Economics and Policy Egypt’s planning minister has said the government expects to reach a final agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a $4.8 billion loan within two weeks, the state news agency MENA reported. More from Reuters Cypriot Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis has said his country was seeking to increase its cooperation with Lebanon in gas and oil exploration, adding that the demarcation of the Exclusive Economic Zone should be pursued rapidly. More from The Daily Star Lebanon’s Finance Ministry and Central Bank mulled a new medium-term policy to manage public debt in a meeting Thursday, a statement said. More from The Daily Star The current level of oil prices is not harmful to the global economy and on the contrary supports energy investments, the secretary general of oil exporting group OPEC said on Thursday. More from Reuters Companies and Business Rosneft and ExxonMobil agreed to bid jointly in a tender for offshore Lebanon oil and gas, Russia's state-owned
