Egypt
Egypt’s central bank imposes an interest rate ceiling on US dollar deposits
May 13, 2015
Egypt’s central bank imposes an interest rate ceiling on US dollar deposits
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has imposed an interest rate ceiling on short-term US$ bank deposits, amounting to 1.5…
Minister: Egypt’s GDP expected at 3% in second half of fiscal year
May 13, 2015
Minister: Egypt’s GDP expected at 3% in second half of fiscal year
Egypt's planning minister said on Wednesday the country's average economic growth was expected to be 3 percent in the second…
Minister: Ethiopian dam won’t be filled without prior consensus
May 13, 2015
Minister: Ethiopian dam won’t be filled without prior consensus
The initial filling of Ethiopia’s controversial Grand Renaissance Dam will not take place without prior consensus from Egypt and Sudan,…
Official: 15% nursing deficit in government medical sector
May 13, 2015
Official: 15% nursing deficit in government medical sector
Kawthar Mohamed, head of the Nursing Syndicate and the Health Ministry’s central department for nursing, said the government's medical sector…
Minister: Airbus, Boeing offer to update EgyptAir’s fleet
May 13, 2015
Minister: Airbus, Boeing offer to update EgyptAir’s fleet
The Airbus and Boeing aircraft companies have put in offers to help update EgyptAir’s fleet, according to Civil Aviation Minister…
UPDATE: Four security forces killed in North Sinai
May 13, 2015
UPDATE: Four security forces killed in North Sinai
Two army officers and two conscripts died on Wednesday afternoon while trying to defuse an improvised explosive device planted by…
Activists: ‘Broom’ ministry in symbolic response to minister’s remarks
May 13, 2015
Activists: ‘Broom’ ministry in symbolic response to minister’s remarks
Activists launched an invitation on Facebook to have a symbolic protest with brooms outside the Justice Ministry on Thursday in…
Cable glitch cuts communications with south Sinai resort city
May 13, 2015
Cable glitch cuts communications with south Sinai resort city
The South Sinai resort city of Taba was disconnected from the world early Wednesday morning after a major phone central…
Al-Sisi: 600 ‘terrorists’ arrested nationwide in April
May 12, 2015
Al-Sisi: 600 ‘terrorists’ arrested nationwide in April
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said that 600 "terrorists" were arrested across the country in April in a televised address…
Video: Egyptian actress Mona Hala defends Egypt’s homosexuals
May 12, 2015
Video: Egyptian actress Mona Hala defends Egypt’s homosexuals
Egyptian actress Mona Hala defended homosexuality in Egypt in a brave interview with private TV channel ONTV that was recently…