The government is planning to buy some 20,000 tons of apples and 40,000 tons of oranges at guaranteed prices from local farmers to fill up its reserves for the Norouz (Iranian New Year) holidays,…
About 29,300 tons of eggs were exported during the seven months ending October 21, registering a decline of about 40% compared with last year’s corresponding period, the secretary-general of Iran’…
Italy’s industry minister has pledged to support business deals with Iran potentially worth billions of dollars, undeterred by fears US president-elect Donald Trump could put slowly thawing…
Iran exported 9.2 million tons of non-oil goods worth $3.2 billion to Turkey during the seven months ending October 21, registering a whopping 316% jump in value compared with last year’s…
The 12th session of Iran-Indonesia Economic Commission is due to convene in Jakarta today, says Iran’s Ambassador to Indonesia Valiollah Mohammadi Nasrabadi. Iran’s Minister of Communications and…
Iran’s textile industry is currently operating at 30% of its capacity due to the recession and lack of demand in the domestic market, the head of the Association of Iran Textile Industries said.…
Greek businessman Prokopis Makris believes moving to Bulgaria three years ago was the best decision he ever made.
The accountant shut his failing furniture company in Greece and opened a…
Nepal’s trade deficit almost doubled in the first four months of the current fiscal year to Rs 277.2 billion ($2.53 billion) compared to the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, as imports…
China’s big five state-owned banks plan to set up asset management companies to take advantage of the debt-for-equity swap that is part of the central government’s push to reduce corporate debt.…
Even before the US presidential election raised hopes of warmer ties with the Kremlin, some big western companies were betting Russia’s economy will soon come out of the deep freeze.
Populism has a negative impact on the long term economic outlook of Europe and Central Asia but short term growth is expected to accelerate in the region–according to a new report from the World…
The European economy is growing at its fastest pace so far in 2016, and will “continue to accelerate,” according to the latest PMI figures released by IHS Markit on Wednesday morning.
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Systematic integration of food and health policies is the key to overcome the unprecedented challenge of non-communicable diseases, said Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi on Tuesday, urging…
Currently, the rural population constitutes 29% of the total Iranian population of 80 million. Many experts warn that the figure will further decline to 20% by the year 2050. Tehran, Isfahan and…
Mindless snacking in front of the television set may start long before children know how to work the remote control, a US study suggests.
In an experiment with 60 kids aged two to five…
About half of the 80 million Iranian population is living with some form of musculoskeletal disorders, according to a board member at the Iranian Physiotherapy Association.
About 80% of Iranians have some kind of vitamin deficiency of whom 65-75% have mild to severe deficiencies in vitamin D, said Dr Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari, head of Cancer Research Center at Shahid…
In a meeting between Chancellor of University of Tehran (UT) Mahmoud Nili-Ahmadabadi and Rector of University of Indonesia Muhammad Anis, the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding to…
The Cyber Police of Iran has warned families about the growing number of online threats facing young adolescents in the country.
Looking at passengers in a ‘Women-only’ train coach one can see that from among six women at least one has done a cosmetic surgery, mostly a nose job.
While several off-road competitions are held under environmental slogans, ecologists believe that the practice poses a serious threat to nature.
Off-road racing, which has gained popularity…
An air quality forecasting system has been launched by Tehran Air Quality Control Company, a subsidiary of Tehran Municipality, to help predict air quality and concentration of pollutants in the…
The European Parliament was expected to adopt lower air pollution targets than it originally wanted on Wednesday.
The original set of ceilings, proposed back in December 2013 by the…
The Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization has proposed a bill to the government that would allow it to delegate the execution of "economic plans" in forests to local cooperatives.…
Canada has announced a plan to eliminate the use of traditional coal-fired electricity by 2030, but will offer some flexibility to the provinces.
