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Wide array of international observers keep eye on presidential polls
Daily News Egypt spoke with some of the regional and international observer missions that will be monitoring the two-day process in differing ways, depending on the size and scope of the individual missions.
Economy to be a top challenge for next president: analysts
As the economic crisis continues, the next president will face much of the same challenges Morsi did when taking office
Ministry of Tourism signs cooperation protocol with Visa
Cooperation with financial services provider aims to increase tourism to Egypt by enhancing internet bookings
Dealing with energy shortages, subsidies and a weak currency: Al-Sisi versus Sabahy
Economic policy officials from the campaigns of both presidential candidates reflect on how to solve some of Egyptâs most
Over 50 Egyptian companies seek to enter Jordanian market
Egyptian companies are looking for opportunities to enter the Jordanian market as Syrian crisis cut trade between the latter two
Alaa Abdel Fattah trial postponed
Major activist, along with 24 others, arrested during protest outside Shura Council
Activist arrested after being sentenced in absentia
Seven out of nine activists are now in custody
UAE sends military vehicles to help secure presidential elections
Gulf countryâs move shows continued support for Egyptian roadmap
Ukraine holds key vote shunned by rebel-held east
Ukraineâs Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk had issued an appeal for voters to turn out in force on Sunday to âdefend Ukraineâ in the face of a crisis that has plunged relations between East-West relations to a post-Cold War low.
US Department of State acknowledges âshrinking space for dialogueâ in Egypt
Officials in Washington are âencouraging transparent and fairâ elections
NGOs call to end forced disappearances, torture in Ismailia prison
International and national NGOs compiled testimonies that show âclear pattern of abuseâ at Al-Azouly prison
Egypt jails 19 Morsi supporters for five years
AFP – An Egyptian court jailed 19 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi for five years on Saturday for storming the offices of the head of the prestigious Al-Azhar Islamic institution, judicial sources said. The interim government has rounded up thousands of Morsi’s supporters and tried them in mass hearings since his ouster in …
With tourism at an ebb, hopes for an Egyptian strongman
Sisiâs support campaign in Sharm El-Sheikh is coordinated by a former intelligence officer who now works in tourism.
Amnesty International decries Egyptian human rights violations ahead of elections
Egyptian civil society organisations make 10 demands to the country’s next president
Al-Arish natural gas pipeline bombed
Militants bomb pipeline in Sinai for second time in a week, 23rd time since 2011 revolution
3 dead, 23 wounded during Friday protests
Clashes broke out in Fayoum, Cairo
Ministry of Tourism, E-Finance to provide diesel fuel smartcards for hotels, transportation companies
The tourism sector receives diesel fuel at EGP 1.10 per liter, and this price will rise to EGP 5.35 once subsides are removed, according to the official.
Flat6Labs Demo Day shines spotlight on Egyptian entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship âacceleratorâ sees its largest class of graduates to date
54 Morsi supporters given life sentences
155 defendants are handed sentences in another mass trial
Connectivity, costs and content challenge Arabs online
Almost 50% of a 3,000 person sample face problems in accessing internet; some 40% struggle with absence of Arabic content
Fahmy in communication with counterparts about âdeteriorating situationâ in Libya
Foreign minister urges Egyptians in Libya to exercise âutmost care and cautionâ
âMansoura girlsâ handed 2 and 3 year sentences
Rights group submitted complaint to UN group on arbitrary detention as women sentenced to two years in prison
Facebook to expand video ads to 7 countries outside US
Facebook said the performance of the initial group of video ads in the United States has been strong, but declined to elaborate.
Pakistanâs sorcerers promise the world, for a price
A cure-all to some and for others a scam that preys on peopleâs superstitions, the sorcerers continue to thrive despite the disapproval of some hardline schools of Islam.
Carell surprise, British biopic lead race for Cannes gold
An international criticsâ poll in British film magazine Screen had Mike Leighâs âMr Turnerâ a whisker ahead of the slow-burn domestic drama âWinter Sleepâ by Nuri Bilge Ceylan of Turkey, whose career Cannes has long championed.
Nuclear energy platform will see immediate start: Al-Sisi campaign
Al-Sisi’s electoral platform not limited to solving energy crisis with replacement of household light bulbs, which sparked wave of ridicule on social networking sites
Big Rental sells gas, butane-powered electric generators during energy shortage
This means that citizens who use gas lines connected to their place of residence to run on electric generators can face legal repercussions under criminal law.
5.14% year on year decline in construction spending: CAPMAS
Unstable economic situation in Egypt the main reason behind decrease in construction projects in 2012/2013, says agency
Mahienour El-Massry, 8 others sentenced to 2 years
Alexandria court upholds sentence for protests outside Khaled Said trial
Egypt to enhance strategic relations with China
Egyptian delegation at Shanghai conference aims to increase cooperation with Asian countries