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Business
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Economy
7/10/2023 4:16:54 PM
The Central Bank of Egypt is considering implementating a flexible exchange rate policy by the end of 2023, Fakhry El-Fiqi, Head of the Planning and Budget Committee at the House of Representatives said.
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World
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Region
6/21/2023 10:21:31 PM
Iraq's president on Wednesday approved a record $152 billion budget that the parliament voted on earlier this month and which adds about half a million public sector jobs drawing criticism from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for over-optimistic projections.
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Business
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Economy
6/21/2023 5:10:04 PM
The Egyptian Cabinet has abolished tax exemptions for state entities and affiliated companies in economic activities in order to implement the principle of parity of treatment between the private and public sectors and extended licensing rights to new industries in free zones.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/7/2023 4:26:26 PM
At Lebanon's national music conservatory, pianos collect dust and classrooms sit empty, making the institution another casualty of an economic collapse that has crippled the public sector and hampered education.
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Business
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Economy
4/27/2023 4:01:42 PM
Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait has announced on Thursday the bylaws for implementing the raises in the new minimum wage system that were decreed by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in March.
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Business
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Economy
3/15/2023 6:56:02 PM
Britain on Wednesday unveiled a budget aimed at tackling a cost-of-living crisis that has sparked a fresh wave of public sector strikes.
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Business
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Economy
1/16/2023 4:46:24 PM
Two-thirds of chief economists from private and public sectors expect a global recession in 2023, according to a survey released on Monday at the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland.
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World
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International
1/6/2023 2:49:41 PM
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday urged public-sector unions to hold talks with the government next week as a wave of strikes hits hospitals, railways, and other critical areas.
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Egypt
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Society
1/2/2023 8:26:15 PM
Sunday 8 January will be a paid day off for public sector workers on the occasion of Coptic Orthodox Christmas, which falls on 7 January, according to a decree issued by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly.
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World
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International
12/23/2022 12:57:04 PM
Passengers at UK airports on Friday faced long delays as Border Force officers walked out in the latest of a string of strikes by public sector workers over pay.
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World
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International
12/18/2022 9:00:00 PM
The British government said Sunday it will dispatch 1,200 troops to fill in for striking ambulance drivers and border staff as multiple public sector unions walk off the job in the week before Christmas.
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Egypt
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Politics
11/1/2022 6:09:28 PM
Members of parliament gave their final approval Tuesday to an amendment to the 2016 Civil Status Law disbursing an EGP 300 bonus in November to public sector employees and pensioners.
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Egypt
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Politics
10/31/2022 6:57:12 PM
The House's Labour Force Committee approved Sunday amending the 2014's Civil Status law to distribute an exceptional EGP 300 bonus to civil servants, employees in the public sector, the public enterprise sector, and pensioners.
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World
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Region
9/15/2022 10:18:19 PM
Tunisia's government and the country's powerful UGTT union signed a deal boosting public sector salaries on Thursday, three months after a strike that paralysed the country.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/30/2022 10:06:29 PM
What needs to be done to ensure the success of the government’s privatisation programme, asks Al-Ahram Online
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World
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Region
8/9/2022 11:40:48 AM
Tarek Younes was once solidly middle class and felt he helped contribute to society as an inspector in the Lebanese government's consumer protection agency. But the country's economic free-fall has eroded his income and civic pride.
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Egypt
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Society
7/24/2022 3:18:39 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced that Saturday 30 July would be a paid day off for the public sector’s employees to celebrate the advent of the new Islamic Hijri year, 1444, a cabinet statement said on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Society
7/4/2022 5:36:53 PM
Public employees across Egypt will be taking a one-week paid holiday on the occasion of Eid El-Adha from Saturday 9 July to Thursday 14 July as per a decision by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Monday.
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Business
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Economy
6/28/2022 5:00:00 PM
Although Egypt achieved significant real GDP growth thanks to its economic reform programme, the private sector’s potential to push development needs to be unblocked, according to a recent report released by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
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Egypt
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Politics
6/18/2022 7:07:46 PM
Egyptian MPs will submit urgent statements to the House of Representatives this week on Minister of Public Enterprise Hesham Tawfik’s plan to the liquidate El-Nasr Coke and Chemicals Company and to sell off public sector hotels.
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