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Mubarak incitement trial postponed
On Monday Cairo Criminal Court will hear testimony from former state security chief
UAE, Saudi Arabia provide Egypt with $2.6bn in grants in Q1 2014
Egypt has made various offers to the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait regarding a number of projects, including the establishment of laboratories for refinement areas in Ain Sokhna, the North Coast, Alexandria and Upper Egypt.
Investment Law amendments nullify 20 lawsuits against government contracts, raising corruption fears
New legislation nullifies claims regarding the sale of the Bank of Alexandria, the National Bank for Development, Misr International, and Palm Hills
Alaa Abdel Fattah trial postponed as bench asked to recuse itself
24 defendants are accused of violating the Protest Law last November
Sisi promises to reclaim 4m acres of lands
Al-Sisiâs plan targets offering between 50,000 and 100,000 acres of lands to various Egyptian governorates to help with housing, agriculture and industrial projects, he said. The distribution of these lands would be overseen by the state, he added.
Al-Sisi pledges to control rising prices
Presidential candidate asserts he will not depend on fixing prices as a means of control
Egypt hosts second highest number of passing submarine cables: Communication minister
Atef Helmy says 16 submarine cables are currently passing through the country
Domty secures 3 consulting offers to study listing in EGX: Company chairman
The company plans to float 30% of its shares in an initial public offering within two years
Two new public companies to be listed in EGX by August: Transportation minister
The ministry aims to increase the capital of the newly-established Railway Development Company to $10bn, Ibrahim El-Demeiry says.
Carbon tax implementation awaiting completion of environmental standards for coal usage
Head of the cement industry division at the Federation of Egyptian Industries says cement factories would respect the law if the tax was issued
Burning coal is toxic for health, environment: Greenpeace
The process of mining, burning, and disposing of the wordâs dirtiest fuel contributes to climate change and health problems, says international environmental NGO
Al-Azhar expels 76 students
Expulsions for protesting come a month after 27 others expelled
Government adopts national project to develop desert villages
Project aims at reconstructing villages surrounded by desert to make them more suitable for habitation
Petroleum ministry prepares bourse listing of new petrochemicals companies
By Muhammad Adel After amending the listing rules of companies in the Egyptian stock exchange, the Ministry of Petroleum is preparing an initial public offering (IPO) of new petrochemicals companies, said Samir Azer undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance. Following a meeting between Minister of Petroleum Sherif Ismail and chairman of EGX Mohamed Omran, the …
My Friend, Bassem Sabry: One of the good people
“Why is it that all the good people die in this country?” (Bassem Sabry, 24 March 2013) I saw a couple of friends recently â both of them had been reasons I loved the âCity Victoriousâ, but who had lately moved away from Cairo. We hadn’t met up together in a very long time, …
Dahab is suffering
By Rebecca  Lister Dahab means gold in Arabic, but it seems that the resort should now be called lead. This once vibrant resort, formerly brimming with tourists and expats, is slowly dying and poverty is beckoning. Shops and restaurants are empty, dive centres closing daily, many hotels are standing empty â a ghost town in …
The chant for freedom
By Sara Khorshid By now it has become clichĂ© for observers in Egypt and worldwide to say that the Egyptian revolution is dead. Everyone knows it is. Everyone knows that three years after the 25 January uprising, the military and the police have consolidated their decades-long power, corruption continues to dominate the state and all …
Electricity ministry evaluates using solar energy to power outdoor ads
Street lighting accounts for 7% of countryâs overall power usage, Minister of Electricity says
Court hears witness testimony in Morsi âPresidential Palaceâ trial
Case adjourned and scheduled to resume on 13 May
Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis claims responsibility for Sinai bombings
Police ramping up presence in Sinai, says interior ministry
Sinai land allocations to promote diversity of services: TDA Chairman
Tourism Development Authority considering opening up 10m metres to investors in South Sinai
Mansour earmarks more than 1m acres of state land for urban development, water projects
Interim president sets aside 885,000 acres for a new urban community in El-Alamein and 145,820 acres for water projects in Upper Egypt
Nile Delta natural gas well starts production
Field is part of the Disouq natural gas project in northern Egypt, operated by Germanyâs RWE Dea oil and gas firm
Bail denied for Al Jazeera journalists
Trial to resume 15 May, detention for Elshamy renewed
Draft terrorism law âwonât make the country saferâ: Human Rights Watch
Rights group says the laws threaten human rights
Mubarak incitement trial postponed until Tuesday
Former CSF head claims officers used restraint during the 25 January Revolution
Amnesty International criticises Egyptian detention of refugees
Three men face deportation back to Syria
Energy subsidies reform to take effect in July: PM
Mehleb says interim government has yet to decide whether it will increase fuel and diesel prices
Industry minister orders restructuring of 16 export councils
Abdel Nour says export councils in question had failed to achieve past targets
Presidential pardons in commemoration of Sinai Liberation Day
Release order for those who served more than half their time in prison