Germany ranked seventh in the European Union for labour costs in 2024, with enterprises in manufacturing and services paying an average of €43.40 per hour worked, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
This figure was about 30 per (...)
Germany's economy expanded by 0.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter, according to data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Wednesday. The uptick follows a 0.2 per cent contraction in the final (...)
Egypt's Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad held talks with Khaled Raslan and Mohamed Hossam, founders of the Marine Environment Protection Association, to explore cooperation on preserving and developing Egypt's marine ecosystems.
The two sides (...)
The Egyptian pound (EGP) remained unchanged against the US dollar (USD) in early trading on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
Bank Buy Sell
National Bank of Egypt (NBE) 50.75 50.85
Banque Misr 50.75 50.85
Arab African International Bank 50.75 (...)
Egypt's Ministry of Youth and Sports signed a cooperation protocol with startup incubator MQR to launch Makani project, which will provide shared workspaces in youth centres and development hubs across the country.
The initiative aims to create an (...)
France's Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) rose by 0.8 per cent year on year in April 2025, down slightly from 0.9 per cent in March, according to a provisional estimate by the national statistics office released on Wednesday.
Month on (...)
The Arab African Company for Medical Industries (AACMI), a subsidiary of the Arab Organisation of industrialisation (AOI), signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese company XINGAOYI MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CO. LTD. (XGY), certified with European (...)
France's gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2025, recovering modestly from a 0.1 per cent decline in the final quarter of 2024, according to preliminary data from the national statistics office Insee.
The (...)
Egypt's Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly witnessed the signing of a shareholders' agreement to establish a factory to produce blood collection bags and bladders in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) in Ain Sokhna.
The agreement is a partnership (...)
Consumer prices in four of Germany's largest states posted modest gains in April, as higher food costs continued to fuel inflation while falling energy prices offered some relief, regional data showed on Wednesday.
In Bavaria and North (...)
European shares edged higher on Wednesday, supported by upbeat economic data. The pan-European STOXX 600 rose 0.30 per cent by 11:16 GMT, supported by data showing economic expansion across Europe.
Germany's DAX gained 0.53 per cent after data (...)
Germany's annual inflation rate rose to 2.1 per cent in April 2025, up from 2.0 per cent in March, driven largely by underlying price pressures, according to preliminary data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Wednesday.
Consumer (...)
The Egyptian pound (EGP) edged up against the US dollar (USD) on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, according to data from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE).
The CBE reported an average buying rate of EGP 50.7467 per dollar and a selling rate of EGP 50.8467, (...)
Italy's economy grew by 0.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter and 0.6 per cent year-on-year, according to preliminary data.
The GDP increase was driven by gains in the agriculture, forestry, and industrial (...)
Italy's consumer prices rose by 0.2 per cent in April 2025 from the previous month and increased by 2.0 per cent year-on-year, up from 1.9 per cent in March, preliminary data from Istat showed on Wednesday.
The slight acceleration was mainly driven (...)
The pound sterling edged lower against a firm US dollar on Wednesday but remained near a three-year high, poised for its strongest monthly performance since November 2023.
The pound was down 0.28 per cent to 1.3368 against the dollar and slipped 0.2 (...)
Egypt's Ministry of Labour signed on Wednesday a cooperation protocol with the Arab Academy for Training, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to implement specialised training programmes aimed at preparing Egyptian workers for the retail (...)
The euro area economy grew by 0.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2025, up from 0.2 per cent in the previous quarter, according to a preliminary estimate from Eurostat on Wednesday.
GDP in the broader European Union rose by 0.3 per cent, slightly (...)
German consumer sentiment improved further in April, with income expectations and willingness to buy both rising, while savings declined, according to the latest GfK Consumer Climate survey powered by NIM.
The consumer climate index is forecast to (...)
Egypt's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar held a meeting with a delegation from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to follow up on the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC).
The meeting (...)
Spain's inflation slowed slightly in April 2025, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) falling to 2.2 per cent , down from 2.3 per cent in March, according to a preliminary estimate from the National Statistics Institute (INE) published on (...)
Egypt's General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) hosted the Egypt-China Forum for Investment, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Partnerships, aimed at linking the Egyptian business community with Chinese innovation leaders, as per a (...)
Egypt's General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) witnessed the groundbreaking of the Xin Feng Integrated Complex for Metal Industries in the Sokhna Integrated Zone, a project with total investments of $1.65 billion, approximately (...)
The Egyptian pound (EGP) fluctuated against the US dollar (USD) in early trading on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
Bank Buy Sell
National Bank of Egypt (NBE) 50.78 50.88
Banque Misr 50.78 50.88
Arab African International Bank 50.77 (...)
Spain could suffer economic losses of up to €1 billion following Monday's widespread blackout, according to estimates cited by local newspaper The Objective as cited by TASS. The outage forced businesses to halt operations, significantly impacting (...)