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Egypt
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Politics
12/27/2021 5:28:12 PM
Egypt's parliament approved Monday amending three laws that regulate the Renewable Energy Authority, universities, and the Academy of Arts.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/26/2021 6:34:00 PM
A legislative amendment granting the Union of Syndicates of Acting, Cinema, and Musical Professions judicial powers to crack down on "substandard singers" and punish those who practice without a license was rejected by Egypt's House of Representatives on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/25/2021 6:13:26 PM
Egypt's House of Representatives will get down to business this week, devoting sessions on Sunday and Monday to discuss amendments to five laws regulating the performance of art-centric syndicates, private funds, renewable energy, and public universities.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/20/2021 6:51:55 PM
The Senate – Egypt's consultative upper house – devoted a full session on Monday to discussing the impact of climate change on Alexandria and the country's Mediterranean coast following a warning from British PM Boris Johnson that Alexandria could disappear.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/19/2021 10:32:10 PM
With Egypt announcing this week its first cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus, MPs voiced their concern regarding the government’s efforts to counter this dangerous development in a session on Sunday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
12/16/2021 11:34:00 AM
Egyptian-Russian military, nuclear, and business relations prospered greatly in 2021.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
12/14/2021 9:48:03 PM
After approving amendments to the value-added tax, the House of Representatives postponed discussions on hikes of other duties and development fees.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/14/2021 9:46:18 PM
Egypt's parliament approved Tuesday amendments to the added value tax (67/2016) to exempt a number of industrial and investment activities from the VAT tax.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/14/2021 7:01:11 PM
Egypt's parliament – the House of Representatives – decided to postpone the discussion of three laws imposing sweeping tax hikes on a number of goods and services. A large number of MPs warned that the new hikes will exert financial pressure on citizens because they come at time the coronavirus is hitting their everyday life hard.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/12/2021 5:17:40 PM
A number of Egyptian MPs teamed up on Sunday to voice their discontent regarding Canada’s decision to ban travel from Egypt and other African countries on 1 December due to concerns over the Omicron variant.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/11/2021 3:24:24 PM
Egypt's parliament – the House of Representatives – will get down to business this week, grilling Minister of Education Tarek Shawki Tuesday over the state of education in the country.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
12/9/2021 9:40:00 PM
Egypt’s record on human rights and democracy took centre stage during Parliamentary Speaker Hanafi Gibali’s visits to Belgium and Spain.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
12/8/2021 10:21:00 AM
A US-UAE consortium has won the bid to redevelop the Mogamma Al-Tahrir complex in downtown Cairo
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Egypt
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Politics
12/2/2021 7:41:06 PM
Egypt's Speaker of Parliament Hanafy Gebaly and his Belgian counterpart Eliane Tilieux met in Brussels on Thursday to discuss strengthening relations between Egypt and Belgium.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/1/2021 12:10:40 PM
The House of Representatives approved on Tuesday a number of amendments to a draft law submitted by the cabinet that aims to to give public institutions greater incentives to set up more non-profit universities.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
11/30/2021 11:15:56 PM
Gamal Essam El-Din reports on the likely consequences of banning donation boxes in mosques
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Egypt
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Politics
11/29/2021 7:05:29 PM
The Egyptian House of Representatives’ Culture and Media Committee approved an amendment granting the Union of Syndicates of Acting, Cinema, and Musical Professions the judicial right to crack down on “substandard singers” and punish those who exercise the profession of acting without a license.
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Egypt
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Politics
11/28/2021 5:54:40 PM
Egypt's parliament – the House of Representatives – approved Sunday a presidential decree on changing customs tariffs imposed on some imported goods.
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Egypt
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Politics
11/27/2021 8:56:56 PM
Following a two-week holiday, Egypt's parliament – the House of Representatives – will reconvene on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday to discuss two new laws on private universities and financial technology (FinTech). The schedule of debate will also include two agreements with Japan and Austria.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
11/23/2021 10:54:04 PM
Al-Ahram Weekly reports on the UK’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla’s visit to Egypt.
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