Parliament’s Legislative Committee on Monday approved a draft law submitted by the government to amend some provisions of Law No. 8 of 2015 concerning the organization of the country’s lists of terrorist entities and persons. The draft law...اقرأ المزيد
The Egyptian Parliament has ratified several amendments to Law No. 82 of 2002 on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights. The amendments came upon a request by the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) to make...اقرأ المزيد
The Labor Committee of the House of Representatives has ratified Egypt’s new social insurance and pensions draft law, submitted by the government. The new draft law includes the issuance of unemployment allowances, in accordance with certain procedures...اقرأ المزيد
The House of Representatives (the lower house of the parliament) has finally approved on Sunday new amendments to the law of Entry and Residence of Foreigners in Egypt that grant citizenship to foreigners who inject their investments into the country....اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s Parliament formed a new committee linked to the youth and sports committee to investigate the failure of the Egyptian Football Association reflected in the early loss of the national team in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The new committee...اقرأ المزيد
Parliament’s Social Solidarity Committee has officially started Monday discussing a draft law regulating the operation of Non-Governmental Organizations in Egypt. The discussions are set to continue on Tuesday. The Ministry of Social Solidarity...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s House of Representatives (the lower house of the parliament) chaired by Ali Abdel Aal, has initially approved on Sunday new amendments to the Investment Law promulgated by Law No. 72 of 2017. The objective of the new amendments drafted by the...اقرأ المزيد
The Parliament gave a preliminary approval on a draft law submitted by the government on the increase of pensions by 15 percent with a minimum increase of LE 150 ($9). The draft law also increases minimum pension from LE 750 to LE 900 ($53.8). Abdel...اقرأ المزيد
The government is expected to submit to the House of Representatives a draft law that regulates e-commerce in Egypt. Below are some figures on e-commerce in Egypt 1) The size of e-commerce in Egypt is $2 billion. 2) 90 percent of e-commerce in Egypt...اقرأ المزيد
At a general session, Egypt’s House of Representatives is discussing the newly proposed amendments to the 2014 constitution. As per the constitutional amendments, the presidential term would be extended for 6 years instead of 4 years and heads of the...اقرأ المزيد