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Egypt’s budget initial surplus has jumped over 8.5 folds during the first nine months of the current fiscal year (FY) 2023/2024 to EGP 416 billion ($8.7 billion), compared to EGP 50 billion in the same period of FY2022/2023, Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait announced on Monday. Maait said that general state expenditures increased to EGP 2.3 trillion, an annual growth rate of 50.8%, during the past nine months, resulting from the significant rise in interest rates and increased spending on support, social protection, and wages.

The Egyptian Cabinet approved several decisions during its meeting on Monday headed by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, most major of which being the allocation of two land plots in the North Coast, Matrouh Governorate, for the benefit of the of Civil Aviation Ministry in establishing the Ras al-Hikma International Airport.

On the anniversary of one of Australia’s most famous war achievements, the Australian War Memorial has uncovered the untold story of one of the best-known “Rats of Tobruk”.

The National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) announced that Tuesday, April 9 will mark the final day of Ramadan, and Wednesday, April 10 will be the first day of Eid al-Fitr.

Taposiris Magna in Egypt is a key location in the search for the long lost tomb of Cleopatra and Mark Antony.