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Egypt new budget aims for 6.5% growth, 10.9% inflation: Finance Minister
Economy
November 23, 2018
Egypt new budget aims for 6.5% growth, 10.9% inflation: Finance Minister
Egyptian Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait announced the country’s new 2019/2020 budget, in a statement sent to all governmental…
Italy expects EU budget rejection on Tuesday: source
World
October 22, 2018
Italy expects EU budget rejection on Tuesday: source
MILAN (Reuters) – The Italian government expects the European Commission to decide for the first time ever on Tuesday to…
Parliament committee requests increasing Interior Ministry’s budget
Egypt
April 23, 2018
Parliament committee requests increasing Interior Ministry’s budget
Kamal Amer, Chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee of the House of Representatives, said on Sunday evening that…
Parliamentarian calls on government to halt imports of dog food and lingerie
Egypt
January 30, 2018
Parliamentarian calls on government to halt imports of dog food and lingerie
During a parliamentary session on Tuesday morning, parliamentarian Amal Tarabia criticized the government’s budget for importing leisure goods, and specifically Egypt’s imports of…
Third IMF loan installment will bridge funding gap: CBE source
Economy
December 24, 2017
Third IMF loan installment will bridge funding gap: CBE source
The third tranche of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan worth $2 billion will be used to support the state…
EU raises aid to Egypt up to €600 million
Business
June 18, 2017
EU raises aid to Egypt up to €600 million
The European Union has raised the ceiling of aid offered to Egypt from 450 million to 600 million euros during…
Pensioners say 15% increase in pensions incommensurate with price hikes
Features/Interviews
May 31, 2017
Pensioners say 15% increase in pensions incommensurate with price hikes
A number of pensioners complained that the 15 percent increase for pensions, approved by the government on Monday, is unsatisfactory…
UN’s Guterres: Trump budget would make UN peacekeeping ‘simply impossible’
World
May 25, 2017
UN’s Guterres: Trump budget would make UN peacekeeping ‘simply impossible’
A spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the proposed US budget cuts to the UN would make it…
Finance Ministry allocates LE2 bn to presidential, local council elections
Egypt
May 16, 2017
Finance Ministry allocates LE2 bn to presidential, local council elections
The Finance Ministry has allocated LE1 billion to the upcoming presidential election and LE1 billion to the local council elections…
Robert De Niro decries Trump administration’s ‘hostility’ toward the arts
Art news
May 11, 2017
Robert De Niro decries Trump administration’s ‘hostility’ toward the arts
Robert De Niro pulled a Meryl Streep at Monday night’s Chaplin Award Gala in New York. While accepting a career…