Latest in Tag: Daily News Egypt Highlight
Latest in Tag: Daily News Egypt
Egypt deplores reactions to ‘Presidential Palace’ verdict
US, Turkey express “concern” over sentencing of former president Mohamed Morsi and12 other defendants to 20 years imprisonment
African free trade to launch from Egypt: Trade minister
Cairo University hosts conference to strengthen Egypt’s strategic, economic and societal ties with Africa
Arab Chiefs-of-Staff meet for joint Arab Force implementation
Representatives from 18 countries attended and results of meeting will be presented to Arab leaders within four months
Through the Eyes of Women
The “photographic journey”, as Friedlander chose to describe it, accommodates the international month of women, March.
Build better roads to feed more people
By Dr. Bjørn Lomborg Almost one-quarter of all food in the world is lost each year, from harvesting and storage to wastage in the consumer’s kitchen. In sub-Saharan Africa, about 21% of all food is wasted. If we could halve the sub-Saharan waste, we could feed an extra 100 million people. We can expect almost a …
Israel chides club for racism in bid to fend off FIFA suspension
By James M. Dorsey Israel’s Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) has demanded that notoriously racist club, Beitar Jerusalem, the bad boy of Israeli football, retract recent statements that it would maintain its policy of not hiring Palestinian players because of opposition by the team’s militant, racist fan base. The demand comes as Israel is fighting …
Yemen: The little army that could
By Dr Cesar Chelala In his book Century of the Wind, the late Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano tells how in 1927 the US Marines landed in Nicaragua to quell a revolutionary revolt by Augusto César Sandino, who led a ragtag army of Nicaraguan peasants to fight the invasion. Armed primarily with machetes and 19th century rifles, Sandino’s army fought …
Infrastructure may not withstand new Internet speeds
The report included how Internet is used, the price ranges compared to income, the level of infrastructure in the country, and the availability of communication services to users, reflecting the lower communication and Internet services in Egypt.
Financial, e-commerce sectors to benefit most from Internet speed increase
Developing Internet speed will increase the volume of e-commerce and help in expansion, same goes for call centres, where Egypt is the pioneer country within the Middle East.
Internet companies link price reduction to TE solving infrastructure issues
Following Telecom Egypt’s (TE) decision to replace the copper Internet cables with high speed fibre optic cables, competing companies have been losing internet services, forcing customers to switch to TE Data, as it is the only company providing services in the meantime. “We cannot discuss enhancing prices and Internet speed service, while Internet providers lose …
Egypt requests new $ 300m World Bank loan for health sector
Egypt will receive loan in May and loan repayment period will be between 25-30 years, says Kouchouk
Egypt ranked among slowest countries worldwide for Internet speed
Local service costs average of $26.3 a month, says NET INDEX
Egypt’s Railway Authority’s 2015/2016 budget may reach EGP 12.8bn
The investment plan will be the authority’s largest and would focus on the much-needed revamping of run down facilities
EGP 4.5bn allocated to improve public services: Minister of Finance
Several ministries and governorates gain monetary allocations
Technical financial inclusion provides EGP 37bn into banking sector: Hanafy
Egypt depends on traditional energy sources to generate electricity at rate of 93% from gas and fuel, petroleum engineering professor says
Egypt’s e-commerce activity expected to double: Souq.com co-founder
Egyptians prefer using domestic shopping websites, says MasterCard’s online shopping behaviour report
Islamist entities decry ‘politicisation’ in Morsi verdict
Morsi handed first prison sentence since July 2013, supporters assert him as “legitimate president”
El-Abnoudy closes his eyes for the last time
He published more than 20 collections of poetry aside of writing famous songs for Egyptian legendaries like Abdel Halim Hafez and Mohammed Moneir.
BDS movement launched in Egypt
Amid popular support from political parties, student and labour movements, campaign aims to “redirect political struggle to Palestinian cause”
Banning countries from religious competition could ‘heighten tension’: Analyst
Religious endowments ministry excluded Iran, Turkey and Qatar from International Quran Recital Competition due to “no relations” with Egypt
Mehleb apologises to museum curator mocked by Culture Minister
This is a victory, says Abd El-Moneim
ECSR lawyer submits appeal against Shura Council trial verdict
The verdict sentenced 22 persons to between three to five years in prison over protesting
Morsi verdict a ‘travesty of justice’: Amnesty International
The human rights watchdog strongly criticised the trial as well as the investigations
Al-Sisi, Greek defence minister share concerns about Libya
President Al-Sisi met with Kammenos to discuss Libya and other regional issues
Iran’s deputy FM expects Yemen ceasefire ‘in coming hours’
Iranian representative expressed optimism concerning ceasefire and ensuing negotiations
Canada to provide Mohamed Fahmy new passport
Egyptian authorities had taken journalist’s passport and he was imprisoned for a year on terrorism charges
Al-Masry Al-Youm reporters referred to investigations
Interior Ministry shares a responsibility for material published, says Press Syndicate Head
Music Therapy: An international treatment or a fairytale?
The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) defines music therapy as an established health profession, in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals.
2 children killed in Sheikh Zuweid
The victims were killed due to shelling in the area by unidentified forces
Egyptian PM Mehleb off to Indonesia to attend Asian-African Conference
Conference and side events held in commemoration of 60th anniversary of original anti-colonial Asian-African conference in 1955