13th NUEYS Congress conducted in Tesenei city

13th NUEYS Congress conducted in Tesenei city

Tesenei, 25 October 2012 – The NUEYS conducted its 13th Congress from 19 to 22 October in Tesenei city. The Congress assessed that endeavors exerted regarding raising political awareness of youths, building the capacity of members, enhancement of youth role in education and work, as well as the Union’s regional and international relations had borne fruitful outcome. (more…)

President receives credentials of 11 Ambassadors

President receives credentials of 11 Ambassadors

Asmara, 22 October 2012 – President Isaias Afwerki today received the credentials of 11 Ambassadors at the State House. They are the Ambassadors of the UK, China, Republic of South Sudan, Germany, France, Denmark, Switzerland, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Australia and the UN. (more…)

Ms. Leul Gebreab delivers presentation at Edinburgh International Peace Conference

Ms. Leul Gebreab delivers presentation at Edinburgh International Peace Conference

Asmara, 23 October 2012 – Ms. Leul Gebreab, the Chairperson of the National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW), delivered an insightful presentation at the International Symposium for Peace Building held in the Scottish city of Edinburgh. (more…)

President Isaias holds discussion with community representatives of Southern region in Mendefera

President Isaias holds discussion with community representatives of Southern region in Mendefera

Mendefera, 20 October 2012 – President Isaias Afwerki today held discussion in Mendefera city with more than 600 community representatives of the Southern region, including civil servants, focusing on development programs in general and infrastructure, as well as social services in particular. (more…)

Joint venture a prerequisite for the reinforcement of community magistrates: Minister

Joint venture a prerequisite for the reinforcement of community magistrates: Minister

Massawa, 12 October 2012 – Ms. Fawzia Hashim, Minister of Justice, said that joint venture is a prerequisite for the reinforcement of community magistrates. She made the remark at a meeting she conducted in the port city of Massawa with regional heads from the line ministries and the PFDJ. (more…)

Sanctions resolution and other hostile acts reinforce Eritrean people’s unity and resistance: President Isaias

Sanctions resolution and other hostile acts reinforce Eritrean people’s unity and resistance: President Isaias

Asmara, 29 December 2012 – President Isaias Afwerki said that the sanctions resolution and other forms of conspiracy against Eritrea have not only reinforced the people’s unity and spirit of resistance but also ended up in fiasco.

The President made the salient remarks in the second part of the interview he conducted tonight with the national media outlets in connection with the New Year. He pointed out that the international community, the United Nations, the UN Security Council, the African Union, the AU Peace and Security Council and the IGAD have no hand at all in the adoption of the US-instigated sanctions resolution adopted in the name of the UN Security Council. (more…)

Eritrea: Phantom Israeli and Iranian Military Bases

Eritrea: Phantom Israeli and Iranian Military Bases

These past days Stratfor, a rather prestigious global intelligence journal based in Austin, Texas, has circulated a report entitled “Eritrea: Another Venue for the Iranian-Israeli Rivalry.” The uncharacteristic shallowness and obvious intent of the ‘report’ does not elicit any serious rebuttal. Yet, we found it appropriate to respond to it given the tsunami-scale reproduction that it has generated.

In less than 48 hours since this piece was posted in Stratfor website on December 11, 2012 at 11:15 GMT, the story was picked up (as a quick search by the title yielded some 152,000 and another hour or so later 269,000 results), from sites that range from blogs to established news papers. (more…)

بماسبة العام الجديد الرئيس إسياس أفورقى : النمو الإقتصادى الحقيقى هو الذى يعمل على تحسين معيشة غالبية الشعب

بماسبة العام الجديد
الرئيس إسياس أفورقى : النمو الإقتصادى الحقيقى هو الذى
يعمل على تحسين معيشة غالبية الشعب

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Festival of Eritrean community in Riyadh opens with patriotic zeal

Festival of Eritrean community in Riyadh opens with patriotic zeal

Asmara, 11 October 2012 – Festival of the Eritrean community in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia, opened yesterday with patriotic zeal. Present in the opening ceremony were Mr. Zemihret Yohanes, Head of Research and Documentation at the PFDJ, Mr. Tesfai Gebresilasie, Minister of Land, Water and Environment, members of the Eritrean Embassy in the country, as well as thousands of participants. (more…)

Third Mining Conference concludes

Third Mining Conference concludes

Asmara, 4 October 2012 – The Third Mining Conference in Asmara concluded yesterday.

Various research papers were presented at the conference in which 350 participants took part, including envoys of various nations, investors, mining experts, diplomats, as well as new and mining companies in operation. (more…)

new modern Race bikes purchased by Eritrean sports Commission

New modern Race bikes purchased by Eritrean sports Commission

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ከም ኣካል ናይቲ መንግስቲ ገዚፍ ባጀት ብምስላዕ ንጽላት ስፖርት ንምምዕባል ዘካይዶ ዘሎ ጻዕሪ ኮሚሽን ስፖርት ኤርትራ 18 ንሃገራውያን ጋንታታት ቅድድም ብሽክለታ ኤርትራ ዘገልግላ ዘመናውያን መቀዳደሚ ብሽክለታታት ናብ ሃገር ኣእትዩ። (more…)

Eritrean footall Federation Referres course conducted from 1-5 october 2012

Eritrean footall Federation Referres course conducted from 1-5 october 2012

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Foreign Minister calls on citizens residing abroad to effectively utilize investment opportunities in the Homeland

Foreign Minister calls on citizens residing abroad to effectively utilize investment opportunities in the Homeland

Asmara, 3 October 2012 – Mr. Osman Saleh, Foreign Minister, called on citizens residing abroad to effectively utilize investment opportunities in the Homeland. He made the call at a meeting he conducted with the Eritrean community members in New York City.

Pointing out that Eritrea is in a position to ensure food security on the basis of implementing extensive and integrated programs, Mr. Osman disclosed that the new investment environment in the Homeland has attracted a number of Eritrean investors. He further pointed out that the Government is enhancing endeavors towards development of partnership-oriented trade and investment relations. (more…)