food prices

Prime Minister: Soaring food prices ‘outside government’s control’
Business

Prime Minister: Soaring food prices ‘outside government’s control’

Soaring meat and vegetable prices represented a "seasonal phenomenon" caused by crop damage resulting from poor weather conditions and were…
CBE: Annual inflation rate fell to 7.59% in September
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CBE: Annual inflation rate fell to 7.59% in September

Egypt's basic inflation rate increased by 0.22 percent in September while the annual rate fell to 7.59 percent during the…
Tuesday’s papers: Hajj lottery tickets, mass protests, fish crisis
Egypt

Tuesday’s papers: Hajj lottery tickets, mass protests, fish crisis

State-owned Al-Ahram kicks off a slow news day with another leading story on President Hosni Mubarak meeting with a world…
Soaring vegetable prices strain household budgets in governorates
Business

Soaring vegetable prices strain household budgets in governorates

Vegetable prices continued to rise this week in governorates throughout Egypt, with per-kilo tomato prices reaching LE13; garlic LE9; cucumbers…
Monday’s papers: Second African summit adjourns while Al-Dostour fallout persists
Egypt

Monday’s papers: Second African summit adjourns while Al-Dostour fallout persists

On Monday 11 October, Egypt's state-owned newspapers focus much of their front-page coverage on the closure of the second Arab-African…
Incoming parliament to discuss draft price-control legislation
Business

Incoming parliament to discuss draft price-control legislation

The government plans to submit nine new draft laws aimed at controlling market prices for discussion in the upcoming session…
Activists protest rising food prices before Ministers Council
Egypt

Activists protest rising food prices before Ministers Council

Members of the People's Free Front (PFF), Kefaya and 6 April opposition movements staged protests against rising retail food prices
Egypt’s recurring food price crisis
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Egypt’s recurring food price crisis

In the summer of 2008, the so-called “food price crisis” took Egypt by storm. Drastically rising food prices made headlines…
Govt announces official Ramadan food prices
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Govt announces official Ramadan food prices

The government on Thursday announced new prices for food commodities to be sold during Ramadan at state-subsidized supply outlets.According to…
Rice, poultry to be imported amid shortages
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Rice, poultry to be imported amid shortages

The state-run General Authority for the Supply of Commodities (GASC) is currently seeking tenders for the purchase of 70,000 metric…
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