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IMF admits 'notable failures' in 2010 Greece rescue
AFP 06 Jun 2013
The International Monetary Fund admitted Wednesday that there were '"notable failures" in preparing the...
President Mohamed Morsy meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of an African Union summit in Addis Ababa on Saturday, May 25 2013. Photo from the Facebook page of the office of the Egyptian president.
US encourages Egypt to implement economic reforms
Fathya el-Dakhakhni
Reuters
26 May 2013
Presidential spokesperson Ehab Fahmy refused to comment on news circulating that, during their meeting on Saturday, US...
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (R) leaves after her meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Araby (L) at his office in Cairo in 2011. The International Monetary Fund said Thursday an IMF team had fruitful talks with authorities in Egypt this week that could lead to an IMF loan.
IMF, Egypt hope to reach loan agreement in 'weeks'
AFP 22 Apr 2013
The International Monetary Fund and Egypt hope to conclude talks for a loan deal “in the coming weeks,”...
Dozens of political activists taking part in protest against IMF loan, in front of Stock Exchange, Cairo, 29 August 2012.
Egypt loan talks end without deal but IMF sees progress
Reuters 16 Apr 2013
Egypt and the International Monetary Fund failed to agree on terms for a $4.8 billion (3.1 billion pounds) loan that...
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde gives a press conference in a briefing room at the end of an Extraordinary Eurogroup meeting, on May 2, 2010 at EU Headquarters in Brussels.
Tunisia and IMF reach agreement on $1.78 bln loan-govt official
Reuters 15 Apr 2013
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Tunisian government have reached agreement on a $1.78 bln precautionary...
Dozens of political activists taking part in protest against IMF loan, in front of Stock Exchange, Cairo, 29 August 2012.
Minister expects Egypt to get IMF loan
Al-Masry Al-Youm 06 Apr 2013
  Minister of International Cooperation Ashraf al-Araby said Saturday that the IMF will not reduce the size of a...
Dozens of political activists taking part in protest against IMF loan, in front of Stock Exchange, Cairo, 29 August 2012.
Egypt expects IMF loan agreement in two weeks
Reuters 04 Apr 2013
Egypt's planning minister said on Thursday the government expects to reach a final agreement with the International...
A man carries a gas cylinder and a cooking pot during a protest against high prices and the scarcity of gas, in front of headquarters of Cabinet, Cairo, 28 September 2012.
Egypt lifts cooking gas price before IMF visit
Reuters 01 Apr 2013
Egypt raised the price of state-subsidized cooking gas for the first time in two decades on Monday, a government...
IMF: Emergency loan an option for Egypt
AFP 11 Mar 2013
  The International Monetary Fund said Monday that it could provide an emergency short-term loan to Egypt if...
The President Mohamed Morsy delivers his speech before thousands of his supporters, who gathering at Presidential Palace to support the Constitutional Declaration, Cairo, 23 November 2012. On other hand political forces called for mass rallies to reject that declaration.
Egypt's opposition scents chance in election debacle
Reuters 08 Mar 2013
To Egypt's opposition, a court ruling throwing the electoral process into limbo offers an opportunity to force...