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Egyptian government unifying citizens’ database
Six Egyptian ministries are cooperating in a project to integrate and unify the citizens’ database information to develop the subsidies programme and ensure its arrival for those deserving
Smart card project will help fight smuggling: Galal
Minister of Finance presents strategy to automate fuel distribution amid shortages
Finance minister advocates benefits of smartcard system
The distribution, slated for July and August, will be carried out electronically and the government has emphasised that there will be no limits on consumption.
Prospective government faces daunting energy subsidies reforms
Slashing energy subsidies is one of the requirements set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)to secure the proposed $4.8bn loan package.
Army uncovers fuel smuggling in Sinai tunnels
Hundreds attempt to cross the Rafah border through tunnels
Egyptian fuel eases Gaza gas shortage
Human rights groups say gas shortage in the strip has reached an “alarming level”
A solution for Egypt’s fuel crisis?
The recurring petrol and diesel crises have left Egypt’s streets paralysed and the people angry. Despite the continuity of the diesel crisis throughout the past months, the petrol crisis is primarily affecting Egyptians from middle and upper classes, a phenomenon unprecedented on the current scale. The government has promised the crisis will end once the new smartcard system is in effect. The Daily News Egypt reviews the new system and asks people about the system’s feasibility and convenience to their needs.
Fuel and fear
Returning from a trip abroad I find a city that has changed in unexpected ways.
Queues for fuel cause mayhem
The same day in Menufiya, a policeman was injured after residents blocked the Cairo-Alexandria road, in protest against the failure to secure fuel quotas which were promised by the governor.
Mismanaging the fuel crisis
Egypt’s government fails to solve diesel shortages amid active bootleg markets
AUC New Cairo campus closed on power shortages
Tahrir campus classes to continue
French oil company buys Shell’s fuel network in Egypt
The details of the transaction and its price have not been disclosed.
Qatar gas deal postponed
Natural gas import agreement between Egypt and Qatar delayed because of “unresolved legal details”
Cabinet division over fuel subsidies programme
Recent statements made by the petroleum minister regarding the fuel subsidies programme have caused intense controversy within Prime Minister Hesham Qandil’s government.
MENA biggest spender on energy subsidies
IMF report shows Middle East and North Africa governments account for 50% of global energy subsidies bill
Aviation Ministry spokesman: Cairo Airport will not close over summer
Media reports circulate that Aviation Minister claimed Cairo airport will close runways over summer to save power
Mahalla microbus strike continues
Microbus drivers still striking, taxis return to work
Mahalla drivers shut down city roads
As the diesel crisis worsens, Mahalla drivers respond by blocking the city’s main roads
A paralysed city: The diesel fuel crisis
Though it is not the first time a gas or diesel shortage has plagued Cairo and several other governorates, the recent crisis in Egypt has left the capital city paralysed due to a major strike organised by microbus drivers. It seems these strikes by transport drivers are much larger than they have been in the past. Daily News Egypt investigates the mounting diesel fuel problems in the country, looking at how they are affecting ordinary citizens and what the government is doing in response.
Residents in North Sinai cut off roads in protest of gas shortages
Roads leading to villages south of the city were blocked by tyre fires ignited by protesters.
Fuel for electricity costs EGP 26.9 billion after new price hike
Petroleum, electricity and finance ministries to hold discussions about price raise
Lufthansa strike grounds 300 flights
Union demands wage increases for over 18,000 employees
Jordan goes back on fuel price hikes
Proposed 10% rise in fuel prices stooped by King Abdullah II
Jordanians protest skyrocketing fuel prices
Ten percent fuel price hike sparks outrage in Amman
State of the energy sector address by Petroleum Minister
By Ahmed Tolba In his first statement as Petroleum Minister, Osama Kamal has hinted that energy subsidies could be cut as part of measures to address shortages in Egypt. A number of proposals to rationalise energy consumption would be discussed in the coming period, Kamal said, noting that a large portion of the subsidies benefit …