Egypt’s social spending strives to curb negative effects of reforms

Subsidies FY 2015/16 (billions of EGP) FY 2016/17 (billions of EGP) FY 2017/18 (billions of EGP) FY 2018/19 (billions of EGP) Food commodity subsidies 42.7 47.5 82.2 86.2 Cash subsidies…

Mohamed Samir

F1: Daniel Ricciardo wins Chinese Grand Prix with help from the safety car

Daniel Ricciardo, who started sixth on the grid, drove a sensational race to pick up his first win of the season in Shanghai. Sebastian Vettel finished eighth after colliding with…

Deutsche Welle

Egypt’s ambitious budget signifies further stable economic conditions

A slew of IPOs likely to boost country’s revenues, decrease deficit

Elsayed Solyman

Uli Hoeness hits back at Frankfurt boss over Niko Kovac announcement

The Bayern president responded angrily to comments made by Fredi Bobic, labeling them "outrageous." Bobic was angered by Bayern's decision to announce Kovac's move to the German champions before the…

Deutsche Welle

West strikes Syria ahead of Arab Summit

Regional crises further complicated by uncertainty over Libya, violence in Palestine, other conflicts

Amira El-Fekki

Arab Summit opens in Saudi Arabia, following US ,UK, France missiles on Syria 

Arab League held several summits in past seven years to discuss Syrian crisis with no significant developments 

Fatma Lotfi

Hapi investment conference opens 29 April under auspices of Sahar Nasr

Under the auspices and presence of Sahar Nasr, minister of investment and international cooperation, the Hapi investment conference will be held at the Nile Ritz-Carlton in Cairo on Sunday 29…

Daily News Egypt

EgyptAir resumes flights to Erbil, Iraq

Company suspended flights to Erbil after Kurdistan independence referendum

Daily News Egypt

Egypt’s smartphone brand market shares for March

Samsung's dominance of the smartphone market continued in March, taking the largest share of. The company also increased its market share of sales by 4% month-over-month. According to StatCounter, Samsung's…

Mohamed Alaa El-Din

Egypt extends state of emergency for three months 

Security forces to take measures to confront dangers, funding of ‘terrorism,’ presidential decree says

Fatma Lotfi