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Egyptians queue with their cars at a petrol station, Cairo, January 16, 2012 amid fears of an oil shortage.
Egypt to issue schedule next month for gradual fuel subsidy cuts
Reuters 24 Apr 2013
Egypt aims next month to issue a schedule of gradual rises in the subsidised prices various industries pay for fuel, to...
Bakery owners storm supply ministry
Hundreds of bakers storm Supply Ministry again
Al-Masry Al-Youm 19 Mar 2013
Hundreds of bakery owners stormed into the headquarters of the Supply Ministry in Cairo, blocking Qasr al-Aini Street...
Bakery owners storm supply ministry
Bakery owners storm Supply Ministry
Al-Masry Al-Youm 16 Mar 2013
Hundreds of bakery owners stormed the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade building on Qasr al-Ain Street downtown...
A girl selling fuel publicly on street, Faysal, Giza, September 19, 2011. According to an investigative report by Al-Masry Al-Youm, fuel has been shown to be sold outside authorized fueling stations, where gasoline (a fuel high on demand) is filled into containers (bearing names of state companies authorized to sell specified fuels at subsidized prices) at 'black market' prices.
Lack of security, monitoring to blame for fuel shortage: Minister
Egypt Independent 11 Mar 2013
Minister of Petroleum Osama Kamal attributed the current diesel fuel crisis to the lack of monitoring and security as...
57.5% of Egyptians do not make ends meet: Govt survey
Al-Masry Al-Youm 04 Mar 2013
A survey of Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) has shown that the incomes of 57.5 percent...
A file photo of electricity pylons.
Energy subsidies will disappear by 2016, says minister
Al-Masry Al-Youm 26 Feb 2013
Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Hatem Saleh said Tuesday that energy subsidies for industrial firms would...
Finance minister says reforms require "sacrifice"
MENA 26 Feb 2013
  The government may send its amended economic reform program to the Shura Council within two days, Finance...
A banner reads "Empty Tank" as tens of cars queue at petrol station, Cairo, January 16,2012 amid fears of an oil shortage.
Egypt announces fuel price hikes
Reuters 20 Feb 2013
  Egypt's government announced new fuel prices for many sectors of the economy on Tuesday, which industry...
Egypt's President Mohamed Morsy (L) meets with Water Minister Hesham Qandil at the presidential palace, Cairo, 22 July 2012. Mursi has asked Kandil, a relatively young water minister little known outside Egypt, to form a new government, disappointing investors who had hoped for a high-profile economy specialist. Picture taken July 22, 2012.
Govt has 'plan b' if IMF negotiations fail
Egypt Independent 14 Feb 2013
  The Cabinet plans to invite the International Monetary Fund delegation to Cairo next month to resume...
Consumers lining up and holding jerrycans to get diesel fuel, gas station, Cairo, 21 May, 2011. The diesel shortage crisis heated up across governorates,as citizens fight daily for diesel fuel at gas stations leading to clashes and injuries.
Tourism union speaks out against fuel subsidy removal plan
Egypt Independent 22 Jan 2013
The government decision this week to remove subsidies on diesel designated for the tourism sector is a disaster, Khaled...