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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
4/25/2023 7:43:46 PM
Egypt needs to accelerate its privatisation programme and slow down large-scale infrastructure projects to fulfil its pledges to the IMF, reports Doaa A. Moneim from Washington
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
4/25/2023 10:04:01 AM
Netflix will invest $2.5 billion in South Korean content over the next four years, the streaming giant's CEO Ted Sarandos announced after meeting with the country's President Yoon Suk Yeol in Washington.
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World
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International
4/24/2023 3:40:19 PM
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol flew to Washington Monday for a six-day state visit, as the allies move to bulk up military cooperation over North Korea's expanding nuclear threats.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/20/2023 8:05:57 PM
Italy said Thursday it was seeking to freeze the assets of a Russian arrested in Milan at Washington's request who disappeared while under house arrest only to re-emerge in Russia.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/18/2023 12:53:18 PM
Russia's foreign minister met in Brazil on Monday with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as Washington criticized the South American leader's recent remarks on US defense support for Ukraine.
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World
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Region
4/18/2023 10:59:00 AM
Washington's top diplomat said Tuesday that a U.S. Embassy convoy came under fire in Sudan and denounced “indiscriminate military operations” adding preliminary reports have suggested the assailants are linked to the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group battling Sudan's military.
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Business
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Economy
4/16/2023 11:44:42 PM
The Egyptian government and International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff had fruitful discussions in preparation for the first review mission of Egypt's reform program which is supported by the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF), IMF Mission Chief for Egypt Ivanna Vladkova Hollar stated on Sunday
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Business
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Economy
4/14/2023 4:43:39 PM
Egypt has taken bold actions in monetary policies in recent years to deal with ongoing economic challenges, and will not hesitate to do more, stressed the Governor of the Central bank of Egypt (CBE) Hassan Abdallah.
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Business
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Economy
4/14/2023 1:07:48 AM
Ahram Online spoke to the President of the World Bank Group (WBG) David Malpass during the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) and World Bank Group's (WBG) spring meetings currently held in Washington DC.
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Business
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Economy
4/13/2023 6:00:00 PM
Ahram Online spoke to the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva during a press briefing held on Thursday, on the sidelines of the IMF's and World Bank's (WBG) spring meeting in Washington DC, to announce the IMF’s Global Agenda Policy.
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Business
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Economy
4/13/2023 5:23:35 PM
During the IMF and World Bank Group’s spring meetings in Washington DC, Ahram Online interviewed the Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Jihad Azour.
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Business
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Economy
4/12/2023 9:53:49 PM
Developing countries, including Egypt, have to reduce energy subsidies as the quickest way to achieve savings amid the ongoing global challenges and also amid the oil production reduction, the Deputy Director of Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Paolo Mauro told Ahram Online.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
4/12/2023 2:48:00 PM
“Despite surprisingly resilient labour markets and strong consumer demand, despite the uplift in China, we expect the world economy to grow less than three per cent this year,” said Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the IMF, in the course of this week’s spring meetings of the World Bank Group and IMF. The meetings in Washington DC reviewed the repercussions of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict on the global economy.
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Business
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Economy
4/12/2023 2:13:13 PM
Egypt's general government gross debt is projected to reach 92.9 percent of GDP in 2023, read a Fiscal Monitor report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This would be the highest ratio since 2018, when it stood at 87.9 percent.
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World
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International
4/12/2023 12:03:33 PM
Pope Francis urged world leaders Wednesday to use reason and not arms to resolve differences, evoking memories of the 1960s Cold War between Washington and Moscow, .
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Business
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Economy
4/11/2023 7:47:35 PM
Deputy Director of the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Petya Koeva Brooks said on Tuesday that the fund downgraded the growth forecast for Egypt in 2023 due to the impact of high financing costs and the depreciation of the Egyptian pound.
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Business
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Economy
4/11/2023 3:08:52 PM
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised down Egypt’s expected real GDP growth for the second time since October, according to the World Economic Outlook (WEO) report the fund released on Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/11/2023 12:27:00 PM
An Egyptian official source refuted late on Monday claims made by The Washington Post that Egypt planned to produce up to 40,000 rockets to be secretly shipped to Russia.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/5/2023 3:59:14 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday told the new US ambassador in Moscow, Lynne Tracy, that Washington was responsible for the "Ukrainian crisis" while accepting her credentials in a Kremlin ceremony.
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World
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Africa
4/4/2023 3:35:36 PM
Brussels and Washington will respond cautiously to a peace deal in Ethiopia's civil conflict and only gradually restore ties with Addis Ababa, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Tuesday.
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