Egypt's Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, met on Wednesday with Switzerland's Ambassador to Cairo, Andreas Baum, to discuss broadening bilateral cooperation in the healthcare sector, according to a statement from the Health (...)
Mohamed Salah El-Din Mostafa, Minister of State for Military Production, met with Agostino Palese, Italy's Ambassador to Egypt, and his accompanying delegation on the third day of the Egypt Defence Expo (EDEX 2025) to discuss mechanisms for (...)
Egypt signed two cooperation agreements with foreign defence companies on Wednesday to locally manufacture military equipment, as the country seeks to boost exports to Africa and the region.
Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Salah (...)
Egypt's Arab Organisation for Industrialisation (AOI) signed a cooperation protocol with Turkish firm Amiston International Group on Wednesday to localise advanced technologies and systems within the defence industry.
The agreement marks a step (...)
The Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and a cooperation agreement with the French company Sofema on the third day of the Egypt Defence Expo (EDEX 2025). The agreements aim to strengthen (...)
Rasha Abdel Aal, Head of the Egyptian Tax Authority (ETA), announced that the Authority has issued Instruction No. 46 of 2025, outlining new procedures for offsetting credit and debit balances for registered taxpayers in accordance with Article 50 (...)
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Delegation of the European Union to Egypt, the government of Finland, and the Egyptian ministry of industry, together with major technology partners including Orange Group, Nokia (...)
Yasser Abbas, Deputy CEO of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), announced that economic relations between Egypt and Greece continue to strengthen, with bilateral trade reaching approximately $2bn and more than 200 Greek (...)
Egypt's Vice Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport, Kamel Al-Wazir, held a virtual meeting with Thomas Schäfer, CEO of the Volkswagen brand and member of the Volkswagen Group Board of Management, to discuss (...)
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi held a meeting in London with Hoda Mansour, Managing Director and Vice Chairperson of Sukari Gold Mines, representing global mining leader AngloGold Ashanti. The talks took place on the (...)
Egypt on Wednesday rejected Israeli claims that the two sides had reached an agreement to reopen the Rafah crossing in one direction to allow Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip, stressing that no coordination or discussions had taken place, (...)
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly stated on Wednesday that there is "optimism" concerning ongoing talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, citing positive economic indicators that have surpassed targets in some areas.
Speaking at a (...)
Egypt plans to replace capital gains tax with a stamp duty to stimulate institutional investment in the stock exchange, Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk announced on Wednesday, as part of a second package of tax facilities aimed at supporting the (...)
Egypt and Bulgaria have signed a protocol to strengthen cooperation across 19 strategic sectors, including renewable energy, industry, and investment, aiming to bolster economic relations ahead of the centenary of diplomatic ties between the two (...)
Egypt's Minister of Local Development and Acting Minister of Environment, Manal Awad, held two meetings on Wednesday with Minister of Finance Ahmed Kouchouk at the ministry's headquarters in the New Capital to discuss key financial and environmental (...)
Egypt's Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) has signed memoranda of understanding with Chinese and Pakistani companies to localise the manufacturing of advanced military systems and technology, the authority said in a statement.
AOI (...)
Egyptian defence company Tornex has unveiled a new range of unmanned aerial systems, including target drones capable of simulating enemy missiles, at the EDEX 2025 defence exhibition in Cairo.
Participating in the fourth edition of the event, the (...)
Egypt has discussed the potential rehabilitation of Iraqi factories and the upgrading of production lines during high-level talks at the EDEX 2025 defence exhibition, Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Salah said.
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Chairperson of the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) Mokhtar Abdel Latif and French Ambassador to Cairo Eric Chevalier witnessed the signing of a new cooperation agreement between AOI and Dassault, the French aerospace and defense giant, (...)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty called for the rapid deployment of an international stabilisation force in Gaza to ensure a lasting ceasefire, emphasising the need to implement U.N. Security Council Resolution 2803.
Speaking during a (...)
Egypt on Tuesday inaugurated the 24th Meeting of the Parties to the Barcelona Convention (COP24) in Cairo, convening ministers and representatives from 21 Mediterranean countries alongside regional and international organisations to advance efforts (...)
Egypt has begun training Palestinian police officers on its territory in preparation for enabling them to assume security responsibilities in the Gaza Strip once a stable ceasefire is in place, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty announced on (...)
Egypt's Health Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar chaired an expanded meeting to assess the stability of the country's medicine and medical supplies supply chains, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday.
The meeting brought (...)
Hassan El-Khatib, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, reaffirmed Egypt's commitment to completing the ratification procedures for the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) among member states of the Developing-8 Organisation for Economic (...)
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced that net foreign assets (NFAs) in the banking sector rose to $22.656bn, equivalent to EGP 1.070tn, in October 2025, compared to $20.783bn (around EGP 996.148bn) in September.
According to the CBE's monthly (...)