As the Egyptian president prepares for the country’s first arms expo, analysts say Egyptian citizens do not benefit from lavish state spending In early December, the world’s arms companies are set to descend on Egypt. [ More … ]
In the context of his keenness to have full control of the military institution, Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi keeps harassing army officers and conducting frequent changes in the ranks of military commanders so that none [ More … ]
BY: Abdel-Hafez Al-Sawi* Introduction The Egyptian parliament has recently ratified legislation to establish a sovereign fund called the “Egypt Fund”. The fund comes after government promises since 2016. Dr. Ashraf Al-Arabi, Minister of Planning, was [ More … ]
The phenomenon of the Egyptian Army’s control over the country’s economy has become agreed upon by researchers and those interested in the military concern. Although the military institution maintains strict confidentiality of the information, data, [ More … ]
The Turkish lira swiftly recovered against the dollar and euro late Wednesday, after news of the Central Bank’s (CBRT) emergency meeting. The emergency meeting made crucial decisions to curb the value of the currencies against [ More … ]
BY: Abdel-Hafez Al-Sawi* The speech of David Lipton, the First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), during a recent conference on “Inclusive Growth and Job Creation” in Cairo on May 5, 2018, [ More … ]
The military has amassed a growing business empire under the former general-turned-president, leading to renewed popular resentment. Three years ago, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi’s government announced that a gleaming new capital city would rise in [ More … ]
Erdoğan receives a warm welcome during South Korea visit, according to Yenisafak the Turkish local newspaper. Erdogan will be in Seoul till May 3 on the invitation of his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in. At [ More … ]
By: Shahap Kavcioglu* As the Turkish economy grew by 5.4 percent in the first and second quarters of 2017, it reached a peak of 11.3 percent in the third quarter, and its strong growth performance [ More … ]
New data say yearly inflation fell to 9.79 percent in July, down from 10.9 percent in June Turkey’s annual inflation rate dropped to 9.79 percent in July — its lowest level in six months, the [ More … ]
The Tunisian dinar fell to its lowest rate in years trading at 2.83 against the euro and 2.412 against the US dollar. Authorities explained the decline saying that Tunisia did not receive the last instalment [ More … ]
Last year, Turkey signed seven investment agreements with countries around the world, making it the most active in encouraging investments. The World Investment Report 2017 disclosed late Wednesday says that Turkey, which attracted $12.3 billion [ More … ]
BY: CEMIL ERTEM* President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated Turkey’s theses in his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, which is considered to be a ‘historic’ summit. Turkey will not compromise; the thinking is that a country [ More … ]
Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci meets German counterpart, says stronger economic ties will help resolve political disputes Turkey and Germany pledged on Monday to set aside political tensions and work on further developing economic and [ More … ]
The US dollar price has slightly declined on the black market following an announcement by the Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS) that it would infuse additional amounts of foreign currencies into the commercial banks. Dollar [ More … ]
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