ILO condemnation of Qatar likely to have ripple effects
By James M. Dorsey The International Labour Organization (ILO) has dealt a blow to Qatari assertions that the Gulf state complies with global standards for workers, in a report that…
Notes from America: My dad was an average man
By Ahmed Tharwat In checking out the history of “Father’s Day”, the date 5 July 1908 is often mentioned when a West Virginia church sponsored the nation’s first event explicitly honouring several…
Layers of conflict: Syria between history and geology
By Emad El-Din Aysha, PhD Things just keep getting worse in Syria. The Sunni Jabhat Al-Nusra recently killed 23 Druze clan members in Idlib in an apparently unsanctioned raid. This,…
CIB sponsors International Museum Day’s celebration in Egypt
The celebration was held in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, and organised by the National Egyptian Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM Egypt) in cooperation with Ministry…
Egyptian Arab Land Bank considers establishing real estate investment fund
Bank plans to establish company with an initial capital of EGP 5m
Industrial Development and Workers Bank aims loans portfolio increase of EGP 1bn: Chairman
We target pumping EGP 650m in large companies sector, about EGP 350m in retail, and small and medium-sized projects sectors, says El-Kosayer
Public wage allocations increased by EGP 27.3bn
Spending on wages represents 26% of total public expenditures
Government aims for 15.8% tax revenues growth in FY 2015-2016
Expected tax revenues for FY 2015-2016 are EGP 422bn, through application of VAT and fighting tax evasion
Egypt reduces petroleum products subsidies to EGP 61bn during FY 2015/16: El Molla
Expected decline in fuel consumption is 5% during new fiscal year, says EGPC executive chairman
