Egypt
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Urban & Transport
11/29/2022 6:12:33 PM
Following three days of intensive debates, Egypt’s Senate gave the thumbs up Tuesday to a new bill that would allow a wider scope of illegal building violations to be settled and reconciled.
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Egypt
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Politics
10/12/2022 11:02:37 PM
The Egyptian Cabinet approved on Wednesday a new draft law on reconciliation on building violations after an outdated law, passed in March 2019, failed to address much of up to 2.8 million reconciliation requests submitted by citizens to the government.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
3/20/2022 8:40:48 PM
A total of 6,511 buildings have been demolished on 1.1 million square metres nationwide in two weeks during the ongoing campaign to remove encroachments on state-owned properties and agricultural lands, announced Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Shaarawy in a statement on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Society
2/10/2022 5:39:16 PM
Egypt will stop providing all forms of state subsidies, including subsidised bread, rationing system, and fertilisers to those constructing new buildings illegally on farmland, in a new bid to put a brake on the decades-old issue, the cabinet stated.
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Egypt
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Politics
9/28/2021 12:43:26 PM
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Monday that the government — and the army if necessary — will intervene to remove building violations on irrigation facilities in the vicinity of Nile canals nationwide within the coming six months.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
4/5/2021 11:32:50 AM
The government recently launched a crackdown on illegal building across the country, jailing violators and in many cases demolishing the buildings
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Egypt
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Politics
2/10/2021 8:36:15 PM
The decision comes amid the state’s effort to end building violations by imposing fines on violators willing to reconcile with the state
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Egypt
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Politics
2/7/2021 5:20:24 PM
All occupants of the building and the neighbouring buildings were evacuated while investigations proceed
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Egypt
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Politics
12/31/2020 3:39:25 PM
The announcement comes hours before the expiration of a deadline set for 31 December
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Egypt
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Politics
12/2/2020 12:52:46 PM
The announcement, which was made during a cabinet meeting held earlier today, came two days after the previous deadline expired on 30 November
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Egypt
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Politics
11/4/2020 5:13:06 PM
For the second time, the government pushed back the reconciliation deadline until the end of November, instead of 30 September
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Egypt
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Politics
10/28/2020 6:18:00 PM
This is the second time for the government to push back the reconciliation deadline
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
9/29/2020 11:48:43 PM
Ahram Weekly reports on the decision to extend the deadline for settling building violations by one month
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Egypt
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Politics
9/24/2020 2:45:00 PM
In a televised speech, Madbouly said 1.4 million people have started their reconciliation procedures, adding that the government may extend the deadline again at the end of October if reconciliation requests increase
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Egypt
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Politics
9/23/2020 7:07:10 PM
The premier praised the high turnout by citizens to complete procedures related of reconciliation
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Egypt
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Politics
9/18/2020 7:35:15 PM
The new figure is up from 1.1 million reconciliation requests submitted until last week, where the state said it has collected approximately EGP 6.9 billion (around $437.7 million) in reconciliation fees
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
9/15/2020 9:24:34 PM
The government’s decision to reduce fees for building code violations has been warmly welcomed
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Egypt
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Politics
9/15/2020 1:28:32 PM
Egypt has provided facilitations to prompt citizens to reconcile over building violations, including reducing reconciliation fees over building violations by 20 to 70 percent in 23 governorates
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Egypt
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Politics
9/14/2020 3:59:22 PM
The announcement comes days after Egypt said that it had reduced reconciliation fees over building violations by 20 to 70 percent in 23 governorates
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Egypt
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Politics
9/12/2020 8:04:00 PM
Egypt has lost up to 490,000 feddans since 1980 to building violations and land encroachments
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