Government debt increased 12% in first half of fiscal year
Egyptian government debt has increased by around 12 per cent in the first half of the 2019-2020 fiscal year to EGP 513 billion, compared to EGP 460.1 billion last year. A semi-annual report issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Finance…
Bribes and fraud in Giza by-elections
The candidate for the parliamentary by-elections for the Giza constituency, Hisham Badawi, published a video that was widely shared on Facebook in which he accused his competitor, businessman Mohamed Aboul Enein, of buying the electoral vote for EGP 100. Badawi…
Egypt’s Competition Authority rejects Cleopatra and Alameda merger
Government sources have said that the Egyptian Competition Authority addressed the Ministry of Health to use its authority to prevent a possible merger between the Cleopatra Hospital Group and the Alameda Group because of its negative impact on competition in…
Egypt’s population hits 100 million
The Central Agency for Mobilisation and Statistics has announced that the population of Egypt has hit 100 million. The percentage of the urban population reached 42.6 per cent and the percentage of the population who are less than 15 years…
Demands to transfer Ziad al-Alimi to hospital
The Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights and the lawyer Khaled Ali have filed a lawsuit asking the Minister of Interior and warden of Tora Prison to transfer the former MP Ziad al-Alimi to hospital so he can receive…
Patrick George’s family demands his immediate release
Patrick George Zaki’s family demanded in a statement his immediate and unconditional release, dropping all charges against him and allowing him to complete his studies abroad. His lawyer Samuel Tharwat said that Zaki was beaten and subjected to electric shocks…
Blogger Shady Abu Zeid detained on new fabricated case
The Supreme State Security Prosecution has renewed the detention of the blogger Shady Abu Zeid on a new case, days after his release from case 621 of 2018. Shady has spent 22 months in prison on charges of publishing false…
Terrorist attack on army checkpoint in Sinai
The Egyptian army spokesman has announced that seven army officers were killed in a terrorist attack targeting three security checkpoints near the village of Joura, south of the North Sinai city of Sheikh Zuwaid. Militants attacked the checkpoint in four-by-four…
Electricity Minister refuses to reduce electricity prices for factories
Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker has rejected the demands of members of the Parliament’s Industry Committee to reduce the prices of electricity for factories. The minister said that “reducing the price of electricity by 10 piasters per kilowatt costs the electricity…
Army brigade commander killed in terrorist attack in Sinai
Brigadier Mustafa Abido, commander of the 134th Brigade and the 18th Infantry Division Mechanics in the Egyptian Army, was killed on Tuesday after a bomb targeted his car in the city of Bir al-Abd in North Sinai.Local sources said IS…
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