Čakajúce zástupy na chlieb
Egyptský prezident nariadil armáde zvýšiť produkciu a prideľovanie chleba.
Egypt’s president has ordered the army to increase the production and distribution of bread, in an attempt to cope with serious shortages.
Rising prices and alleged corruption have sparked recent clashes at bakeries in poorer neighbourhoods, leading to several deaths.
Hosni Mubarak said eradicating bread queues was “imperative”.
“Bread should be provided to the citizens and the lines should disappear,” Suleiman Awwad quoted Mr Mubarak as saying.
The price of wheat has more than tripled on international markets since last summer.
Many of Egypt’s 70m population, about half of whom live below the poverty line, survive on subsidised bread. Unsubsidised bread is 10-12 times more expensive than the subsidised five-piaster loafs (less that $0.01).
Zdroj: BBC
25.03.2008