Latest in Tag: state Highlight
Latest in Tag: state

State will not absent itself again from Egypt’s development: President Al-Sisi
Al-Mahmoudiya Axis costs EGP 11.5bn; and investments in oil and mineral resources sector exceeds EGP 1.16trn in more than 159 projects, says PM Mostafa Madbouly

EGP 300.6bn state expenditure in 4 months
The value of state expenditures from July to October 2017 came to EGP 300.6bn, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS). The CAPMAS said in a recent report that the most prominent aspects of expenditure during that period are debt interests, as the value of these interests reached EGP 110.5bn, 35.8% …

State-press relationship in need of reconciliation through rule of law
Which side should take the initiative remains debatable

Nubians pessimistic about probability of returning to their lands, despite cabinet meeting next week
The closest the state has come to taking action is including Article 236 in the 2014 Constitution, which stipulates that Nubians must be returned to their lands within 10 years

Parliament set to vote on revised civil service law next week
The bill is due back on the floor amid lingering concerns over salaries and layoffs

NGO funding case and Egyptian state impunity: interview with Hossam Bahgat
20 April will be a strong indicator in predicting the outcome of the 2011 case, says Bahgat

State, CBE, target macroeconomic stability in new programme
The Monetary Policy Committee raised the rate of the CBE’s main operation by 50 basis points

State, manufacturers appeal to activate auto industry strategy
Two of the main issues addressed during Wednesday’s session of the second Egypt Automotive Summit were the inadequacy of the new automotive industry strategy and the need for major infrastructure investments. This was during the second discussion panel held in the summit, entitled “The automotive industry strategy and feeder industries”. The panel moderator, Amr Nassar, …

Egypt ranked in high risk category for corruption in defence, security sectors
Detailed defence budgets on global scale not made public, only aggregated numbers are published, says military source

Ownership of NCGC to be transferred to Holding Company for Cotton Spinning and Weaving
Privatisation of the Nile Cotton Ginning Company (NCGC) was halted by the Administrative Court in September 2013 and the company’s ownership was returned to the state

What does the state defend when defending ‘public morals’?
EIPR discussion tackled the state’s attempts to teach behaviour

71 cases of government corruption in July: PFT
“Legislations remain too weak to face it or properly penalise it,” says expert

Company to be established to oversee mosques
New boards of directors of mosques to comprise youth, says Minister of Endowments

I was a terrorist in the making
Short are the moments when you can review the details of your life. In these short moments, you see many details. It was during one such moment that I realised that I went through many changes that few people have been through. I grew up in a labour environment, in the iron and steel city …

Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis trial postponed to 11 August
213 alleged members of the extremist group are on trial for terrorism charges

Attacks continue ahead of 3 July anniversary
Police officer shot dead in Helwan security checkpoint attack

Legal amendments expected to speed up executions
Possible Muslim Brotherhood figures’ executions in coming days, says human rights expert

Hisham Barakat killed in first assassination of its kind since 1990
Former minister of interior Mohamed Ibrahim was subject to a failed assassination attempt in 2013

Elections expected in September: Minister of Parliament Affairs
Laws still pending amid “danger of parliament immunity law”, says politician

Egypt condemns Yemen mosque attacks, coalition airstrikes continue
UN brokered peace talks stall

Amended law empowers NCHR members during prison visits
“NCHR to start inspection with Tora Prison next week,” says member
UPDATE: North Sinai blast kills 6 military personnel: Army spox
Militant group State of Sinai claim responsibility for second attack of the week

Voters’ age lowered in new Patriarch Elections’ Regulations
Age limit had previously caused controversy amongst Coptic community

A butterfly effect could turn things upside down: Hala Shukrallah
Daily News Egypt spoke to Shukrallah about the future of politics in Egypt, and whether the rule of the military is serving democracy
Egyptian expats to return from Libya on first flight from Algeria
Group crossed Dabdab border gate with Libya, opened under exceptional circumstances
Libyan army siege Islamic State-run Derna: Spokesman
First batch of Egyptians to return from Libya through Algeria arrived at Cairo airport
35 more Egyptians ‘detained’ in Libya: State media
Reports from Libya claim Egyptians were kidnapped from areas controlled by “Islamic State”

Government willing to repatriate Egyptians in Libya, despite latters’ reluctance to return
‘Why leave? We are dead either way’, says one Egyptian in Libya

Egypt to facilitate nationals’ return from Libya: Abdelatty
Procedures are ongoing for those willing to return upon President’s instructions, says spokesman

Airstrikes hit 3 coastal Libyan cities
Egypt and Libya coordinated attacks, says Libyan Air Force commander