Brussels, 31/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - Chris Patten, European Commissioner for External Relations, has signed a financing agreement amounting to EUR 2 million to the Palestinian central bureau of statistics. "The grant will be directed specifically to consolidate that national statistical information system in order to provide relevant, reliable and timely data on the Palestinian economy, especially in the fields of price statistics, agriculture, trade, tourism and business," explained the...