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The biggest-ever edition of Interiors and Buildex, Oman's largest building and construction industry event, will be held from March 16-18, with over 200 local and international exhibitors showcasing a wide range of building materials, construction equipment, interior furnishings and other requirements of the industry. Organised by Omanexpo, Interiors & Buildex 2009 will be formally inaugurated on Monday by Sultan Bin Hamdoon Bin Saif Al Harthy, Chairman of the Muscat Municipality at the Oman International Exhibition Centre.

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am not encouraging him to come to United Russia. I don’t think it’s a woman’s business to teach her man what to do.’ Insiders believe she has a long political career ahead of her. ‘It’s likely that she’ll be very successful,’ predicts politician Robert
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am not encouraging him to come to United Russia. I don’t think it’s a woman’s business to teach her man what to do.’ Insiders believe she has a long political career ahead of her. ‘It’s likely that she’ll be very successful,’ predicts politician Robert
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is confident that the Chinese government has provided timely information on the tainted milk problem, a WHO spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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Times of Oman Sep 23 2008 6:13PM GMT

Oman-based Al Hassan Switchgear Manufacturing Company has started building a new export-oriented factory in Buraimi, Oman Daily Observer has reported. The factory is being built to cater to demands in the UAE market. The Buraimi project will export nearly 90% of its turnover. Al Hassan is also in a joint venture agreement with Siemens for manufacturing medium voltage panels and has supplied more than 1,000 panels in Oman.
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Dolphin Energy Limited confirmed on Tuesday that it will supply gas to Oman starting October, or as soon as Oman is ready to receive it.
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Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd, a joint venture between Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Oman Oil Company Ltd, is all set to go ahead with its proposed IPO plan.
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A EU-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit will beginon Tuesday May 8, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The summit could lead to a free trade deal between EU and the GCC - which includes Saudi Arabia, Bahrein, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Omand and Qatar.

The two blocs had started to negotiate a free trade agreement in 2002, however they failed to agree on a commons set of rules regarding investments and market access.

Beginning April 15, 2007, Romania will reintroduce import VAT at customs for imports from non-EU countries for a fixed period.

The Romanian government said the measure will not affect those importers who brought in significant imports and met the criteria to be granted a VAT-postponing certificate in 2006.
The decision was made as the National Agency of Fiscal Administration found that fiscal evasion was on the increase since the country suspended import VAT for non-EU countries in January 2007. […]

According to the Romanian government there is a risk that VAT-exempted goods supposed to be delivered to a EU country do not reach their destination but are placed on the black economy.

15 out of the 27 EU countries currently apply the system of import VAT at customs. Out of the ten countries that acceded to the EU in 2004, Estonia, Czech Republic and Lithuania are currently applying the simplified payment system. Hungary used the simplified VAT payment system at the accession date, but later suspended it for the same reasons Romania did. (Source)