an expert said.

Tomorrow, Maslmani said, the society will present the Ministry of Tourism with the number of vehicles needed during the Eid vacation and seek their help in providing buses other than those owned by tourism transport companies

October 31st, 2011 - 09:16 GMT

Vehicle shortage threatens tourism during Eid Al-Adha in Jordan

The move comes amidst increasing concern in Amman over the reliability of Egyptian gas, which the Kingdom relies on for over 80 percent of its electricity generation needs

October 26th, 2011 - 02:08 GMT

As Egyptian gas supplies stall, Jordan turns to Iraq

Everyone in the IT sector is talking about cloud computing but not many are aware of its practical applications and how good it is for all businesses

October 19th, 2011 - 02:23 GMT

Experts highlight benefits of cloud computing in Jordan

Al Bawaba

October 11th, 2011 - 06:23 GMT

Live sheep exports decreasing as Eid Al Adha approaches

Saudi authorities in the ICT sector are very supportive of Jordanian IT companies and said they have high confidence in Jordanian companies capabilities in competing in major IT projects in Saudi Arabia

October 4th, 2011 - 12:57 GMT

Saudi Arabia ready to increase Jordan market share in IT sector

The reactors construction is a bid to meet a projected 6 percent annual rise in electricity demand

September 27th, 2011 - 10:02 GMT

Nuclear reactor to be operational in Jordan by 2019

The reliance on oil imports combined with the fluctuation of international prices has increased the National Electric Power Companys debt for 2011 to $700 million

September 22nd, 2011 - 02:37 GMT

Jordanian national energy bill to reach record highs

The report indicated that among the most problematic factors for doing business in Jordan are tax regulations, tax rates, inefficient bureaucracy, restrictive labour regulations, access to financing, an inadequately educated workforce, inflation, poor work ethics in the national labour force, policy instability, crime and theft, and poor public health

September 12th, 2011 - 11:08 GMT

Jordan further declines in WEF competitiveness report

Currently, Jordan is trying to focus on expanding in Saudi Arabia, noting that the Gulf state spends an average of $4 billion on IT annually, and Jordan's market share amounts to only 2 percent

September 8th, 2011 - 10:15 GMT

Jordan looks to increase its share in Saudi Arabia's IT market

Eliminating government subsidies on certain commodities and directing support to low- and medium-income people can save the treasury hundreds of millions, which officials said, could be used in financing development schemes across the country

September 7th, 2011 - 09:47 GMT

Cash subsidy mulled as mechanism to limit support to deserving segments in Jordan

According to Fayoumi, some 150 websites belonging to public and private entities have registered their domains in Arabic since its introduction in October 2010

August 15th, 2011 - 08:37 GMT

Arabic top-level domain still unpopular in Jordan

Al Bawaba

July 31st, 2011 - 09:19 GMT

Cash foreign assistance stands at JD1.024 billion