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Qatar to send LNG to save Egyptian factories

Qatar will be sending five shipments of liquefied to Egypt as a donation in order to help it reduce the constraints on its industrial sector. The delivery is expected between July and September. The statement which was released by Qatar’s Energy and Industry Minister Mohamed al-Sada didn’t precise the quantity. Egypt’s natural gas shortage is […]

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Egypt: President’s adviser blames IMF for delaying the loan

Essam al-Haddad, the closest aide to Mohamed Morsi, has lambasted the IMF for worsening Egypt’s situation. He claimed Egypt has satisfied all the required conditions but the IMF continues to delay the deal. He said the government in a bid to finalize the $4,8 billion loan deal has recently included a phased-out subsidies plan and […]

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Major tax reform plan begins in Tunisia

Tunisian Finance Minister Elyes Fakhfakh, has announced the introduction of its planned reform of the country’s tax system which will affect the direct, indirect and local taxations. Task groups have been set up by the ministry to propose ideas about how to revolutionize the tax system, modernize and adapt it to the country’s realities. Tunisia […]

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Cairo awaits the remainder of its loan

Egypt will be receiving the remaining $1billion within two months from Turkey after satisfying the conditions attached to the $2billion loan agreement concluded last year to support its budget deficit. Turkey’s Eximbank will be handling the transactions. The money is needed by Egypt to suppress its problems as the government continues to run out of […]

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Egypt: QNB finally takes over NSGB

A total of 443,535,902 shares of the ‘’National Société Générale Bank’’ (NSGB) have been acquired by the Qatar National Bank (QNB) at a selling price of EGP 35.65 per share. The 100% acquisition of the shares cost the Qatari bank EGP 16.142bn. The NSGB is a subsidiary of the French Société Générale Bank in Egypt. […]

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EU contributes €20.8 million to payment of Palestinian salaries

The European Union has made a contribution of approximately €20.8 million to the payment of February’s salaries and pensions of almost 82,000 Palestinian civil servants and pensioners in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and called on all other donors to provide their promised financial support to the PA, a press release announced on […]

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“Big chances” for Qatari investors in Libya

At a charity fashion show organized to raise funds for the National Centre for Cancer Care and Research in Doha, the Libyan ambassador to Qatar urged Qatari authorities to invest in Libya’s reconstruction. Ambassador Hafiz el-Bouri said Libya has “very big chances of investments presently” that could be capitalized upon. He is hoping that Qatar […]