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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Focus
6/25/2022 10:24:00 AM
After the Covid-19 pandemic and the threats of climate change, the war in Ukraine has added another factor bringing the world closer to serious food shortages.
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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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Egypt
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Politics
6/20/2022 6:42:38 PM
The coronavirus pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian War cost Egypt EGP 440 billion in losses over the past two years, said Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait on Monday while delivering his conclusive speech at the House of Representatives.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
6/19/2022 12:21:55 PM
Germany's economy minister said Sunday that the country will limit the use of gas for electricity production amid concerns about possible shortages caused by a reduction in supplies from Russia.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
6/18/2022 10:30:38 AM
Russian hostilities in Ukraine is preventing grain from leaving the ``breadbasket of the world`` and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries.
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Egypt
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Politics
6/13/2022 4:40:00 PM
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Monday that the state is exerting its "utmost possible" efforts to curb the rising prices resulting from the global crisis, most recently the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Business
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Economy
6/9/2022 10:25:56 PM
A World Bank (WB) delegation concluded on Wednesday a five-day visit to Egypt where it discussed with a group of Egyptian government officials how to support the country amid the repercussions of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Opinion
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6/2/2022 5:26:00 PM
This article aims to launch a dialogue among Egyptian specialists regarding the negative effects of the Russia-Ukraine war economically, politically, regionally and internationally and find ways of addressing them to maximise our benefits.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
5/31/2022 4:11:00 PM
Representatives of a group of nations working together to investigate war crimes in Russia's invasion of Ukraine are meeting in The Hague amid ongoing calls for those responsible for atrocities to be brought to justice.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
5/27/2022 3:37:00 PM
Manfred Knof, chairman of the board of Directors of Commerzbank, has warned of the risks of energy supplies to Germany as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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World
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International
5/26/2022 7:24:52 PM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed hopes Thursday for global cooperation on climate change, hunger and war, while dozens of climate activists demonstrated in the Swiss town of Davos as a meeting of global elites ended with many words but little concrete action to solve the world's most pressing crises.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
5/25/2022 11:42:00 AM
The search is on for alternatives to Russian and Ukrainian wheat, even as Egypt’s homegrown supply season will continue until the end of August.
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Business
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Economy
5/23/2022 9:21:18 PM
Heeding the warning signs before the Russia-Ukraine war, Egypt started its efforts to ensure that its required annual supply of wheat is secured. For this to happen, Egypt has had to increase its locally cultivated wheat and to diversify the sources of wheat imports.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
5/23/2022 10:18:00 AM
The Russia-Ukraine war is proving to be an epoch-making event in creating new geopolitical fault lines in Europe.
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Business
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Economy
5/19/2022 10:42:00 PM
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) raised on Thursday key interest rates by two percent (200 basis points) as the government attempts to deal with the negative economic repercussions of the Russian-Ukrainian war and curb inflationary pressures.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
5/17/2022 12:15:00 PM
The leader of a Turkish nationalist party that is allied with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expressing concern that NATO's expansion to include Sweden and Finland will provoke Russia and cause an expansion of the war in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
5/17/2022 11:06:00 AM
Sweden on Tuesday signed a formal request to join NATO, a day after the country announced it would seek membership in the 30-member military alliance. In neighboring Finland, lawmakers are expected later in the day to formally endorse Finnish leaders' decision also to join.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
5/16/2022 3:00:25 PM
Europe pushed Monday to sharpen and expand its response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with Sweden poised to follow Finland in seeking membership of NATO and European Union officials working to rescue proposed sanctions that would target Russian oil exports helping the Kremlin finance its war.
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Egypt
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Economy
5/14/2022 6:43:59 PM
The first shipment of Indian wheat, which is set to arrive in Egypt soon, complies with the international phytosanitary standards and all the Egyptian agricultural quarantine requirements, the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation said in a statement on Saturday.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
4/17/2022 11:03:17 AM
Bulgaria has banned Russian-flagged ships from entering its Black Sea ports as part of expanded EU sanctions, the country's Maritime Administration announced on its website on Sunday.
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