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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
6/1/2023 12:28:00 AM
Egypt’s parliament has approved a new package of tax reforms aimed at increasing revenues.
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Business
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Economy
5/29/2023 4:13:04 PM
Egypt's parliament – the House of Representatives – approved Monday new amendments to the Income Tax Law no.91/2005 to raise annual income tax exemption to EGP 36,000 up from EGP 24,000.
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Egypt
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Politics
5/28/2023 5:54:32 PM
Egypt's parliament – the House of Representatives – provisionally approved Sunday legislative amendments to three laws stipulating new tax and fee hikes on a number of imported goods and entertainment activities despite being rejected by six political parties.
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Egypt
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Politics
5/24/2023 9:13:15 PM
The House of Representatives' Budget Committee approved Wednesday amendments to the Entertainment Tax Law, stipulating new taxes on a host of activities including going to see foreign movies at cinemas, holding parties in social clubs, as well as animals and safari shows.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
5/9/2023 4:14:36 PM
Egypt's House of Representatives is preparing to relocate to the New Administrative Capital (NAC), with plans gaining momentum for the relocation of cabinet ministries and state employees.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
5/2/2023 3:50:00 PM
Egypt's parliament – the House of Representatives – finally approved on Tuesday government-drafted amendments to the 1976 law regulating the performance of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA).
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
4/30/2023 10:43:16 PM
Egypt will spare no effort in finding a solution to the armed conflict in Sudan, said parliament speaker Hanafy El-Gebaly who also asserted Egypt's unwavering support of the Sudanese people and keenness to see peace and stability return to Sudan.
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Business
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Economy
4/13/2023 4:57:12 PM
The Egyptian House of Representatives approved on Tuesday a 41 billion yen ($307.68 million) concessional loan agreement with Japan to implement the first phase of the fourth line of the Cairo Metro, according to the Middle East News Agency (MENA).
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Egypt
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Society
4/12/2023 12:26:15 AM
Egypt's parliament – the House of Representatives – approved Tuesday a legislative amendments which sets new preconditions on prospective and new students at the Police Academy.
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Egypt
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Politics
3/15/2023 8:22:54 PM
Egypt's House of Representatives' Labour Force Committee approved Wednesday a raft of bills granting new wage hikes to government employees and a rise by 15 percent to pensions.
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Egypt
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Politics
2/20/2023 7:18:52 PM
Egypt's parliament approved on Monday the extension of the law allowing expats to import tax-free cars for six months. Amendment to the law, drafted by MP Hisham Hilal, originally proposed that Law 161/2022 be extended by two months only – or from two to four months.
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Egypt
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Politics
1/29/2023 7:21:17 PM
MPs approved Sunday an agreement that allows Egypt to officially join the new Development Bank to be set up by the BRICS economic group which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/5/2023 5:24:20 PM
Egypt will do its best to ensure that political factions in Libya reach a political settlement and put an end to the current internal conflict gripping the country, said Hanafy El-Gebaly, speaker of Egypt's parliament.
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Egypt
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Society
12/27/2022 8:09:50 PM
After one month of intensive discussions, the Manpower Committee affiliated with Egypt's parliament gave Monday evening a preliminary approval to a new government-drafted Labour Law.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/18/2022 6:29:07 PM
Egyptian MPs voted Sunday in favour of a new bill allowing local banks and authorities to exchange tax information with member countries of the Global Forum for Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.
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Egypt
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Society
12/13/2022 4:34:00 PM
On Sunday, Egypt will start implementing Law 154/2019, published by the Official Gazette today, that requires owners of hundreds of thousands of unlicensed shops to legalise their businesses and that introduces restrictions on cafes serving shisha.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/13/2022 3:36:05 PM
An Egyptian parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Hanafy El-Gebaly left for Qatar’s capital of Doha on Tuesday to hold discussions on issues of mutual concern to the two countries.
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Egypt
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Society
12/6/2022 8:23:27 PM
Divorce rates in Egypt have soared, with the country recording approximately 25 divorces for every 100 new marriages, Minister of Social Solidarity Nevine El-Qabbaj said in the Parliament on Monday.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/5/2022 4:45:47 PM
Egypt's House of Representatives – the lower house of parliament – gave preliminary approval on Monday to new cabinet-drafted amendments to 2005's Competition Law that imposes tighter controls on monopolistic practices to protect free competition.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/26/2022 12:25:00 PM
Egypt's parliament – the House of Representatives – lashed out on Friday at a European Parliament (EP) resolution on human rights in Egypt, describing it as “arrogant” and including a host of incorrect and misleading information.
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