Prime Minister of Jordan Dr. Bisher Khasawneh met Kuwaiti Minister of Information and Culture Abdul Rahman Al-Mutairi, who is in the Kingdom to head his country's delegation in the 21st Amman International Book Fair.

The Lower House held an evening session on Sunday, chaired by Speaker Abdul Karim Dughmi.

Addressing the Cabinet session, Prime Minister Dr Khasawneh affirmed the government's commitment to achieving the desired outcomes from the modernization roadmap.

Joint Jordan-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) working group on the higher education held talks on cooperation and exchange of expertise at the Jordanian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research headquarters in Amman.

The government is committed to expanding the management consulting services sector's participation in enhancing industrial production processes and facilitating access to global markets, said Youssef Shamali, Jordan's Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply.

Jordan and the United States have discussed ways to boost cooperation in various fields and to broaden the 'deep-rooted strategic' partnership between the two countries.

The king has called on the Jordanian government to speed up the implementation of the national plan for sustainable agriculture in order to achieve food security in the kingdom. The king said rehabilitating state-owned land for agricultural project is a vital part of the food security plan.

Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest subsea cables operators in the region, and Orange Jordan, will create a terrestrial system connecting Iraq to Europe through Jordanian and Egyptian territories. The two companies signed an agreement under which the new system will commercially be named...

Many Jordanian industrial sectors have the necessary requirements to enter the Algerian market, especially the pharmaceutical components, clothing, chemical and fertilizer industries, as well as the plastic, rubber and metal industries.

The Jordanian and Algerian business community agreed to a new vision for the two countries' economic relations, aiming to open broad prospects for joint trade and investment cooperation.

The company, in a statement, said it exported two meat shipments to Egypt in March and July.

Jordan won the direct election to become a member of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to End Plastic Pollution, which is expected to produce an agreement by 2024.

Jordan Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research Wajih Owais on Tuesday met Tunisian ambassador in Amman Khalid Suhaili to discuss cooperation in higher education between the two countries.

Iraq plans to establish free-trade zones adjacent to Baghdad and Najaf airports and another one near the Iraqi-Jordanian border, which is part of a joint economic city and one of the most important future projects. The country is also working to open free-trade zones near the Iraq-Saudi Arabia border.

Governor of the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Adel Sharkas said that terror financing is a threat to national economies, adding the Kingdom is committed to combating the menace.

The Jordan Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission (JIACC) on Monday launched the National Integrity Index (NII), which aims to gauge public institutions' adherence to national integrity regulations and anti-corruption prevention standards.

The average natural gas consumption for Jordan's industries amounted to 24 million cubic feet (CF) per day during 2021, according to data released by Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

A Jordanian-Moroccan hospitality and tourism training project will be launched in the Hashemite Kingdom as part of the strategic partnership between the two countries, Moroccan Ambassador Sidi Muhammad Khaled Al-Nasiri announced on Saturday.

Safadi lauded Canada's efforts to support the Kingdom's development process and help Jordan face economic challenges

Landau works by suspending the objects in the salt lake from frames and later, she carefully liberates the brittle artefacts with the help of several assistants.

Jordan's Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources on Tuesday announced the formation of a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) council for mining, to deliver better services and raise the sector’s contribution to the gross domestic product.

Jordan and Canada on Sunday discussed enhancing bilateral development cooperation, especially in food and water security. Jordan’s Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nasser Shraideh and Canadian International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan discussed it. The duo also explored ways to combat climate change and promote Investment opportunities. Shraideh highlighted the...

Senate Finance and Economic Committee has approved a slew of amendments to the Jordanian General Sales Tax Law 2021, referred to them by the Lower House. The amendments are designed to reduce tax evasion in the kingdom.

Jordan has posted a twenty percent rise in real estate trade to $4.41 billion during the first seven months of 2022.

The draft has been formulated in collaboration with experts from the European Union, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, and the UNIDO.

A cabinet meeting in Jordan discussed ways of implementing the "roadmap" in accordance with the time frame set by the government.

The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Naif Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf condemned aggression of Israeli forces on the Gaza Strip, which resulted in multiple deaths and wounded persons. He called on the international community to act urgently to protect the civilians, especially women and children.

Online bill payments through National Electronic Payment System in Jordan surged 27 percent in 2021 to JD 9.5 billion ($13.4bn). It involved 34 million transactions, with 51 percent increase year-on-year, said Governor of Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Adel Sharkas. He noted mobile phone payments soared 107 percent in volume...

Exports by member firms of the Amman Chamber of Industry (ACI) increased by 57 percent during the past seven months, compared to the same period last year. Media reports said exports spiked to JD4.159 billion ($5.86 billion) during the past seven months of the year, compared to JD2.656 billion in...

Jordan Senate's Finance and Economic Committee hosted an expert in economic affairs at the National Democratic Institute (NDI), to look into the draft law regulating the investment environment.

A cabinet session headed by Prime Minister Dr. Bishr Khasawneh, passed the charter and circulated the document to all ministries and public institutions.

Jordan king Abdullah urged coordination among state institutions to ensure the implementation of the modernisation roadmap.

Prime Minister of Egypt Mostafa Kamal Madbouly witnessed a signing ceremony Monday in Cairo that welcomed Bahrain as the fourth country to join the Industrial Partnership for Sustainable Economic Development, which includes the UAE, Jordan and Egypt.

King Abdullah II protested in an interview against attacks on Jordan's borders by "militias linked to Iran", following deadly clashes with drug smugglers on the frontier with Syria. Abdullah called for "a change of behavior by Iran" and said that Jordan "does not want tensions in the region".

Saudi Arabia and Jordan explored enhancing security cooperation in border security, developing human resources and training, and exchanging experiences. Border Guard officials of Saudi Arabia and Jordan discussed it in the 11th meeting held between them at the headquarters of Jeddah Academy of Maritime Sciences & Security Studies. Saudi Arabia's...

The US president could not dispel the view that the Washington is no longer a reliable ally and he also failed to connect at a personal level with the young GCC leaders, say experts.

The tourism sector of the Jordanian economy has seen a huge growth, with more than 1.9 million visitors arriving in the kingdom during the first six months of the current year Tourism Minister Nayef Al-Fayez described the situation as reassuring. He said the return of expatriates was an important component...

Jordan's Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nasser Shraideh held a series of meetings at the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development meet in New York.

The two sides signed several agreements to implement double taxation and the Cultural and Technical Cooperation Program 2022-2025.

King Abdullah spoke about Jordan's Economic Modernization Vision for the next decade which seeks to sustain recovery the COVID-19 pandemic. The vision plans for the coming years by capitalizing on opportunities in the Kingdom, especially amid the impact of the Ukrainian crisis.

Jordan hosts almost 650,000 Syrians registered with the United Nations, but Amman estimates close to 1.3 million Syrians have arrived since 2011.

Long before whiteboards, beamers and laptops entered modern school classrooms, teachers relied on the humble, dusty, sometimes screechy blackboard chalk.

Jordan's industrial goods have a great opportunity to gain a foothold in the Algerian market, president of the Jordan and Amman Chambers of Industry, Fathi Al-Jaghbir said

The two parties agreed on the general framework of the project in addition to a draft record of discussions and the structure of the initial implementation.

Hundreds of port workers staged a strike in Jordan on Sunday as the prime minister announced the sacking of several officials accused of "negligence" over a deadly gas leak. A tank of chlorine gas fell as it was being loaded by crane onto a ship in Jordan's Red Sea port...

Jordan's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at constant market prices grew by 2.5 percent in quarter one of 2022, compared to the figure in the same period of 2021. In a quarterly statistical report released Sunday, the Department of Statistics (DoS) said economic sectors rose in quarter one of the current...

Jordan Chamber of Commerce Vice President discusses with a World Bank team the Kingdom's investment regulation law and the incentives to attract new capital to the country.

Jordan imported 11.8 million barrels of crude oil through the port of Aqaba, while a total of about 1.19 million barrels of Iraqi oil were imported since supply was launched at the beginning of September 2021 until end of 2021

During the last 25 years Jordanian exports to Canada have increased at an annualized rate of 21.75 percent, from US$885,000 in 1997 to $121.4 million in 2021.

The number of breadwinning widows in the kingdom is around 30,000, according to the official data.