83.7% annual increase in railway revenues during December: CAPMAS
Railway passenger numbers increased by 69.8% to 21.4 million compared to 12.6…
January trade deficit down by 20.7% year-on-year
Imports stood at EGP 31.47bn during January, 21.2% less than the EGP…
Annual inflation jumps to 11.8% in March
CAPMAS attributed the rise to increase in food commodities’ and beverage products’…
9.2 million children suffer from poverty
4.9 million children live under poverty line in rural Upper Egypt, 1.8…
Tourist turnout at restaurants is 15-45%
Decline largely due to tourists’ appetite for shisha, not food, says Chamber…
Cigarette tax provides EGP 5.5bn annually to healthcare: Cabinet
Imposing new cigarette tax supports general state budget providing healthcare expenditure requirements,…
786,000 tourists visited Egypt in December 2014
Departing tourists increased, totalling over 702,000 in December 2014, a 14.8% increase,…
Private sector gives priority to returning Libya workers
Manpower minister to count numbers returning, calls workers to fill a form…
