Latest in Tag: Daily News Egypt Highlight
Latest in Tag: Daily News Egypt
$20m investments in Planet Labs: IFC
IFC-Egypt implemented 20 projects between 2011 and 2014 with investments worth $1.1bn
EGP 425m of new budget goes to slums: Housing Minister
It will take the ministry 14 weeks to deliver unites of â1m unitâ project to beneficiaries
Yemenis in Egypt struggle to return home
We are not afraid to go back to Yemen and die among our families, one citizen said
WASME to discuss new Egyptian SMEs law next month
Association will discuss cooperation to promote Egyptâs SMEs during meeting with Industry Minister
Orascom Development Holding records $37.01m net profits in 2014
The group had accumulated losses worth $171.3m in 2013
Giza school burns alleged Islamist books
Books involved âincite violence and adopts Brotherhood ideologyâ, says education official
US resumes military aid to Egypt despite human rights situation
Egyptian foreign ministry condemns interference in judicial affairs after US comments on Mohamed Soltan’s life imprisonment
Shoukry meets EU foreign ministers in Spain
Ministerial meetings tackled regional issues in Libya, Syria, Yemen, Palestine and Iraq
Social Solidarity Ministry to compensate Sinai victims
Sunday’s Al-Arish explosion damaged several houses in vicinity of the police station
No troops on the ground in Yemen: Military spokesperson
UN says 364 civilians dead have died so far in conflict
Heliopolis Company targets EGP 200m profits for FY 2015/2016
Company is studying issuing two tenders for four real estate projects
Turkey condemns Sinai bombings, despite strained relations with Egypt
Turkey and Egypt have been locked in dispute since ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, ending economic ties between two countries
174 killed, over 600 injured in Q1 2015
North Sinai âbloodiest zoneâ in over 1,000 violent events across Egypt at beginning of 2015, says Democracy Index
Interior Minister reshuffles several senior positions
Second reshuffle occurs since appointment of Magdy Abdel Ghaffar as Interior Minister
Court upholds Abu Ismailâs prison sentence
Salafi preacher convicted of forging official documents to run in 2012 presidential elections
Media City, 6th of October City targeted by 8 bombs
Power was cut off Tuesday morning following explosions, but later resumed
Cairo anti-sexual harassment initiative traces group assault case during Sham El-Nessim
âGuys place bets on whoever harasses women most,â says founder of âI Saw Harassmentâ
Iranian Arab football pitch emerges as flashpoint in Saudi-Iranian proxy war
By James M. Dorsey A football pitch in the Iranian city of Ahvaz, home to Iranâs Arab minority, has emerged as a flashpoint of anti-government protest, at a time of rising Arab-Iranian tensions over the status of Shiâa Muslim minorities in the Arab world, the crisis in Yemen, and the outlines of a multilateral agreement …
Notes from America: Muslim men and their beards
By Ahmed Tharwat âHe that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man.â â William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing Facial hair in Islam is complicated, and the politics of wearing a beard brings lots of heated debate and political wrangling. Besides the religious and Shariâa …
Hamilton revives Mercedes
Formula 1 race in China gets heated, Germans take the lead
Civilians suffer in ‘war against terrorism’
President maximises penalty on tunnel diggers following attacks during past three days
Endowments minister calls on armed forces to allow counter-terrorism volunteers
If there was a need for calling on volunteers we would have initiated it already, says military spokesperson
Automotive market to finalise specifications for cars
First ten specifications will soon be implemented on imported cars
January trade deficit down by 20.7% year-on-year
Imports stood at EGP 31.47bn during January, 21.2% less than the EGP 39.97bn recorded a year earlier, according to CAPMAS
Arrested journalist ‘scapegoat’ in police critical articles controversy
âIt is irrational for the journalist to be arrested while the owner of the newspaper is untouched,â says a source close to defendant
Ministerial committee to work on Egyptian-African relations: Mehleb
Committee responsible for following up on bilateral relations between Egypt and African countries, developing and deepening relations in different fields, says spokesman
Productive familiesâ exhibition to be officially launched Tuesday
The exhibition opened to the public unofficially on Saturday and continues until 21 April
Police disperse Ultras Nahdawy protest
Group organised sudden protest in Abdel Moneim Riad Square Sunday night
2 security personnel injured in Helwan bomb explosion
Bombs also went off in Zagazig and Sinai
5 policemen killed in Al-Arish car bomb
The car bomb targeted a security checkpoint