United Arab Emirates >> 6/27/2016 - Minister of State for International Cooperation and Director General of Expo 2020 Dubai Bureau, Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashimy today confirmed that infrastructure works on the Expo site are set to begin... |
Egypt >> 6/27/2016 - Investment Minister Dalia Khorshid discussed with Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Song Aiguo projects of high priority and joint investments. The talks were held as part of two-day joint meetings... |
Egypt >> 6/27/2016 - Investment Minister Dalia Khorshid held a meeting with Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) Abdulaziz Seif el Din and discussed several issues of mutual concern. The ... |
Egypt >> 6/27/2016 - Egypt's central bank has started negotiations with the International Monetary Fund over a $5 billion loan, a Minister from Egypt's economic group of ministers told Reuters. The negotiations a... |
Egypt >> 6/28/2016 - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi urged more measures to rationalize imports and increase exports. At a meeting with Prime Minister Sherif Ismail and Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Kabil, Sis... |
Egypt >> 6/28/2016 - Egypt's finance minister said the country would look to issue a $3 billion Eurobond between September and October, and would implement a long-delayed value-added tax (VAT) by September. Egypt... |
Egypt >> 6/28/2016 - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said the UK exit from the European Union (EU) would economically affect the Arab region. During a Ramdan Iftar, the minister added that the global stock mark... |
Egypt >> 6/28/2016 - There will be no change in aid programs of the EU to Egypt in the coming two years, said EU Ambassador in Cairo James Moran. Moran was commenting on the possible repercussions of Britain's ex... |
Egypt >> 7/1/2016 - The Egyptian-Chinese ministerial committee meeting will convene in Beijing in July to endorse final list of cooperation projects. Trade and Industry Minister Tareq Qabil is due in China by th... |
Egypt >> 7/1/2016 - Investment Minister Dalia Khorshid discussed with Chairman of Nasdaq Dubai Abdul Wahed al Fahim and its Chief Executive Hamed Ahmed work mechanism of the Dubai-based stock market. During thei... |
Egypt >> 7/1/2016 - Egypt has repaid $1 billion to Qatar, the last batch in a $3 billion debt owed to the Gulf country, Egypt's central bank governor Tarek Amer announced. In statements to the state-owned MENA n... |
Egypt >> 7/1/2016 - The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) has secured 38.2 billion pounds to fund economic projects and companies since the June 30 revolution in 2013, EGX Chairman Mohamed Omran said. Speaking to MENA on... |
Egypt >> 7/2/2016 - Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Mohamed Abdel Ati received Belarusian Ambassador in Cairo Sergei Rachkov where they discussed joint cooperation in the field of water resources management. <... |
Egypt >> 7/3/2016 - The government is negotiating with the United Arab Emirates a US$500 million non-refundable grant to finance several developmental projects, including the development of the Suez Canal. Inter... |
Egypt >> 7/3/2016 - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi approved a proposal to establish a higher council for investment to supervise the State's business strategies and take necessary measures to promote investments. ... |
Egypt >> 7/3/2016 - As many as 500 tourists from different nationalities visited tourist sites in Luxor, according to general director of antiquities in Luxor Mostafa Waziri. In statements, Waziri said that t... |
Saudi Arabia >> 7/3/2016 - The energy minister of Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, and the secretary general of OPEC agree that the global oil market is heading toward a balance and that prices are starting to se... |
Kuwait >> 7/3/2016 - Kuwait said it plans to tap the international debt market through bond issues to finance its budget deficit after recording a first shortfall in 16 years. The oil-rich Gulf state plans to "bo... |
United Arab Emirates >> 7/3/2016 - The boards of directors at National Bank of Abu Dhabi NBAD.AD and First Gulf Bank FGB.AD have recommended merging the two lenders, a joint statement said, with the deal expected to be completed in the... |
Egypt >> 7/3/2016 - As Egypt's foreign currency shortage intensifies and the gap between official and unofficial currency rates widens, economists say another devaluation is inevitable this fiscal year. Foreign ... |