Rabu , 10 Sep 2014, 00:10 WIB

Egypt gives leading Islamists 20-year sentences

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CAIRO - An Egyptian criminal court sentenced a top Muslim Brotherhood member and a prominent Islamist preacher to 20 years in prison Tuesday after finding them guilty of...

Ahad , 06 Jul 2014, 22:22 WIB

Egypt president raises cigarette, alcohol prices

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CAIRO - Egypt's president has issued a decree raising the sales tax on cigarettes by up to 50 percent and on beer by 200 percent. The decision released Sunday is the latest in a series of recent decrees that aim to ease Egypt's staggering budget deficit, which has hovered at around 12 percent over the past three years...