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NGOs and activists demand immediate release of Hisham Gaafar
The detention of Gaafar is a threat to civil society's freedom to…
Global economic slowdown forces African nations to consider reorganisation of expenditure: Al-Sisi
The Egyptian president emphasised need to obtain more funds for developmental programme…
EGP 2tn size of the Egyptian banking sector by the end of 2015: Fayed
The size of the Egyptian banking sector was EGP 2tn by the…
Only 8 million of 54 million eligible citizens have bank accounts
Vice chairman of the Federation of Egyptian Banks and chairman of the…
‘T-shirt detainee’ Mahmoud Hussein begins fifth day of illegal detention
Hussein has been held in remand for more than 730 days, exceeding…
Court lifts travel ban on 80 former officials accused of embezzlement
The defendants returned a total of EGP 178m in return for dropping…
Activist mistakenly arrested for alleged coup d’état charge
Abd El-Fattah's was misidentified as a man convicted in absentia of a…
Court resumes Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis defendants’ trial
The general prosecution has previously accused the defendants of 54 indictments.
CBE fixes prices of basic yield
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) decided…
Decision to propose capital increases for 2 banks on EGX is governamt’s most impotant in recent years
Chairman of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Mohamed Omran said the government's and…