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Business
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Economy
9/13/2023 7:44:04 PM
The cost of annual food subsidies in Egypt has reached EGP 127.7 billion ($4.13 billion) for the fiscal year (FY) 2023/2024, said Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Moselhi, according to a statement on Wednesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
9/7/2023 9:15:00 AM
Experts explain the reasons behind rumours that rice has been excluded from Egypt’s subsidy system.
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World
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Africa
8/2/2023 5:13:17 PM
Hundreds of Nigerian workers across various sectors were on strike Wednesday over the rising cost of living following the removal of subsidy on petrol.
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World
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Africa
6/12/2023 1:20:17 PM
Nigeria's new president Bola Tinubu on Monday urged Nigerians to accept more sacrifice in return for later investments after his government ended a long-standing fuel subsidy in a measure that has spiked petrol, transport and food prices.
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World
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Africa
5/31/2023 7:57:41 PM
The price of petrol in Nigeria tripled at government-run stations on Wednesday, two days after newly-elected President Bola Tinubu announced he would scrap fuel subsidies in his first move after taking office.
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Business
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Economy
4/23/2023 8:43:27 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has ordered an almost 50 percent increase in appropriations for various subsidy and social protection programs in the budget for FY2023/2024 in order "to ease the burden on citizens during the global inflation wave."
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Business
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Economy
1/18/2023 10:50:00 PM
Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said the cost of wheat subsidies will reach EGP 95 billion by the end of the year, up from EGP 38 billion.
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Egypt
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Society
12/19/2022 5:40:42 PM
Egypt's Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade announced that more than 153,000 subsidy ration cards were revoked this year under the country's new conditions for subsidy eligibility.
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Egypt
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Politics
10/10/2022 5:36:32 PM
Minister of Supply Ali Moselhy called on MPs to help the government reform the bread subsidy programme in order to cut wheat imports and reduce pressure on the state budget and foreign exchange reserves.
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World
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Region
6/19/2022 9:47:30 AM
Outside his butchery in the south of Iran's capital, Ali cuts up a sheep carcass for customers who, like him, have seen inflation and subsidy reform devour their purchasing power.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
2/25/2022 9:48:00 PM
The cabinet is seeking to rationalise the bread subsidy system, halt infringements on agricultural land, and reform rental laws.
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Egypt
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Society
12/23/2021 11:24:59 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced on Thursday that the government is not only currently revising the ration cards system, but also the entire subsidies system.
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Egypt
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Society
12/22/2021 2:20:31 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi directed the government on Wednesday to stop issuing new subsidy ration cards and limit the number of beneficiaries to two family members per card in order to use savings towards long overdue development projects.
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World
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International
9/16/2021 7:18:44 PM
EU Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis called for reform of the WTO's investment facilitation and subsidy rules, including industrial and agricultural subsidies
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World
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Region
8/22/2021 1:58:07 PM
Lebanese fuel prices soared by up to 70 percent Sunday after yet another subsidy cut, official figures showed, heaping more pressure on people struggling to make ends meet in the cash-strapped country
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World
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Region
6/7/2021 4:43:35 PM
The UGTT will protect the rights of the Tunisian people and their choices, Al-Tabboubi stressed during a meeting that was specifically held to discuss this issue.
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Egypt
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Politics
5/10/2021 12:43:38 PM
The announcement by Uber comes a few weeks after Egypt’s price-setting fuel committee slightly increased fuel prices for the first time since it was formed in October 2019 after Egypt completed its fuel subsidy reforms
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
12/28/2020 7:51:36 PM
Al-Ahram Weekly tracks the development of Egypt’s state-subsidy and social-protection programmes over the past decade to ensure that support is delivered to those who need it most
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World
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Region
12/5/2020 3:33:57 PM
Sayyed Badr Al Busaidi told the ISS Manama Dialogue summit in Bahrain that significant changes to labour policy would include abolishing a requirement that expatriate workers need permission to transfer to a new employer
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
10/30/2020 4:35:00 PM
A government initiative to pay export-subsidy arrears will help Egypt’s exporters to expand their investments and increase production
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