Egypt’s parliament to regulate Uber-like services
The Egyptian House of Representatives has approved in principle a draft law regulating transportation services…
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Egypt’s draft budget expects 5.8% growth rate, decreased budget deficit
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail received on Wednesday the draft budget for the 2018/19 fiscal year, and said in a…
Uber, Careem to file memo against Egypt transport service draft law
Ride-hailing firms Uber and Careem plan to submit a detailed memo to the Egyptian the House of Representatives as…
EU leaders to call for end to North Korea’s weapons program: draft
European Union leaders will demand on Thursday that North Korea end its nuclear and ballistic weapons programme,…
Egypt’s Cabinet drafts first major reforms to traffic laws in 44 years
Egypt's Transport Minister Hisham Arafat announced on Wednesday that the Cabinet has approved a draft traffic law…
UK banks call for mutual recognition agreement with EU after Brexit
Britain and the European Union should accept each other’s rules governing financial services in a “flexible”…
Nasr to submit draft investment regulations to Egypt’s government in a month
Egypt's ministry of investment will submit draft regulations for a newly passed investment law to the Cabinet…
Budget deficit falls 8% of Egypt’s GDP in first nine months of FY2016/17
Egypt's budget deficit for the first nine months of the financial year 2016/2017 ending in June dipped to eight…
Trump counterterrorism strategy urges allies to do more
A draft of President Donald Trump's new counter terrorism strategy demands that U.S. allies shoulder more of the…
Cairo Religious Affairs Committee ratifies unauthorised fatwa punishable by prison
The Religious Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives approved on Thursday the draft law regulating the…
Egypt’s Cabinet ratifies new national health insurance bill
Egypt's Cabinet approved on Monday a national health insurance draft law and referred it to the legislative…
New Judicial Authority Law pushes Egypt into dark tunnel
The Parliament's decision on Sunday to approve the draft amendments to the Judicial Authority Law, regarding how…
Egypt’s parliament ratifies new law on Judicial Authority
The House of Representatives approved Monday a new draft law on Judicial Authority, which includes amendments to…
EU to vow common future after Brexit body blow
The EU is set to re-commit itself to their common future at a summit marking its 60th anniversary, defying Brexit…
Trump says will absolutely do safe zones in Syria
U.S. President Donald Trump said that he "will absolutely do safe zones in Syria" for refugees fleeing violence in…
Parliamentary committee approves tougher penalties for sexual harassment
An Egyptian legislative parliamentary committee approved on Monday a draft bill pushing for tougher penalties on…
Egypt’s proposed UN resolution demands end to Israeli settlements
Egypt circulated a draft U.N. resolution Wednesday night that demands a halt to Israeli settlement activities in…
U.N. council to vote Thursday on end Israeli settlement activities
The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Thursday on a draft resolution that would demand that…
U.N. council to decide Monday on monitoring Aleppo evacuation
The U.N. Security Council agreed on a draft resolution aimed at ensuring that U.N. officials can monitor…
Egypt parliament to discuss media regulation laws today
Egypt’s parliament will discuss two new draft media laws in a plenary session on Monday, with the first aiming to…
Draft law on freedom of information is proposed in Egypt
A committee headed by Minister of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Magdi El-Agati convened on Saturday to…
Egypt to form SMEs Development Authority
The cabinet approved a draft resolution submitted by Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Qabil on Thursday for the…
U.N. states seeking resolution to demand end to fighting in Syria
The United Nations General Assembly began talks on Friday on a draft resolution that would demand an end to…
HRW: Sisi must refuse to sign Egypt’s civil society draft bill
Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi must refuse to sign a new Egyptian draft bill to regulate civil society,…
New Investment Law final draft to be submitted to Egypt’s Cabinet end-Nov.
Egyptian Investment Ministry is set to finish revising the New Investment Law within three week in order to submit…
Parliament gives Egypt’s Cabinet 14 days to draft new Equal Citizenship Law
Egypt's House of Representative gave the government a 14-day ultimatum to finish drafting a new Equal Citizenship…
Egypt’s Parliament officially approves Illegal Immigration Law
Parliament approved on Monday the final draft of the government’s Illegal Immigration Law after failing last week…
Cabinet drafts law to form Egyptian national authority for food security
The Egyptian Cabinet finished preparing a draft law to establish national authority for food security to fulfil…
Govt approves draft bill to establish Egyptian space agency
Egypt's cabinet has approved a draft bill for the establishing of an Egyptian space agency that would "serve the…
One-person company draft law submitted to Egypt’s State Council to be revised
Egyptian Investment Ministry submitted the one-person companies draft law to Council of State to approve it as soon…
Cabinet approves draft law regulating one-person companies in Egypt
Egyptian Cabinet approves a draft law that allows individuals to launch one-person companies with no need for more…
Vodafone still studies Egypt 4G licence draft, funding options later on
Vodafone Egypt is currently studying 4G licence draft before deciding whether to purchase the licence or not,…
VAT draft law to be sent to parliament within days: Minister
The State Council finished reviewing the draft law of value-added tax (VAT). The law was sent to the government,…
Parliament approves new bylaws by MP majority in Egypt
Egypt's parliament – the House of Representatives – approved the final draft of its new bylaws by the…
U.S., China agree on draft North Korea sanctions resolution at U.N.
The United States and China have agreed on a draft resolution that would expand U.N. Security Council sanctions…
Cabinet endorses EIB’s $600mn-loan for Egypt’s Damanhour power plant
Egyptian Cabinet endorsed Wednesday the draft of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's decree on the $600 million-loan…
Egypt cabinet ratifies draft bill criminalising possession of ‘terrorist…
The Egyptian cabinet approved on Wednesday a draft bill that punishes the possession and distribution of stickers,…
Egypt’s Nasser Social Bank plans long-term investments worth $766mn
Egypt's Nasser Social Bank is targeting a long-term investments estimated at 6 billion Egyptian pounds (US$766…
Market regulator to submit Egyptian new insurance draft soon – chief
The Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA) is to send the new draft law for Insurance Supervision and…
Greece to unveil painful 2016 draft budget
Greece will unveil a painful 2016 draft budget on Monday meant to satisfy international creditors, projecting the…