Egypt, France sign MoU for investment cooperation

AFD agrees to provide €60m in funding for social protection, in addition to €2m technical support grant

Nehal Samir

Trump’s tariffs: When does a trade spat become an actual trade war?

Despite reciprocal tariffs being imposed by the US, China and the EU, many economists think there is still only the threat of an all-out trade war. So what happens if…

Deutsche Welle

CBE to launch innovation support fund worth EGP 1bn in H1 2019: CBE deputy governor

Banks injected EGP 85bn to fund SMEs within CBE’s initiative thus far, says Helal, Increase in EG Bank customer base to 200,000 thanks to new strategy adopted to support young…

Daily News Egypt

Op-ed review: Blaming EFA, bad management for Egypt’s ‘humiliating’ World Cup defeat, exit

Egypt’s successive defeats in the World Cup dominated writers’ op-eds on Wednesday

Amira El-Fekki

Agriculture Ministry official sentenced to 10 years

Aziz is part of bigger corruption case at ministry

Adham Youssef

Prosecution accuses top police officer of torture

Four police officers being detained for four days pending investigations

Adham Youssef

WFP approves allocating $454m to ensure food safety, end malnutrition in Egypt

Programme provides nutritious snacks to vulnerable children in public, community schools

Fatma Lotfi

2017 witnessed 10% drop in Schengen visa applications at Egypt consulates

The official statistics showed that 172,371 applications were submitted in Egypt for a uniform visa in 2017, down from 189,327 Schengen visa applications in 2016

Daily News Egypt

GERD scientific committee concludes meeting in Khartoum

The scientific committee of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) concluded its two-day meeting in Khartoum on Tuesday, after reviewing the proposals of Egypt and Sudan on how the interests…

Sarah El-Sheikh

Madbouly reviews government programme before submission to parliament

New cabinet plan expected to be presented to parliament soon

Sarah El-Sheikh