Egypt’s pensioners are on their way to receiving money owed to them by the government
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The government has been aiming to contain the social costs of the economic reform programme it embarked on three years ago throughout 2019
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Holders of Suez Canal investment certificates have received their money back with interest
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A new system to buy short-staple cotton from farmers by auction is being introduced in the Fayoum and Beni Sweif governorates, writes Mona El-Fiqi
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Egypt’s Decent life Initiative came into the limelight during last week’s Youth Conference, with President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi asking for all planned villages to be included this year, reports Mona El-Fiqi
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A new export support mechanism is in place but delayed payments to exporters remains a problem
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A bundle of measures was introduced this month to help employees and pensioners deal with the fallout from the current round of fuel subsidy cuts, reports Mona El-Fiqi
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Comprehensive plans to develop the public-sector spinning and weaving companies are underway
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Steel producers and the government are at loggerheads over a decree imposing customs duties on some steel imports
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A recent decision imposing temporary tariffs on imported semi-finished steel products has received mixed reactions
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Mona El-Fiqi discovers the rationale behind the government’s decision to increase the amount of land growing rice
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The second phase of rationalising Egypt’s database of ration-card beneficiaries will take place in March, Minister of Supplies and Internal Trade Ali Moselhi said earlier this week
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The government is looking for alternatives to its present dysfunctional export-subsidies programme
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The government is on track in efforts to restructure and develop Egypt’s battered state-owned companies
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Saudi Arabia has banned Egyptian onion imports, citing high levels of pesticides; some industry operators say more attention should be paid to picking and packing procedures with a view to promoting quality control
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Five years after a court order nullified its privatisation, the fate of the Nile Cotton Ginning Company remains in limbo
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Recent promises may end a two-year delay in the release of vital export subsidies to Egypt’s exporters
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Egypt jumped eight spots in the World Bank Group’s Doing Business Report for 2019
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Further plans are afoot to revive Egypt’s battered public-sector companies
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On Thursday, the finance ministry extended the deadline to pay the real estate tax from 15 Aug to 15 Oct to alleviate crowding at tax offices. This Ahram Weekly report was published a day before the extension was announced
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