Addis Ababa, June 4, 2018 (FBC) –In its regular meeting tomorrow, the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) of Ethiopia will deliberate on pardoning draft law and its implementation.

After deliberation, the House will refer the draft law to pertinent standing committee, according to a statement the Harliament sent to FBC today.
It will also approve the draft bill that removes proclamation No 1083/2010, a decree issued to put into effect the State of Emergency with a view to protecting the constitutional order.
Moreover, the House is also expected to refer the draft law on the labor exchange agreement between Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia to relevant committee for further consideration.

Addis Ababa, June 4, 2018 (FBC) - Jordan's Prime Minister Hani Mulki has resigned after several days of protests against tax rises and austerity measures.

The protesters say a new tax bill backed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will hurt the poor and middle class.
The recent demonstrations are the biggest in years and have seen police fire tear gas and block roads.
Protesters have chanted anti-government slogans and clashed with police.
Mr Mulki had refused to scrap the IMF-backed tax bill, saying it was up to parliament to decide whether to pass it or not.
The government said it needed the money to fund public services and said the new tax bill would mean higher earners pay more.
Source: BBC

Addis Ababa, June 4, 2018 (FBC) – Ethiopia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Workneh Gebeyehu held discussion with his Norwegian counterpart Ine Eriksen Soreide in Oslo, Norway today.

The discussion focused on regional security, migration, development and domestic political situation. 

“We are important partners on regional and global issues and will continue our strong engagement,” said Soreide during the discussion.
Dr. Workneh also met the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense of the Norwegian Parliament. 

The two sides held broad discussion including global issues, regional and economic developments, job creation, and human rights issues, among others.
The Ethiopian Foreign Minister further visited Yara International Headquarters in Oslo, where he was briefed by CEO Svein Tore Holsether about the potential Yara investment in Potash extraction in Dallol, Afar regional state.

Addis Ababa, June 4, 2018 (FBC) – Executive Committee of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) will hold a two-day meeting as of tomorrow.

Sadat Nesha, public and international relations of EPRDF told FBC today that the Committee will review the two and half years performances of the second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP-II).
At the end of the meeting, the Committee is expected to outline future directions, she noted.

Addis Ababa, June 4, 2018 (FBC) –Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen underscored the need to ensure food security of people living below the poverty line so as to achieve Ethiopia’s target of development.

The Deputy Primer made the remark at the launching of the second phase urban safety net program in the capital Addis Ababa yesterday.
The government would give due attention to ensure food security of people living below poverty line, he added.
Mayor of Addis Ababa city, Diriba Kuma, for his part said 200,000 dwellers living in 55 woredas (districts) would benefit from the 2nd phase of the program.
About 600,000 people are estimated to live below the poverty line in Addis Ababa.
According to Diriba, more than 320,000 people have so far benefited from the first and second safety net programs.
The urban safety net program was launched in 2016 in partnership with the World Bank a cost of 450 million US dollars.
The Ethiopian government allocated 150 million US dollars for the program, while the remaining 300 million US dollars was a loan from the World Bank.

(EBC)- የኢትዮጵያ የስደተኞችና የዜጎች ጉዳይ ዋና ክፍል እና የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ በመተባበር ከግንቦት 24/2010 ጀምሮ ኢትዮጵያን ለሚጎበኙ ዓለም አቀፍ ቱሪስቶች በኢንተርኔት የቪዛ አገልግሎት መጀመራቸውን አስታውቁ፡፡ የዛሬ ዓመት ይህን በኢንተርኔት የቪዛ አገልግሎት መስጠት ቢጀመርም ለተወሰኑ ሃገራት ዜጎች ብቻ ነበር የሚያገለግለው፡፡ አሁን በተጀመረው የኢንተርኔት የቪዛ አገልግሎት ግን ማንኛውም የውጭ ዜጋ ኢትዮጵያን ለመጎብኘት ፍላጎቱ ካለው በኢንተርኔት የሚያስፈልገውን ቅድመ […]

(ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ)- የኢፌዴሪ የህዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት ዛሬ በሚያካሂደው መደበኛ ስብሰባው በምህረት አሰጣጥና አፈፃፀም ስነ-ስርዓት ረቂቅ አዋጅ ላይ ተወያይቶ ለሚመለከተው ቋሚ ኮሚቴ ለተጨማሪ እይታ ይመራል። የምክር ቤቱ ፅህፈት ቤት ለፋና ብሮድካስቲንግ ኮርፖሬት እንደገለፀው፥ ምክር ቤቱ ህገመንግስቱንና ህገመንግስታዊ ስርዓቱን ከአደጋ ለመከላከል የወጣውን የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ ለመቀበልና ለማፅደቅ የወጣውን አዋጅ ቁጥር 1083/2010 ለመሻር የቀረበን ረቂቅ አዋጅንም ያፀድቃል። በተጨማሪም በኢትዮጵያ […]

(አዲስ ዘመን ጋዜጣ)- በሙስና ወንጀል ተጠርጥረው በቁጥጥር ስር የዋሉ አካላት በፍርድ ቤት ውሳኔ ሳያገኙ መለቀቅ ሙስና የማይሸክም ማህበረሰብ ለመፍጠር በሚደረገው ሂደት ላይ አሉታዊ ተጽዕኖ እንደሚያሳድር የፌዴራል ሥነ ምግባርና ፀረ ሙስና ኮሚሽን ገለጸ፡፡ የኮሚሽኑ ኮሚሽነር አየልኝ ሙሉዓለም እንደተናገሩት፤ በቅርቡ በሙስና ተጠርጥረው  በቁጥጥር ስር ውለው የነበሩ አካላት ክሳቸው ተቋርጦ ከእስር መለቀቃቸው የመንግሥት ሥልጣን ቢሆንም፤ ኮሚሽኑ ተጠርጣሪዎች ያለፍርድ […]