Expanded Emirates Road to ease traffic
DUBAI — Come August, people taking the Emirates Road to avoid Salik will enjoy a much smoother drive as a part of the road’s expansion project has been completed and it will be open to traffic next month.
Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), yesterday [...]
Bulgaria's Foreign Tourism Earnings Rise
Revenue from foreign tourists visiting Bulgaria increased by 16 per cent, or about five million euro, in the first five months of 2007.
The number of holidaymakers from European Union countries increased about 30 per cent, but as a whole the number of foreign tourists fell by 0.37 per cent.
According to Anelia Krushkova, chairperson of [...]
Bulgaria, Romania to join European Economic Area
Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Economic Area in an agreement signed on July 25 in Brussels, according to an Economy Ministry statement.
The EEA agreement facilitates relations between EU member states and a small group of non-EU European countries in the context of the European domestic market.
The results of the negotiations mean that Bulgaria and [...]
Dubai population increasing at 22% a year
Nearly 300,000 people are being added each year to Dubai's population of 1.3 million.
Immigration officials confirmed on the weekend they are issuing 800 residency and employment visas a day.
On the present growth rate Dubai, the second largest UAE emirate, will double its current population by 2011.
Dubai is undergoing a phenomenal, and rapid, transformation from a [...]
The St. Tropez of Turkey
LADIES and gentlemen, welcome back to St.-Tropez!” Cued up by a D.J. on an elevated white dais, a sound clip exploded through the warm July night, sending up cheers from the open-air dance floor of the all-white oceanfront nightclub.
As the stars glimmered overheard and illuminated white yachts drifted in the distance, waiters in white shirts [...]