state land sales
Stock market ordered to freeze Shafiq assets
Egypt
November 20, 2012
Stock market ordered to freeze Shafiq assets
The Egyptian Stock Exchange received directives from the Justice Ministry’s Illicit Gain Authority to freeze bonds and securities owned by…
Priority to Bedouins in 100,000-acre govt land sale in Sinai
Egypt
October 21, 2012
Priority to Bedouins in 100,000-acre govt land sale in Sinai
The new law on land ownership for Sinai Bedouins stipulates that only Egyptians are permitted to buy the land and…
Former officials return 30,000 acres in exchange for reconciliation
Egypt
August 21, 2012
Former officials return 30,000 acres in exchange for reconciliation
Ahmed Idris, the investigating judge appointed by the justice minister to review cases of former officials who had acquired state-owned land, has reached…
Ministers’ Council finalizes main features of new law on state land sales
Business
January 4, 2011
Ministers’ Council finalizes main features of new law on state land sales
The main features of proposed legislation governing the sale of state land have been finalized by a state-appointed legal committee…
Egypt’s government faces new state land challenge
Business
October 29, 2010
Egypt’s government faces new state land challenge
An Egyptian lawyer has filed suit against Egypt's prime minister and tourism minister challenging a deal with real estate firm…
State land corruption cases: Pre-election PR or inter-NDP discord?
Egypt
August 17, 2010
State land corruption cases: Pre-election PR or inter-NDP discord?
As contractors and parliamentarians, and even ruling party officials, blow the whistle on various state-owned land sale violations--with the government…
Court to issue verdict in TMG land case next month
Egypt
August 10, 2010
Court to issue verdict in TMG land case next month
Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court on Tuesday delayed ruling on a joint appeal filed by the Talaat Moustafa Group (TMG)
Mubarak orders ‘easy’ rules for state land sales
Egypt
July 26, 2010
Mubarak orders ‘easy’ rules for state land sales
At a Monday cabinet meeting, President Hosni Mubarak instructed the government to devise "transparent and easy" rules for the sale…