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Egypt
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Politics
12/18/2022 6:29:07 PM
Egyptian MPs voted Sunday in favour of a new bill allowing local banks and authorities to exchange tax information with member countries of the Global Forum for Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.
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World
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Region
12/18/2022 12:12:00 PM
The head of the Tunisian election board, Farouk Bouasker, said that by the close of polls at 6:00 pm (1700 GMT), just 8.8 percent of the nine-million-strong electorate had cast votes.
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World
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International
12/18/2022 11:19:25 AM
EU member states and parliamentarians on Sunday announced an agreement for a major reform to the bloc's carbon market, the central plank of its ambitions to reduce emissions and invest in climate-friendly technologies.
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World
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Region
12/17/2022 1:15:25 PM
Tunisians are voting to elect a new parliament on Saturday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/16/2022 1:15:46 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi asserted on Thursday Egypt’s firm support for the efforts of the Libyan Presidential Council (LPC) to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in parallel.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/14/2022 5:33:35 PM
The speakers of Egypt's House of Representatives and Qatar's Consultative Assembly (Shura Council) signed a protocol of parliamentary cooperation in Doha on Wednesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
12/13/2022 10:04:32 PM
The government is tightening its control on the local retail market in a bid to contain soaring prices of basic commodities
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World
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Africa
12/13/2022 7:07:19 PM
South Africa's parliament voted against starting impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a report that says he held undeclared foreign currency at his farm in 2020.
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Egypt
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Society
12/13/2022 4:34:00 PM
On Sunday, Egypt will start implementing Law 154/2019, published by the Official Gazette today, that requires owners of hundreds of thousands of unlicensed shops to legalise their businesses and that introduces restrictions on cafes serving shisha.
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World
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International
12/13/2022 3:48:02 PM
The European Parliament on Tuesday sacked one of its own vice presidents amid corruption accusations allegedly linked to World Cup host Qatar, as the institution tries to contain the scandal.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/13/2022 3:36:05 PM
An Egyptian parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Hanafy El-Gebaly left for Qatar’s capital of Doha on Tuesday to hold discussions on issues of mutual concern to the two countries.
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World
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International
12/11/2022 3:40:13 PM
Four suspects have been charged and remanded in custody in a Belgian investigation into alleged corruption at the European Parliament tied to Qatar, prosecutors said Sunday.
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World
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International
12/10/2022 9:25:20 PM
Japan's parliament on Saturday enacted a law to restrict malicious donation solicitations by religious and other groups, which mainly targets the Unification Church, whose fundraising tactics and cozy ties with the governing party caused public outrage.
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World
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International
12/10/2022 6:02:37 PM
The arrest of a European Parliament vice-president and four others linked to a corruption probe implicating World Cup hosts Qatar sparked calls Saturday for the bloc's MPs to be held to higher standards.
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World
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International
12/9/2022 6:01:07 PM
Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party on Friday submitted a constitutional amendment to parliament enshrining women's right to wear headscarves at work and in daily life, reviving a hugely divisive issue in the officially secular state.
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Business
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Economy
12/8/2022 7:30:40 PM
New amendments to the 2020's Unified Tax Procedures Law will not allow the Egyptian Tax Authority to obtain secret information about the personal banking accounts of ordinary citizens, confirmed the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE).
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
12/8/2022 2:51:00 PM
Thousands of Egyptians in need of organ transplants have been met with news that members of parliament’s Health Committee had decided to sign a certificate that enables them to donate their organs after their death.
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World
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Region
12/8/2022 2:22:35 PM
Lebanon's divided parliament failed to elect a new president Thursday for a ninth time, despite the damage the political deadlock is doing to efforts to bail out its bankrupt economy.
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Business
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Economy
12/7/2022 6:30:51 PM
Egypt will receive the first tranche of its $3 billion IMF loan immediately after the IMF board meeting on Friday 16 December, or within 10 days, said head of the House's Budget Committee Fakhri El-Fiqi, who affirmed the loan will help shore up the country's foreign currency reserves.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
12/6/2022 11:05:59 PM
A bill combating violence against women is hoped to make its way through parliament, reports Mai Samih
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