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Articles of the author MARIAM BADR EL DIN SAMAR SAMIR
18.8m eligible voters for second phase of parliamentary elections
CAIRO: The number of Egyptians eligible to vote in the second phase of the parliamentary elections scheduled for December 14 and 15, reached 18.8 millions people, according to the Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilization and (...)

08 - 12 - 2011
Egypt's Ministry of Planning blunders after Cabinet's resignation
CAIRO: The Egyptian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation is caught in a state of blunder since the resgination of former Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf's government, a ministry official said. He added the Minister of Planning (...)

24 - 11 - 2011
Unemployment increases in 3rd quarter of 2011
Abu Bakr Al-Gendi, head of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, said unemployment in Egypt rose the third quarter of this year by 11.9 percent, compared to an 8.9 percent increase in the same quarter in 2010. Gendi made the (...)

10 - 11 - 2011
Egypt trade deficit down in July
CAIRO: Egyptian exports increased to 15.9 billion EGP (U.S. $2.7 billion) in July, according to a report from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). The CAPMAS report also said imported goods declined 186 percent in (...)

14 - 10 - 2011
Oil companies continue Egypt investments despite political tensions
CAIRO: Several oil companies in Egypt said they will continue investment and production plans despite the country's political uncertainty. They said the production wheel in Egypt is not negatively affected by the political situation. Oil (...)

31 - 08 - 2011
33% of educational expenditures for private lessons
CAIRO: Around 33 percent of Egyptian educational expenditures go to private lessons, according to a recent study by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). The recently released study on education expenditures in Egypt (...)

18 - 08 - 2011
Egyptian inflation rate may reach 14 percent during Ramadan
CAIRO: The Egyptian rate of inflation is expected to eclipse 13 or 14 percent during the holy month of Ramadan, said Ebada Sarhan, head of the Arab Statistics Body. The increase is due to an increased demand for goods, and a decline in the offer (...)

10 - 08 - 2011
Egypt's inflation rate in July goes up 1.3%
CAIRO: Egyptian Central Agency for Mobilization And Statistics (CAPMAS) issued a bulletin of consumer price indices, an inflation rate, of July 2011. According to CAPMAS bulletin, the monthly inflation rate increased by 1.3 percent in July (...)

10 - 08 - 2011
CAPMAS: 13.9% increase in marriage rate in Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt's Central Agency for Public Mobilization And Statistics (CAPMAS) announced there have been 864,857 marriage contrasts during the year of 2010, compared to the 759,004 contracts in 2009, with a noticeable 13.9 percent (...)

20 - 07 - 2011
Suez Canal revenues pick up $2.1 Billion
CAIRO: Revenue from Egypt's Suez Canal grew in the third quarter of 2010/2011 (January-March 2011). The number of ships crossing the canal increased to 4,259 from 154 the previous year, according to a report issued by the Ministry of (...)

30 - 06 - 2011
Wheat and oil prices will increase in Ramadan, say economists
CAIRO: The increase of inflation rate the Egyptian market witnessed in May could increase with certain goods including wheat and diesel oil, especially in Ramadan month, according to Egyptian economists. The holy month of Ramadan is when the (...)

23 - 06 - 2011
Economists: Minimum wage impossible to apply in private sector
CAIRO: Egyptian economists warned of the decision to apply a minimum wage bill since it will negatively affect unemployment rates and inflation. During the ‘Human Capital and the sustainable development in Egypt' symposium, Egyptian economists (...)

15 - 06 - 2011
Economists: US economic relief is a scheme
CAIRO: Egyptian economists criticized Barack Obama's announcement of U.S. economic relief to Egypt, including exemption of U.S. $1 billion of Egypt's debts and granting another billion for loan guarantees. Economists described the decision as a (...)

21 - 05 - 2011
Mixed sights, sounds and scents of a revolution in Cairo's liberation square
I was in Tahrir sq. on most days of what is now being called the "25 January Revolution",“The Nile Revolution”, “Revolt of Anger” or “Youth Revolution”. Tahrir Square, in Khedival downtown Cairo, has become the hub from which political demands (...)

09 - 02 - 2011
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