Latest news
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Egypt freezes over 1,000 NGO bank accounts
A senior central bank official says some of the frozen accounts are linked to Muslim Brotherhood-controlled groups.
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Egypt to commemorate 25 January Revolution with ration cards
The government sought to improve the ration card system in September.
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Experts call for a national strategy to overcome energy crisis
The Industrial Modernization Center (IMC) prepared a study aiming to reduce energy consumption by 20 percent in 2022.
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Egypt to pay $1bn to foreign oil firms
The country has been struggling to meet soaring energy bills caused by high subsidies on fuel products for its 85 million population.
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IMF delegation to visit Egypt in January
The draft VAT Bill will be ready on 24 January; it will be discussed internally before being subject to public discussion.
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Get to know the Contestants of ElMashrou3
The time has come: Egypt's first reality-TV-show about entrepreneurs has finally hit the airwaves - do you know the contestants?
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Egypt imposes stamp tax on cigarettes
Eastern Tobacco, Egypt's monopoly cigarettes producer, say a new stamp tax will not lead to a price increase, aiming only to close the black market.
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Cairo to buy 500 buses for public transportation with WB funding
The agreement included developing the Heliopolis tramway and extending to reach New Cairo.
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Egypt launches unique activities to lure overseas tourists
The tourism field started to gradually recover after a number of countries lifted the warnings of their citizens to travel to Egypt.
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Financial sector leads stock exchange
The financial services sector ranked first in the Egyptian Exchange throughout last week’s trading session.
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Egypt, African Development Bank ink deal worth USD 2 million
The deal aims at creating an integrated system for the management of industrial waste in order to create new job opportunities.
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Egypt ETF gets a helping hand from the government
The central bank is following a loose monetary policy, cutting benchmark rates in three of the last four Monetary Policy Committee meetings.
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Blackouts hit Egypt once more
Power cuts that were once restricted to summer are now being felt in winter – fuel shortages are blamed.
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Egypt current account hits surplus of $757m
Foreign direct investment in Egypt rose to $1.246 billion in the same period compared with $1.164 billion a year earlier.
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United Bank to list on Egypt stock market in May 2014
Egyptian lender The United Bank will start the procedures to list on the Egyptian Stock Exchange by May 2014, an official source confirmed to Zawya.
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EIB to finance 392 mln Euro projects in Egypt
Over the last two years the EIB's Board of Directors has approved loans worth approximately 1 billion euro for projects in Egypt.
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Who conquered Egypt's Google in 2013?
Sissi, Bassem Youssef, Tamarodd, Rab3a, Paul Walker – Who did Egypt google most throughout the last year?
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Zazou: Egypt's tourism revenue to drop by 39%
Tourism earnings are expected to drop by 39% year on year to EGP 6.5bn by the end of 2013, according to Minister of Tourism Hisham Zazou.
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Swiss maintains freeze on Egypt, Tunisia assets
The Swiss government has decided to keep 760 million Swiss francs ($858 million) in Egyptian and Tunisian assets frozen for three more years.
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MAF grows business in Egypt
MAF is looking at “two to three projects” of major malls in Egypt which will be built on existing land.