Latest in Tag: Daily News Egypt Highlight
Latest in Tag: Daily News Egypt
Army operations continue, as well as civilian deaths
Over 300 militants killed since beginning of February, according to military spokesman
I’m speaking the tongue of Egyptian women in my novels: Sara Al-Badry
In an interview with Daily News Egypt, Al-Badry revealed secrets about her own life, the messages she wanted to convey through her novels and the moral restrictions she puts for herself while writing.
Wadi El-Nil celebrates 70 success stories
The hospital has a specialised team that consists of six different doctors.
Shark kills German tourist in Red Sea
German embassy to receive the body
Solar electricity: Contributing to grid stability
By Ahmed S. Nada, First Solar Governments, utility companies and private enterprises around the world have rapidly been embracing the potential to tap into our most abundant energy resource – the sun – and for good reason: the amount of sunlight that reaches the Earth’s surface every six minutes is sufficient to produce more electricity …
A butterfly effect could turn things upside down: Hala Shukrallah
Daily News Egypt spoke to Shukrallah about the future of politics in Egypt, and whether the rule of the military is serving democracy
12% budget deficit in Egypt by end of current FY: Chugun
Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ wants to invest and is always looking for opportunities in Egypt, chief representative says
Notes from America: The man with big ideas
By Ahmed Tharwat Thomas Friedman, New York Times foreign affairs columnist, winner of three Pulitzer prizes, writer of several bestselling books, is a man known for his big ideas. Friedman never ceases to amaze us with a new ‘big idea’ every now and then, from the bizarre to the ridiculous. For example, Friedman created the …
Attempts to ban Egyptian militant football fan group gather momentum
By James M. Dorsey An Egyptian prosecutor has set the stage for the banning of a group of hard-core, militant football fans by charging them with accepting money and explosives from the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to stage last month’s Cairo football riot in which 22 people were killed. The Prosecutor General, Hisham Barakat, said the …
Talks with international firms renewed for 2nd phase funding: CEO
Mashreq Petroleum pumps EGP 450m in storage project
MOPCO lists on EGX with EGP 2.3bn
MOPCO is third biggest nitrogen producer globally
Al-Sisi’s Germany visit unconditional: German ambassador to Egypt
Haber discusses relations with Turkey, terrorism, arms deals with Egypt and results of Economic Summit
Armed forces approves height of new investment projects’ lands in Sheikh Zayed
The late Sheikh Zayed Al-Nahyan’s statue to be placed at the entrance of Sheikh Zayed city, says Madbouly
Press Syndicate elects new head, signals reassertion of independence
New chairman Qallash expected to be more supportive of rights and free press than predecessor
$20m loan to improve Egypt’s agriculture commodities sector
Fund helps to improve terminal’s utilisation rate and act as high logistics efficiency for ports
Abdel Nour meets Kenyan Minister of Agriculture
Ministerial meeting dealt with possible increase in Kenyan exports to Egypt, especially in products such as tea, fresh meat, live cattle
Air Defence Stadium trial to start 18 April
Incident left 20 hardcore Zamalek UWK fans dead
Mehleb encourages AfDB to increase funding in Egypt
Prime Minister suggests the formation of trilateral cooperation
CBE cuts margin to trade US dollar with local lenders
Step seen to further throttle waning black market
Egypt strongly condemns Islamic State attacks in Yemen
The Islamic State claimed the Friday attacks, promising further escalations
9 Palestinians arrested for entering Egyptian ‘territorial waters’
Authorities investigating Palestinians’ presence close to Rafah coast
Post-2015: Over 14 million newborns can be saved with smart targets
By Dr. Bjørn Lomborg In a world where there are so many worthwhile targets demanding our attention, we need to focus on those where we have the best chance of doing the most good. How about saving more than 14 million newborn by 2030? That’s a pretty eye-catching figure, but one which the author of a …
Doctors are targets in brutal Syrian war
By Dr Cesar Chelala After four years of hostilities, the Syrian war doesn’t show any signs of abating, and the needs for all kind of assistance grow more urgent every day. The situation is even more complex as medical and paramedical personnel have become targets of repression by the government. As a result, thousands of …
FIFA president Blatter signals mounting pressure on Qatar to tackle migrant worker problems
By James M. Dorsey A warning by world soccer body FIFA president Sepp Blatter following talks this weekend with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani that Qatar needs to do more to improve the working and living conditions of its migrant workers is the latest signal that Qatar will have to take …
Iraq recalls ambassador to Egypt amid ‘Shi’a militias’ violations’ tensions
HRW claims militias and Iraqi security forces destroyed civilian property after victories over “Islamic State” troops
Presenter Ahmed Moussa given 2-year sentence for libel
The show, and I, will go on, Moussa says
Egypt signs customs agreement with Saudi Arabia, await parliamentary approval: Abdel Aziz
Egypt signed a customs agreement in cooperation with Saudi Arabia, according to Magdy Abdel Aziz, Chairman of the Customs Authority, during a press conference, last Wednesday. The agreement, which was signed on Egypt’s behalf by the Customs Authority affiliated to the Ministry of Finance, is applicable for three years. It is expected the agreement will …
Egypt expects resumption of peace talks with new Israeli government
Egypt expects any newly formed Israeli government to engage directly in a political process that leads to the resumption of negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli authorities, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wednesday. The ministry added in a statement that any Israeli government should act according to the internationally agreed on peace process and to the Arab peace initiative. This is in …
Students protest ‘unjust executions’: SAC
Protests continue across different university campuses on Wednesday
Tax authority issues 2m property tax exemptions
Notifications were sent to 6.3m residential units