9/7/2016 - Egypt's largest listed bank, Commercial International Bank, has tightened limits on pound-linked debit cards used overseas for the third time in six weeks as the country grapples with a shortage of do... |
9/8/2016 - The cabinet held its weekly meeting under Prime Minister Sherif Ismail to discuss number of political, economic, social and security files. The get-together took up also reports on servic... |
9/8/2016 - A joint mission from the World Bank and the African Development Bank (AFDB) will pay a visit to Egypt by the end of September to hold consultations with officials at the Egyptian government on the mos... |
9/8/2016 - A high-profile Russian security delegation arrived for talks with officials at the Aviation Ministry. The Russian delegation is due to make an inspection tour around Cairo airport's departu... |
9/8/2016 - The Trade and Industry Ministry will act to best benefit from a new program endorsed by the Export Development Fund (EDF) to support exports. The program went into effect in July with the ... |
9/8/2016 - Egypt is Africa's second big economy and its market is the most diversified in both the Middle East and Africa, said Mohamed Khodair, CEO of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI).... |
9/8/2016 - Egypt is in advanced talks with Saudi Arabia to secure a new deposit worth $2-3 billion as part of about $6 billion in bilateral financing required to seal an IMF loan, the finance minister said in co... |
9/9/2016 - The World Bank has provided Egypt with the first $1 billion tranche of a $3 billion loan, as part of its support for the government's economic programme, the Ministry of International Cooperation said... |
9/9/2016 - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said that the cabinet has discussed President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s directions to boost relations with China, India, and Japan. In statements after cabinet’s m... |
9/9/2016 - Egyptian state inspectors have rejected a 63,000 ton shipment of wheat at its Romanian port of origin after checking for ergot, the first time Egypt has rejected a cargo at source since taking a zero ... |
9/10/2016 - Trade and Industry Minister Tareq Qabil attributed the decline in Egypt's trade deficit in the first six months of the current year to his ministry’s efforts in supporting the export sector. ... |
9/10/2016 - The Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) denied reports of an increase in prices of gasoline and diesel oil after a Value Added Tax (VAT) bill was passed into law. In a ... |
9/13/2016 - Egypt's exports to Arab countries stood at USD 907.5 million in May against USD 799.1 million in May 2015, while imports from the Arab world declined during the same period to reach USD 621.4 million,... |
9/13/2016 - International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr discussed in a meeting with Permanent Representative of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Cairo Laila al Moqaddem the development of slums in Egypt.<... |
9/13/2016 - Despite the tremendous drop in occupancy rates, revenues and tourist arrivals in the past few months, hotels across Egypt saw major rate increases during the Eid vacation. The price hikes too... |
9/14/2016 - Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Qabil said there was a 7.6 percent increase in the Egyptian exports to Turkey in the first half of 2016. Egypt's exports reached 681.5 million dollars aga... |
9/16/2016 - The International Monetary Fund said it has held "very productive discussions" with authorities in China and Saudi Arabia about them contributing to $5 billion to $6 billion in additional bilateral ga... |
9/16/2016 - The Finance Ministry auctioned treasury bills at a total value of 11.5 billion pounds. In an online statement, the ministry said it auctioned 5.5 billion pounds of 182-day T-bills. The ave... |
9/16/2016 - The Ministry of Investment said it has mulled over a study by China's Safbon group to establish a factory in Kafr el Sheikh for garbage recycling and power generation. The initial investme... |
9/17/2016 - Russia's food safety watchdog has banned fruit and vegetables imports from Egypt over sanitary concerns, following an earlier decision by Egypt that hurt Russian wheat imports. Rosselkhoznadz... |