9/20/2016 - Egypt is currently negotiating a $4 billion loan from China to finance the country’s renewable energy strategy, an official from the international cooperation ministry said. “China has shown ... |
9/21/2016 - Mobile phone bill rates are set to increase by between 5 and 7 percent due to the application of Value Added Tax (VAT), in line with a new law on the tax passed recently, according to the Finance Mini... |
9/21/2016 - Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr signed an agreement on with Resident Representative of the African Development Bank (AFDB) in Cairo Leila Mokaddem on a grant for actuarial study to im... |
9/21/2016 - Egypt’s reversed its zero-tolerance decision for wheat imports containing ergot fungus, to reinstating a 0.05 percent tolerance policy, which is a widely applied international standard, Al-Ahram Arabi... |
9/21/2016 - A Russian delegation of transport and aviation experts arrived in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada to inspect recently implemented security measures at the city's airport in preparation for resuming dir... |
9/21/2016 - Italy will operate 11 direct flights to Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh amid efforts by Cairo to revive tourism in the city, which declined over the past year after the crash of a Russian ai... |
9/21/2016 - Egypt's trade deficit has narrowed by $7 billion since January, Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Kabil said, adding that exports could rise by 10 percent - helping close the trade gap even more - if ... |
9/21/2016 - Egypt's travel payments rose from US$3.3 billion to $4.1 billion in the fiscal year 2015/2016, creating a net outflow in Egypt's travel balance for the first time, the Central Bank of Egypt said. <... |
9/22/2016 - Egypt's three existing mobile phone operators have declined to buy its fourth-generation licences, two Egyptian telecoms officials told Reuters. The companies, Vodafone, Orange and Etisalat, ... |
9/23/2016 - Minister of Trade and Industry Tareq Qabil had telephone calls with a number of Russian officials including Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov. The contacts tackled the latest... |
9/24/2016 - The security cooperation between Egyptian and the British authorities is moving in the right direction to resume UK flights to the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, the UK foreign secretary told his... |
9/24/2016 - International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr held three meetings with representatives of the World Bank (WB) to discuss development projects in Egypt. During her meeting with Asaad Alem, the... |
9/25/2016 - Russian transport minister Maxim Sokolov, who is expected to visit Egypt soon, will discuss with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi the resumption of flights between the two countries, including a draft i... |
9/25/2016 - Russia said talks with Egypt on civil aviation security cooperation have undergone significant progress as Cairo seeks the resumption of air traffic between the two countries. Egypt's Civil A... |
9/25/2016 - An Egyptian team is in Russia to discuss a ban placed on Egyptian agricultural exports, Egyptian daily Al-Ahram has reported. The Egyptian delegation comprises of officials from Egypt's agric... |
9/25/2016 - An Egyptian delegation of seven officials from the ministries of agriculture and trade is to start official negotiations with Russia in Moscow on Sunday over Russia's recent ban on Egypt's agricultura... |
9/26/2016 - Telecom Egypt, the state fixed-line monopoly, said it was considering acquiring additional spectrum, weeks after it bought a fourth-generation (4G) licence that will allow it to directly offer mobile ... |
9/26/2016 - The governor of Egypt's Central Bank, Tarek Amer, arrived in Germany for a three-day visit to discuss the country's support for the deal between Egypt and the International Monetary Fund, state news a... |
9/26/2016 - Egypt’s trade and industry ministry said that Russia has agreed to lift a ban on the import of Egyptian fruits and vegetables, as the North African country will take every precaution to guarantee the ... |
9/26/2016 - Nasser Abdel Aal, the former minister of tourism’s consultant on Asia, has said that Egypt's tourism sector is aiming to achieve a target of 1 million Chinese tourists per year within the next five ye... |