Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk headed to Brazil to participate in meetings of the finance ministers and governors of central banks of Group 20 in the country as of Thursday25/7/2024. This is Kouchouk's first international station after taking the portfolio of the Finance Ministry. In a statement on Wednesday 24/7/2024, the Finance Ministry said that Kouchouk is keen on adopting the balanced economic discourse by the Egyptian government amid global, regional and local challenges in order to reflect Egyptian priorities in the phase to come. The minister will tackle the Egyptian visions to back the growth of the world economy and green transition toward the promotion of sustainable finance, development and reform of global financial structure and the international taxation system. Kouchouk said the Egyptian economy is still affected by global and regional geopolitical tensions, but it has started to "adapt" with these hard conditions. Source: State Information Service Egypt
National Council for Freedoms and Human Rights Rejects Proposed Unified Salary Scale
Tripoli:The National Council for Freedoms and Human Rights has announced its outright rejection of the Ministry of Finance’s proposed draft law on the unified salary scale. The Council emphasized that the proposal fails to consider the living conditio…