An oft-neglected Russian connection
One of the least-talked about questions is the coordination and cooperation between Israel and Russia in dealing with regional developments in the Middle East and how far this cooperation has…
17 Turks killed since start of assault on Afrin
Turkey has lost 17 soldiers in fierce clashes during the offensive in Syria’s Afrin region, according to international reports. Turkey began an offensive, dubbed Operation Olive Branch, on 20 January…
Illicit Gains Authority freeze assets of Menoufiya governor, his family
Governor was arrested with two businesspersons in January over bribery accusations
Prosecution to investigate opposition politicians calling for election boycott
Leaders of civilian movement are accused of attempting to topple regime
100,000 clients join ADSL market in November 2017
The ADSL market attracted 100,000 new subscribers in November 2017, according to a report by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. According to the report, the number of ADSL…
Ministry of Planning, ASRT launch national network of business incubators
The Ministry of Planning, Follow-up and Administrative Reform announced that it is organising, in cooperation with the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), to launch the first national network…
Finance Ministry ignores parliament’s economic committee inquiry on private funds: Sherif
We would like this file to be handled with transparency; non-response to prime minister's letter very serious, raises many questions about these private funds, says representative of parliament’s economic committee
3 ministries to join programmes, performance evaluation by end-February
Parliamentary planning, budget committee works on imposing system on 10 additional ministries next fiscal year, reaching 16 ministries in total
IMF’s demand of economic authorities to limit borrowing means accelerating privatisation: MP
EGPC leads list of borrowers with guarantees from public treasury, accounting for 47.61% of loans
Parliament agrees to extend SUMED’s work for 27 years
SUMED is joint stock company of $400m capital; Egypt, represented by EGPC contributed 50% of capital