BY AFP Eritrea’s national airline has made its first commercial flight in two decades to Addis Ababa, the capital of neighboring Ethiopia. An Eritrean Airlines plane carrying the country’s transport and tourism ministers on Saturday landed at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, where it was welcomed by senior Ethiopian officials.
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Roses and champagne have been given to passengers on the first commercial flight between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 20 years. BY TESFANEWS * The first flight in 20 years from Ethiopia to Eritrea landed safely in Asmara on Wednesday, to be greeted by traditional dancers waving flags and flowers, cementing a stunning reconciliation between the […]
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BY DAWIT ENDESHAW | THE REPORTER The Office of the Prime Minister issued a new circular imposing more restrictions on foreign travels by officials. In a circular signed by the outgoing minister of cabinet affairs, Alemayehu Tegenu, all government agencies are to restrict all unnecessary travels. The Office has attributed the latest instruction to the […]
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Wow, wow, and again… Wow! What a beautiful surprise that was waiting for me hidden among the mountains in my last stop in the Horn of Africa. BY THE DIGITAL GLOBETROTTER Wow, wow, and again… Wow! What a beautiful surprise that was waiting for me hidden among the mountains in my last stop in the […]
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Re: Nakfa holding limits for travelers exiting Eritrea BY SHABAIT Bank of Eritrea has issued Legal Notice No. 129/2017 to limit the amount of Nakfa holdings for travelers exiting Eritrea. The Legal Notice that was issued at the Gazette of Eritrean Laws on 25 October, indicated that the maximum amount, conditions and purpose for which […]
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BY AFRICAN GLOBE Asmara, the capital of Eritrea origins back some 700 years primarily as an Italian state. The area still has artistic flavors of Italian culture, architecture and culinary traditions. Many tourists praise the country belonging to different religions particularly Islam and Christianity as the day starts with a prayer call for Muslims followed […]
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A question has been popping up a lot lately: ‘how did you manage to enter Eritrea without flying?’ BY TORBJøRN C. PEDERSEN For most people that question doesn’t hold much interest. And the majority who read this will not fully understand just exactly what we did with the Saga as I crossed the border. But […]
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By Sudan Tribune, THE Eritrean Airlines on Sunday announced launching a new flight services to Sudan’s Red Sea state capital, Port Sudan from Asmara. According to the state-run Eritrean Television (ERITV) the inaugural ceremony was held at the premises of Port Sudan international Airport in the presence of Eritrean minster of Tourism, Askalu Menkorios, Red […]
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