inflation

A 40-percent tax increase was levied on tobacco products this month with the stated aim of reducing the number of…

The Tax Authority has warned wholesale and retail cigarette traders against selling their wares at prices higher than those specified…

A 43-year-old single mother, identified in press reports as Seham Abdel-Salam, throttled her son to death with a towel, then…

The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on Thursday announced that the annual inflation rate in urban areas…

Government statistics agency CAPMAS on Monday revealed that the national inflation rate had risen by 0.9 percent in April, compared…

Following a decision last week by the Egyptian Chamber of Tourist Establishments, all restaurants and food outlets have been ordered…

Butchers and owners of traditional kebab-and-kofta restaurants--the menu selections of which are usually priced by the kilo--say that skyrocketing meat…

Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali has rejected a proposal by Shura Council members to introduce a progressive income tax."Our unified income…

Associations for cattle farmers and dairy producers lashed out at the government for failing to narrow the gap between local…

Prices in Egypt increased 0.7 percent in March, as inflation hit an annual rate of 11.8 percent, according to figures…