Egypt army thwarts attacks on North Sinai checkpoints
The Egyptian army has foiled a plot by militants to attack a number of security checkpoints on Friday morning,…
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Cairo bourse ends week up, gains 5.3 Egyptian pounds
Egyptian stock market finished the week higher with gains estimated at 5.3 billion Egyptian pounds (around US$16…
Egypt’s bill of importing fuel drops 54.2% in nine months: CAPMAS
Egypt's bill of importing fuel declined by 54.2 percent in January-September 2016 to 30.1 billion pounds (US$1.6…
Italy’s Edison to explore gas and oil in Egypt with $86mln
Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) signed a new oil agreement with Italy's Edison to explore and produce…
Bloomberg: Egypt among 20 best 2017 tourist destinations
Bloomberg website chose Egypt among 20 tourist destinations worth visiting in 2017, saying that after years of…
Green light given for resumption of Irish beef exports to Egypt
Exports of Irish beef to Egypt are to resume after a 17-year gap, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed. Five…
Foreign reserves rise to $24.265 bln at end-December: CBE
Egypt's net foreign reserves rose to $24.265 billion at the end of December from $23.058 billion at the end of…
Tourism sector halts applying VAT for a year
The tourism sector has obtained a verbal approval from the Ministry of Finance to postpone subjecting it to the…
ISIS car bomb kills six in Baghdad
A car bomb in eastern Baghdad claimed by Islamic State killed six civilians and wounded 15 on Thursday, police and…
Fed policymakers agree Trump fiscal boost poses inflation risk
Almost all Federal Reserve policymakers thought the economy could grow more quickly because of fiscal stimulus…