Egyptian members parliament, at a meeting of the body's health committee on Monday, rejected the new bylaws that suggest privatizing public hospitals during the afternoon shift starting at 1PM.
They considered the new bylaws a step towards the (...)
The government plans to introduce a new system for state subsidies by which citizens can choose between receiving subsidized commodities or cold cash, Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali said on Tuesday.
"Ration card holders will be provided with (...)
The government plans to submit nine new draft laws aimed at controlling market prices for discussion in the upcoming session of parliament, Trade and Industry Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid told the Shura Council on Tuesday.
“We cannot control the (...)
The Egyptian Political Parties Committee has refused a request to establish a new political party under the name "Reform and Development."
The committee said it made its decision after reviewing three weeks ago the agenda of the party founders and (...)
A meeting of the People's Assembly economic committee saw a fierce debate on Tuesday over government development plans.
Minister of Economic Development Othman Mohamed Othman was involved in several parliamentary scuffles, including one with former (...)
Although parliament's Wednesday meeting was convened to discuss problems facing employees of the Land Reclamation Company, the Maasara Telephone Equipment Company and the Tanta Flax Company, ministers responsible for these companies' respective (...)
MP Talaat Sadat suffered a heart attack on Thursday. He was taken to Cairo's Cleopatra Hospital, where he is currently receiving treatment by an intensive care unit.
The heart attack followed Sadat's return from Minya, where he had been in court to (...)
Members of the Shura Council (the consultative chamber of parliament) blasted the statesocs-run Social Development Fund (SDF) for granting loans to private companies and banks that do not finance small-sized businesses.
The SDF receives foreign (...)