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Egypt
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Politics
6/24/2022 12:58:12 PM
Though the majority of MPs approved the new budget, four parties issued a statement on Wednesday criticising it for excessive foreign borrowing and lack of fiscal discipline or austerity measures that could help contain the negative economic impact of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Business
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Economy
6/21/2022 8:55:57 PM
Egypt needs to import five million tons of wheat for the fiscal year 2022/23, Egyptian Minister of Supply Ali Moselhi told Reuters on Tuesday.
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World
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International
6/11/2022 5:14:21 PM
Long-sought WTO agreements on fisheries subsidies and a Covid vaccine patent waiver moved a step closer to completion Saturday after negotiators finalised texts for ministerial review, but significant obstacles remained in hammering out a final deal.
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Business
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Economy
6/7/2022 8:34:04 PM
The World Bank (WB) expects the Egyptian economy to grow from 5.9 percent to 6.1 percent in the fiscal year (FY) 2021/22.
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Egypt
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Politics
5/30/2022 7:01:52 PM
The Russia-Ukraine crisis has led to Egypt’s projected growth rate being downgraded to 6 percent at the end of the current fiscal year and to an expected 5.7 percent in FY2022/23, Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El-Said said in a statement before the Senate – Egypt's consultative upper house.
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World
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International
5/30/2022 2:15:22 PM
China fell short Monday on a bold plan to have 10 Pacific nations endorse a sweeping new agreement covering everything from security to fisheries as some in the region expressed deep concerns.
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Opinion
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5/28/2022 3:50:22 PM
Former German minister of foreign affairs Joschka Fischer describes Jürgen Habermas as “the philosopher of the new German Republic.”
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Business
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Tech
5/26/2022 3:17:43 PM
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Thursday its profit fell 59 percent in the last fiscal year, joining other tech firms that reported lacklustre results while grappling with Covid-19 restrictions and a sector crackdown.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/8/2022 10:32:35 PM
Twenty Egyptian sailors, who were released earlier this month after being held by Yemen’s Houthis for about a month over charges of trespassing into Yemeni territorial waters, have arrived back home.
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Sports
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World
5/7/2022 8:51:02 PM
Union Berlin coach Urs Fischer hailed an "amazing" achievement as his side stunned top-four hopefuls Freiburg with a 4-1 win on Saturday to seal a top-seven finish on a dramatic day in the Bundesliga's race for Europe.
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Business
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Economy
4/20/2022 5:56:58 PM
The global rise in food prices is a major challenge for Egypt amid supply chain disruptions and the Russian war in Ukraine, Deputy Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Paolo Mauro told Ahram Online during a press briefing.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
4/20/2022 4:06:00 PM
Division Chief in the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department Paolo Medas explains how the crisis in Ukraine could affect food prices and debt levels in Egypt and the Middle East region to Al-Ahram Weekly.
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Business
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Economy
4/19/2022 8:16:45 PM
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is having economic repercussions on Egypt including rising financial needs, an elevated rate of inflation, and limited fiscal space, the assistant director of monetary and capital markets at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ranjit Singh told Ahram Online.
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Business
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Economy
4/14/2022 5:47:57 PM
The World Bank (WB) has maintained Egypt’s real GDP growth at 5.5 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2021/2022, downgrading its forecast for FY 2022/2023 to five percent, down from 5.5 percent expected in January.
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World
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International
3/23/2022 2:53:59 PM
A lorry drivers' strike, mass protests by farmers and fishermen, industrial production stoppages: record inflation levels have fuelled growing anger with Spain's left-wing government as energy prices go through the roof.
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World
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International
3/23/2022 11:40:00 AM
Protesters in Jamaica raised their fists Tuesday as they donned T-shirts emblazoned with a pair of shackled Black wrists surrounded by the phrases ‘Seh Yuh Sorry!’ and ‘Apologize now!’ as they demonstrated just hours before Prince William and Kate arrived.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Entre nous
3/8/2022 10:44:13 PM
Though many of us experience hair fall on a daily basis due to various factors, post-Covid hair fall symptoms can be quite different and may last up to 4 months
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/5/2022 8:39:15 PM
At least 12 Egyptian sailors are currently stuck in a Ukrainian port as the Russian invasion enters its tenth day, according to the Head of Egypt’s Fishermen Syndicate Ahmed Nassar.
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Egypt
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Society
2/27/2022 2:44:09 PM
Egypt has begun converting 377 diesel powered public buses in Cairo and Alexandria to run on natural gas during the current fiscal year at a total cost of EGP 200 million, Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Shaarawy said on Sunday.
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Business
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Economy
2/21/2022 6:19:41 PM
Egypt’s GDP is expected to grow to post EGP 7.9 billion by the end of the current FY2021/22, up from the EGP 4.8 trillion recorded in FY2017/18 and EGP 4.4 trillion recorded in previous fiscal years, the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development announced on Monday.
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