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Madbouly to announce new cabinet before parliament next week
President Al-Sisi appointed on Thursday Sherif Ismail’s housing minister as new prime minister

Counterterrorism cooperation in Mediterranean is essential: Ismail
Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said that the “terrorism phenomenon” represents a threat to global security and there is a need to work to achieve mutual cooperation in the field of information exchange between the Mediterranean countries. He added that collaboration to bolster efforts in the fight against the financing of militant groups, as well …

EGP 942bn investments in government’s development plan for FY 2018/19
The government’s economic and social development plan for fiscal year (FY) 2018/19 includes total investments of EGP 942bn. The new plan marks a 46% increase compared to FY 2017/18. The plan was revealed by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail during a cabinet meeting on Thursday. Ismail explained that it is the largest investment plan in Egyptian …

Sherif Ismail returns to work after 2 months of absence
Prime minister scheduled to hold meetings with ministers of justice, transportation, and petroleum

4th annual “Egypt Automotive” launches today under sponsorship of prime minister
50 Egyptian, foreign experts look into automotive sector investment opportunities, Suez Canal economic zone

Internal and external debt within secure limit: Prime Minister
Unemployment rate should be reconsidered, Sherif Ismail says

Economic reform program starts to pay off: Prime Minister Sherif Ismail
The worst is over and the country’s economy is steadily moving towards sustainable development

State of emergency will not be used in restraining general freedoms: PM
The state of emergency is indispensable at this time, Abdel Aal

Ismail opens 3rd parliamentary legislative term, praises performance of previous terms
Population growth is one the challenges facing the Egyptian society, says Ismail

PM announces reshuffle of state-owned bank leaders within hours
Amr Kamel, Maged Fahmy nominated to chair Egyptian Arab Land Bank and Industrial Development & Workers Bank of Egypt

Prime Minister appoints Mohamed Omran as EFSA acting chairperson
Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr said that Prime Minister Sherif Ismail issued a decree appointing Mohamed Omran as acting head of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA), pending the adoption of the procedures prescribed by the Constitution after the commencement of the session of the House of Representatives. Nasr explained that EFSA …

Egyptian cabinet extends curfew hours in North Sinai until end of state of emergency
Decision comes after a terror attack killed, injured 26 military personnel on Friday

“The People’s Right” campaign retrieves thousands of feddans of state property
4656 incidents of encroachments of state properties in the northern lakes were recorded in 2015 and 2016, according to the GAFRD

Prime Minister issues amendments to EGX Law, assigns seat for NileX
El Barbary, Sadek, Bahaa El Din intend to run for seat

Prime minister opens “Ahlan Ramadan” fair, 200 companies participate
The number of fairs that provide food around Egypt during Ramadan is 122, says Ismael

Somalian president welcomes Al-Sisi’s invitation to visit Egypt
The invitation was presented during his meeting with Prime Minister Sherif Ismail following the conclusion of a conference in London about Somalia

Construction companies resort to prime minister to rescue them from pound flotation impact
Companies are demanding a grace period of 3 months for contracts of project of 2016

New Investment Law bylaws to be activated soon: Minister of Investment
Ministerial coordination to improve the ranking of Egypt in international “Doing Business” reports

Cabinet will constitute the Supreme Committee for the Revitalisation of Tourism
Comparative study to landing and taking off fees in Egypt to competing states

PM reviews procedures of population, housing censuses for 2017
PM Sherif Ismail visited the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics’ (CAPMAS) headquarters to follow up on the progress of the general census of population, housing, and facilities for 2017. During the visit, Ismail inspected the operations room of CAPMAS and was briefed on the progress of data collection and the early stages of …

Prime Minister calls on Petroleum Ministry to swiftly complete oil, gas development projects
Gas self-sufficiency to be achieved by end of 2019, says prime minister

Criticism of prime minister ‘not fair’: Al-Sisi
Al-Sisi said that he expects that Egypt will be on good terms with the new US administration because they share the same vision in combating terrorism

Procedures package to expand social safety net: Prime Minister
Measures also include lowering customs and tax tariffs on imported rice and sugar by 30%

Egypt is on right track after pound’s flotation, new investments to be injected soon: Ismail
Government expects new drug prices to have positive impact on availability of medicine in Egypt

Prime Minister defines conditions for granting free industrial lands in Upper Egypt
Decision prioritises labour-intensive and exporting projects that rely on local components

Agreement on new medicine prices to be completed within 10 days: Prime Minister
Negotiations with pharmaceutical companies to determine which medicines will be subject to the price increase, says cabinet spokesperson

Prime Minister promises to give Nubians a stake in 1.5m acres project as protests continue
MPs in Aswan for negotiations with Nubian protesters; no meetings held with Tantawi

Japanese-Russian ties: Is Tokyo bound to be disappointed?
Japan and Russia are pushing ahead with new plans to develop infrastructure and industry in the Russian Far East, but analysts believe that Tokyo’s hopes for the return of disputed islands off Hokkaido will be dashed.

Social protection measures will be taken after raising fuel prices, floating the Egyptian pound: Prime Minister
The number of Takaful and Karama beneficiaries was boosted to 1.7 million households with EGP 2.5bn in additional support

Opinion: Court ruling brings more Brexit chaos to Britain
Will the British parliament upset Prime Minister May’s Brexit plans? It hasn’t come to that yet, even if the “remain” camp feels they have a new lease on life, writes DW’s Bernd Riegert