Egypt calls for Middle East nuclear-weapon-free zone at Paris energy summit
Establishing a zone free of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East is the essential way to address regional security risks without discrimination, Egypt’s Minister of…
Egypt’s fresh, processed agricultural exports reach $11.5bn in 2025: Minister
Egypt’s fresh and processed agricultural exports reached $11.5bn in 2025, accounting for about 24% of the country’s total exports, according to Agriculture and Land Reclamation Minister Alaa Farouk. Farouk said…
Egypt’s FM orders daily monitoring of citizens abroad amid regional tensions
Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has directed Egyptian diplomatic missions to hold daily meetings to monitor the status of citizens residing in the region following recent regional developments, the ministry said…
Egypt’s urban inflation rises to 13.4% in February: CAPMAS
Egypt’s annual urban inflation rose to 13.4% in February 2026, up from 11.9% in January, according to data released on Tuesday by the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics…
Egypt combines austerity with extended food import support until 2027 to offset rising energy costs
Egypt has announced a suite of austerity measures and extended import facilities for basic food staples until March 2027, as the government moves to insulate the economy from surging global…
Egypt private investment grows 73% as government flags further tax cuts
Egypt’s private sector investments surged by 73% during the previous fiscal year and continued to grow at a rate of 42% in the first quarter of the current year, Finance…
Former stock exchange chief Islam Azzam named to lead Egypt’s non-banking financial regulator
Egypt has appointed Islam Azzam as the acting chairperson of the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) under Presidential Decree No. 116 of 2026, the regulator announced on Monday. Azzam becomes the…
Cairo announces emergency austerity measures, social support to counter regional crisis impact
Egypt will raise the national minimum wage and implement a package of government spending cuts to mitigate the domestic economic impact of regional military escalation, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced…
Al-Sisi: Lasting Middle East peace hinges on independent Palestinian state
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said lasting peace in the Middle East cannot be achieved without the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, reiterating…
Middle East conflict escalates as Mojtaba Khamenei becomes Iran’s new supreme leader
Military confrontations in the Middle East entered their tenth day as Iran continued exchanging strikes with the United States and Israel, while Tehran simultaneously witnessed a major political shift with…