Egypt Domestic News Summary
Following is a summary of current
Egypt domestic news briefs on Thursday.
AL AHRAM, AL AKHBAR & AL GOMHURIA
newspapers reported in its headlines the Following:
- President: Roadmap to reform business sector's
companies within 3 months
* Sisi: Subsidy costs the state EGP 334bn, could not
cancel it to keep social balance
* 5 new companies to be inaugurated within few
months
* Integrated plan outlined to develop business
sector companies
- Finance min. unveils bill to exempt taxpayers from
paying delay fines
- 709 healthcare units, 3 hospitals ready for new
health insurance system
- Trump terms his fired aide Omarosa 'dog'
- Eidul Adha vacation to start from Aug 20 to 24
- Cairo, Luanda mull transferring Egyptian expertise
in electricity sector to Angola
- Arab parliament hails Colombia's recognition of
Palestinian State
- 2nd deadline given for paying real estate tax
begins
- Gov't gears up for implementing health insurance
system
- Eidul Adha vacation from Aug 20 to 24
- Cairo Univ. ranked among Best 500 Global
Universities in world
- FEDCOC allocates EGP 150mn to set up logistic
centers across governorates
- Oil production from Western Desert boosted - min.
- Armed Forces recruit new batch of army volunteers
- Coordination underway with Saudi authorities to
ascend pilgrims on Mount Arafat - Marwan
- PM mulls applying new health insurance system
- Investment min. launches one person company (OPC)
initiative today
- Egypt's exports upped to dlrs 2.6bn in 1st half of
2018
- AOI chief discusses boosting cooperation with
African delegation
- Israel lets food, commercial goods back into Gaza
as Egypt seeks truce
- PM: Heath, education are top priorities
- Attack on Afghan military outpost kills dozens
