11/29/2012 - Unrest in Egypt will not jeopardize a $4.8 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund, its foreign minister said after a week of protests triggered by President Mohamed Mursi's decision to... |
11/29/2012 - Egypt's ministry of industry and foreign trade announced that protective tariffs on imported steel rebars would temporarily be applied at a rate of 6.8 per cent at a minimum of LE299 per ton for rough... |
11/29/2012 - Egyptian stocks ended the day down by less than half a percentage point after plunging 3 per cent in morning trading. By the end of the session, the main EGX30 index had shed 0.16 per cent to alight a... |
12/1/2012 - Finance Minister, Momtaz al-Sayeed, said that reports on the International Monetary Fund’s refusal to provide Egypt with credit were absolutely baseless, stressing that the initial agreement between E... |
12/2/2012 - Electricity Minister Mahmoud Balbaa asked chiefs of electricity companies to continue the state of emergency in order to secure power stations nationwide. The Minister also called for securing electri... |
12/2/2012 - The world's biggest liner transited the Suez Canal coming from Italy and bound for Indonesia, paying $ 2.5 million crossing duties. The Suez Canal Authority declared emergency and changed the course o... |
12/2/2012 - Minister of Planning and Cooperation Ashraf El-Arabi and his Italian counterpart Andrea Riccardi and the delegation accompanying him, and in attendance of the Italian ambassador in Cairo, discussed th... |
12/2/2012 - The government decided to upgrade 150 rail level crossings mid-December along with another 171, said Minister of Housing and the official in charge of supervising the Ministry of Transport Tareq Wafiq... |
12/3/2012 - Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Hatem Saleh said that investors are strongly ready to achieve comprehensive and sustainable development for the people. The minister added that the coming period... |
12/3/2012 - Prime Minister, Dr. Hisham Qandil, approved setting up a biggest ever poultry complex in Egypt over a 140.000 feddan space as a first phase, senior officials told Al-Ahram daily newspaper. An aggregat... |
12/3/2012 - Planning and International Cooperation Minister Ashraf al-Arabi agreed on 2/12/2012 to release delayed EGP1.650 billion due on the National Authority for drinking water and sanitation for contractors ... |
12/3/2012 - Egypt's Commercial International Bank (CIB) has acquired a 38 per cent share in garment maker Concrete, the bank said on Monday in a statement to the stock exchange. The LE152 million ($25.3 million) ... |
12/4/2012 - Prime Minister Hisham Qandil unveiled on 3/12/2012 a mechanism to eliminate corruption, a move that has earned Egypt in LE20 billion in 2012. This came during the opening of the annual three-day confe... |
12/5/2012 - Industry and Foreign Trade Minister Hatem Saleh said on 4/12/2012 that Egypt welcomes European intensive labor projects with high technology. The remarks came after the Minister's meeting with the Gre... |
12/5/2012 - Irrigation Minister Mohamed Bahaa el-Din said on 4/12/2012 that the Ministry has laid down a plan to carry out proposed projects till 2017 worth LE 101 million is allocated for well drilling and const... |
12/5/2012 - Prime Minister Hisham Qandil on 4/12/2012 discussed with Indonesian Parliament Speaker, Ali Marzouki, means of boosting trade relations, reaching a free trade zone agreement, said cabinet spokesman, A... |
12/5/2012 - Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ashraf el-Arabi said the Egyptian government gives priority to comprehensive rural development. Speaking at a workshop "One Village One Product (OVOP... |
12/6/2012 - Egypt stocks tumbled in the aftermath of violent clashes between pro and anti-Morsi supporters that left at least five dead and some 500 injured. The main EGX30 index slid 4.3 per cent to sit at 4,854... |
12/6/2012 - Minister of Investment Osama Saleh said that the Egyptian government is committed to all contracts hammered out with local, foreign and Arab companies and investors both before and after the January 2... |
12/6/2012 - At a forum on employment of the youth that was held in Cairo, Prime Minister Hisham Qandil said that a $ 2.5 billion short-term plan was agreed on within the two coming years to finance major projects... |