A decade of budget deficits
Gloomy budget figures have led MPs and experts to reckon that a balanced budget is nowhere near the horizon. The government, meanwhile, remains optimistic. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

To be competitive
That Egypt is under-performing in export markets is a well known fact. How might it improve? Sherine Nasr listened to the experts

'A two-way street'
The minister of state for foreign affairs addressed the intricacies of the donor-recipient relationship in her discussion with the German business community in Egypt, Soha Abdelaty reports