FM Shoukry discusses bilateral ties with Saudi Shura Council speaker in Cairo
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed means of bolstering Saudi-Egyptian ties with visiting Saudi Shura…
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Egypt’s Brotherhood to vote on reconciliation with Sisi regime
The Shura Council of the Muslim Brotherhood group will hold a meeting this weekend to vote on a document to…
Egypt MPs eye meeting Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council to mend fences
Upon the request of a large number of MPs, the speaker of Egypt's parliament, Ali Abdel-Al has announced that he is…
Military officer Named as First Secretary-general of Egypt’s Parliament
Army major general Khaled Abdel-Sallam Al-Sadr will begin his new job as secretary general of Egypt's House of…
Salmawi: 50 % of Seats in Municipal Council Allocated for Women, Youth
Spokesman for the 50-member constitution panel Mohamed Salmawi said on Tuesday 26/11/2013 that 25 percent of seats…
Egypt Interim Head of State Dissolves Parliament
The interim Egyptian head of state who was appointed after the army ousted President Mohamed Morsi dissolved…
8 Shura Council Members Resign in Protest at Political Standoff
Eight independent non-Islamist parliamentarians officially resigned from Egypt's upper house of parliament, the…
Political, Economic Deadlock Drives Egypt Stocks to Lose EGP39.7 bln In June
In June that witnessed the Ethiopian dam crisis alongside mounting desperate fuel shortage and the investors’…
Egypt’s NTRA Discussing Shura Council Recommendations To Cut Its Budget
The National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) is currently discussing the recommendations of Shura…
Egypt Post: EGP 50 Mln Incentives Increasing For 48.000 Employees
Dr Ashraf Gamal El-Din the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Egypt National Post Authority, has asserted that…
SFD To Launch Restricted Speculation System To Finance SMEs in Egypt
Ghada Wali, general secretary of the Social Fund for Development (SFD), has announced on Monday that the fund…
Egypt Shura Council Mps Tighten Grip On Foreign-Funded Civil Society
In a fiery Monday afternoon session, the Islamist-led Shura Council (the upper house of Egypt's parliament,…
Amwal Al Ghad Publishes 5 Nominees For Egypt’s Sukuk Central Shariah Board
Exclusively, Amwal Al Ghad unveils the names of the 5 figures nominated to win the membership in Sukuk Central…
Political Instability Woes Drag Egypt’s Benchmark 7% Lower In Week
In a week that witnessed mostly red performance, Egypt bourse has lost EGP 18.9 billion driven by growing…
Dina A. Fattah Moderates Panel On Egypt Reform Plan In Senate
The Egyptian media figure Dina Abdel Fattah, Editor-in-chief of Amwal Al Ghad magazine, moderated on Monday a panel…
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry: NGOs Draft Law ‘Internal Affair’
A Foreign Ministry spokesperson asserted on Sunday 2/6/2013 that the new NGOs draft law is an internal affair of…
Egyptian Customs Officials To Strike At 8 Ports On June 4
A group of Egyptian customs officials say they will strike on Tuesday to demand the reform of the Egyptian Customs…
Egypt Upper House Ruled Illegal, But To Stay On
Egypt's top court ruled on Sunday that parliament's Muslim Brotherhood-led upper house was illegal but could stay…
Judges To Start Open-Ended Sit-In Against Shura Council’s Proposals
Judges will start an open-ended sit-in on Friday against the Shura Council's discussion of proposals on amending…
Egypt’s Benchmark Falls Below 5305 Pts On Non-Arab Foreign Sales
Egypt bourse has ended the sessions on Sunday incurring losses of EGP 2.2 billion driven by non-Arab foreign…
Egypt’s Shura Council Faces Difficult Tasks Ahead
In a stormy session rife with acrimonious debate and political divisions, the upper house of the Egyptian…
Egypt’s Benchmark Closes Further Below 5435 Pts Triggered By Stamp Tax
Egypt bourse has ended sessions on Monday incurring further losses of EGP 1.8 billion driven by local and Arab…
Egyptian Banking Officials Protest New Loan Loss Provision Tax
A recent decision by Egypt's Shura Council to amend banking regulations increasing the tax burden on the nation's…
Egyptian Assembly Approves Higher Taxes On The Wealthy
Egypt's parliament approved a new income tax law on Monday that will increase levies paid by the wealthy and by…
Constitutional Court Adjourns Key Lawsuit On Status Of Shura Council
Egypt's High Constitutional Court (HCC) adjourned three politically significant lawsuit: the constitutionality of…
Egypt’s Economic Reform Plan Requires Upper House Approval
The Egyptian government will not amend the economic reform plan submitted to the International Monetary Fund (IMF),…
Egyptian Parliament Halts Reading Of Tax Law Needed For IMF Deal
Egypt's parliament halted its reading of a new income tax law on Monday, saying the government had not shown who…
Egypt Parliament Pushes Ahead With Judicial Law Despite Uproar From Opposition
Egypt’s Islamist-led parliament on Wednesday pushed ahead with a law that could force into retirement many of the…
Shura Committee Approves Three Judiciary Bills
The Shura Council’s Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Affairs approved in its Wednesday session three…
Shura Council Discusses Agricultural Drainage Finance Agreement With IDB
Shura Council discusses the Agriculture, Irrigation and Land Reclamation Committee’s report on the decision of the…
Egypt Shura Council Approves Changes To Draft Protest Law
The Shura Council (the upper house of Egypt's parliament, currently endowed with legislative powers) has approved…
Salafist El-Nour: Egypt-IMF Final Agreement Is ‘Far-Fetched’
The Egyptian government will not manage to reach a final agreement within the upcoming period with the…
Housing – Suez Canal Axis Awaits Shura Council’s Approval April 17th
Dr. Tarek Wafiq, Egypt’s Housing and Urban Communities Minister, has affirmed that ministry is working hard in…
Salafist El-Nour: EGX Stamp Tax Expels Investments
The stamp tax on the Egyptian bourse’s daily selling and buying transactions will reversely affect the country’s…
EGX 30 Ends Near 5160 Pts Backed By Local Buyers
On Tuesday, the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) has pared its midday gains which eventually reached EGP 2.8 billion backed…
Egypt Cancels Tax On Bourse Dividends, Investment Gains
Dr. Abdullah Shehata, advisor of the Egyptian Finance Minister and head of economic committee at Freedom and…
EGX 30 Dives 3.8% In Week As Economic Chaos Weighs
In a week, the Egyptian Exchange has incurred losses of EGP 10.1 billion driven by the country’s economic chaos and…
Egypt’s Islamist-Led Shura Council Amends Law On Political Rights
Deputies of the Muslim Brotherhood and their allies in the Islamist-led Shura Council (the upper house of Egypt's…
ITDA’s Deficit Rate Reaches EGP10 mln In 2013
According to reliable sources in the Internal Trade Development Authority (ITDA), the rate of deficit between…
Tourism Delegation From Bundestag To Visit Egypt Tuesday
Mohamed Gamal, Egypt tourism advisor in Berlin, has asserted that a delegation from the German Parliament…