Tag: morsi

Egypt : the second economic stimulus

December 17, 2013

The military backed interim government will be embarking on its second economic stimulus package with an amount of 30 billion Egyptian pounds after allocating 29,6 ... Read More

Egypt’s reserves hit new low

December 9, 2013

The Central Bank has announced that foreign exchange reserves have reached new levels since the interim government took over in July. This report marks the ... Read More

Egypt : how much is enough to restore investor confidence

December 5, 2013

Egyptian officials have renewed their efforts to draw back investors, especially in the energy sector, at an investment conference by paying the debts owed to ... Read More

Egypt: “Friday of martyrs” to test Brotherhood’s strength

August 23, 2013

Violence in Egypt can reach new heights as pro-Morsi supporters prepare to hold “Friday of martyrs” demonstrations. The march will be in honor of the ... Read More

Tunisia gets involved in Egyptian crisis

July 11, 2013

Egypt’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs has summoned Tunisia and Turkey’s ambassadors’ respectively, in what it considers being a mingling in its internal affairs with respect ... Read More

S&P Lowers Egypt’s Credit Rating Outlook to Negative

December 25, 2012

World rating agency Standard & Poors has downgraded its long-term foreign- and local-currency sovereign credit ratings of Egypt to 'B-' from 'B'. It has also ... Read More

Egypt: Bankruptcy evident if situation continues

November 26, 2012

President Morsi’s outstanding powers has led to demonstrations in the streets demanding him to relinquish them and it has made it effects on Egypt’s benchmark ... Read More

Frenemies? Egypt’s Foreign Policy Recalibration

October 12, 2012

When, in 1949, Mao Zedong forced Chiang Kai-Shek's army to retreat from mainland China, thus consolidating the Communist Party's grip over the People's Republic, the ... Read More

Will Egypt-US Relations Sour Over Aid?

October 1, 2012

US House lawmakers have blocked a $450 million emergency aid the Obama administration was planning to give to the new government of President Mohammed Morsi, ... Read More

The Metamorphoses of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood

September 26, 2012

To comprehend the current role and position of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, rather than focusing only on its present-day form and the general policies ... Read More