Latest in Tag: Daily News Egypt Highlight
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2 policemen killed near Giza Pyramids
Gunmen opened fire on police stationed near historical site
Military factory workers accuse army of killing colleague in Sinai
Security forces argue militants killed victims; workers say army opened fire to disperse crowd, vow to strike
Environmental talk considers effect of rising seas levels on Egypt
Egyptâs population and industry typically live by water; threats are more severe

Opposition parties mobilise against Protest Law in online petition
420 prominent politicians and public figures lend signatures demanding Al-Sisi’s promise to release political detainees

Former Daily News Egypt editor wins EU award
He was first nominated in September 2013 for succeeding in reconstructing Daily News Egypt in 2012 and his work during that period.

95 Egyptians arrested attempting to illegally cross into Libya
Border guards arrest illegal immigrants almost “daily”, says director of Salloum Port
6 April activist acquitted of ‘calls to protest’ charges
Member helped establish revolutionary Facebook account

When music tells the story of a nation
The concert was the first in a series of concerts dedicated for the 150th anniversary of the birth of the famous Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

The case against manifest destiny
By Dr Cesar Chelala The disastrous consequences of the recent aggressions against Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and Ukraine, to name just a few, show the urgent need to revive the principle of non-intervention into another state. This principle of international law includes, but is not limited to, the prohibition of the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or …

A different perspective on German-Egyptian relations
By Franziska Brantner and Omid Nouripour When Egyptian President [Abdel Fattah] Al-Sisi arrives in Berlin today, the German government will have given up an important principle in its dealings with post-revolutionary Egypt: Chancellor Merkel had repeatedly conditioned her invitation to the Egyptian president on the completion of parliamentary elections. She scrapped this condition after the …

All Egyptian presidents did what they wanted; we only applauded: Lenin El-Ramly
Though El-Ramly never joined the protests to Tahrir Square, one thing that caught his attention was that the youth there did not live during Abdel Nasserâs or Sadatâs eras.

Merkelâs realpolitik and Egyptâs lost revolutions
By Mohamed Selim âGermanyâs government believes that Egypt ought to maintain the basic values of human rights for all its citizens, engage in a dialogue with all the opposing political factions and respect the religious freedoms of all Egyptians.â Those were the words of Germanyâs Chancellor, Angela Merkel, in her 30 January 2013 presser with …

Committee formed to resolve Samsungâs tax, custom issues
We plan to increase our investments in Egypt through establishing three factories with $300m investments, says Chairman of Samsung
Infrastructure, proliferation of services keys to doubling TE’s revenues in a year: Experts
Losses started with Mobinil entering the market, and licences should not be issued without the development of the operatorsâ infrastructure, says Abu Quraish

Unified licence, national entity, Internet prices TEâs most significant issues
Management changes since 2000 have failed to make a breakthrough, says SSTE deputy head

Internet service, revenue increase Elnawawyâs most important Telecom Egypt achievements
Deterioration in relations with mobile companies is most prominent failure of former chief executive

Telecom Egypt back to square one
By Mohamed Alaa El-Din and Aisha Zedan Many years were wasted in negotiations between the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and mobile companies on one hand, and the National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) along with the four phone operators on the other. The negotiations aimed at implementing the unified license, but things got complicated, …
First MOPCO Fertilizers production line to run next July: ECHEM
MOPCO Fertilizersâ first production line will operate next July to add approximately 650,000 tonnes of nitrogenous fertilisers to production every year. An official at the Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM) told Daily News Egypt that the last phase of MOPCOâs expansions includes a second production line. This will be in operation by the end of …
13.9% growth rate of banksâ foreign deposits during March: CBE
Market witnessed competition in attracting foreign currency savings, according analysts

EGP 23.3bn increase in bank loans in March: CBE
The private sector acquired 80.8% out of the total loan balances
REACAP sells Alexandria land piece for EGP 332m
EGP 120m of 13,452 sqms land sale went to REACAP
ETF to demand banks initiate purchase of bankrupt companies: Official
Big banks that would be asked to execute plan are NBE, Banque Misr, Housing and Development Bank, CIB, and Barclays
Sinai activist reportedly died in military detention, army denies
Hours earlier, army described arrested suspect as âleading Brotherhood figureâ

Arabian Cementâs net profit declines 52% despite 11% revenue increase
Devaluated Egyptian pound, high cost of transportation result in âtough quarterâ for the company
2 leading Muslim Brotherhood members arrested
State TV announced Monday evening a Muslim Brotherhood plot against the regime was foiled
Egypt bans local rights organisation director from travel
âIt is very telling that this should happen on the same day that Al-Sisi and his supporters are also going to Germany,â executive director Mohamed Lotfy said after ban

Postponement of Morsi verdict âpolitical manoeuvreâ: Brotherhood spokesperson
âPoliticised judiciaryâ adjourned possible verdict of former president, to save regime from embarrassment abroad, says spokesman of banned group

Al-Sisi in Germany: Divisions and accusations of bigotry
German politicians share concerns about human rights in Egypt, remain at odds on how to deal with it

Dana Gas, BP sign participation agreement
BP to start drilling in El-Matariya onshore Concession Area in first half of 2016

Turkish news agency closes Cairo office
Anadolu staff members deny Al Jazeera report that Egyptian government forced closure