Latest in Tag: DNE Highlight
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State to relocate vendors from downtown Cairo
Cairo governorate aiming to relocate street vendors within next four months
Presidential palace blasts leave 2 policemen dead, others injured
Explosives experts killed during bomb disposal, following warning from militant group
Budget deficit pushed to 10% of GDP and debt to 90% of GDP: Finance minister
Total expenditure set at EGP 789bn, revenues expected to reach EGP 549bn, EGP 207bn for wages while petroleum subsidies decrease by EGP 44bn
‘Titanium card’ to be launched next month: AAIB retail banking head
25000 clients using credit card in the bank, Verified by Visa (VBV) is safest way to shop online by AAIB, Himanshu Shrimali said
No intention to re-adjust price offered for EFG-Hermes stock: Beltone-Sawiris alliance
The alliance says deal will bring $230m in foreign investments.
African Development Bank examines $700m in financing for irrigation projects
By Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi The African Development Bank (ADB) is currently considering financing projects at the Ministry of Water and Irrigation worth $700m, according to a bank official. On 25 June, an official at the Ministry of International Cooperation said the ADB would finance the study at a value of €1.9m (just over $2.5m). The …
Feuding families reach government brokered truce in Aswan
Two feuding families in Aswan reached a government brokered truce on Saturday that would put an end to tensions that last week escalated with the deaths of two members of the Daboudia tribe. State-run Al-Ahram reported the truce, which came two days after a resurgence of violence, was mediated by a local governor and security …
Rafah Border crossing reopened for 2 days for Palestinian Pilgrims
Leading figure in Hamas says many more need to cross, with situation in Gaza worse now than under Mubarak
Al-Jazeera sentences an ‘appalling attack on press freedom’: IFEX
Rights network calls for immediate release of journalists
One Year of Crackdowns
Since the 3 July military-backed ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi, the judiciary has been busy with a seemingly unending flow of high-profile trials, and arrests have come in droves
Bites Fel Beit: Balsamic chicken bake with coloured bell peppers
We love food. We love the real, down to earth, tried-and-tested, handed-down-through-the-generations, local Egyptian food. Here is your chance to learn how to make these local delicacies in your own home. And just so you know what to ask for, we have added how to say the ingredients in Arabic. No more excuses, off to the souq!
Bites Fel Beit: Summery Lemon Mehalabeya
We love food. We love the real, down to earth, tried-and-tested, handed-down-through-the-generations, local Egyptian food. Here is your chance to learn how to make these local delicacies in your own home. And just so you know what to ask for, we have added how to say the ingredients in Arabic. No more excuses, off to the souq!
Dinner at Lulu’s
Cairo cook teaches culinary arts from home kitchen
UPDATE: Two blasts at Presidential Palace: one policeman dead, others injured
Explosives expert killed during bomb disposal, following warning from militant group
Budget deficit down to 10%, state budget approved by the president
Total expenditure set at EGP 789bn while revenues expected to reach EGP 549bn
Facts are stubborn things
On 5 March 1770, British soldiers killed five civilians in Boston, Massachusetts in what Americans would call the “Boston Massacre”. The incident happened within the larger context of escalating polarisation between factions calling for American independence and those loyal to the British Crown. Leading up to the trial of eight British soldiers, the polarisation was …
In answer to Pope Tawadros, now is the time to talk about human rights
By Wael Eskandar Last week Pope Tawadros issued the latest in a long list of fiery statements, when, in a visit to Norway, he remarked: “We can pray in a nation without a church but we can’t pray in a church without a nation. The statement is an attempt at nationalism to support Egypt. Yet …
Why Bush and Blair should be prosecuted for war crimes
By Dr Cesar Chelala Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair recently stated that air strikes and drones should be used once again on Iraq to stem recent gains by extremists in that country. Mr Blair is oblivious of the responsibility he shares with former US president George W Bush on account of one of the most serious …
Trial of 24 activists postponed until 13 September
Activists arrested during a march against the Protest Law in Heliopolis
Violence in Iraq costs Egypt EGP 10bn
EGP 10bn increase in fuel subsidies for 2014/2015 budget a result of violence in Iraq: Petroleum ministry official
Supply ministry continues Ramadan offerings
Food commodity prices offered at 30% discount, ministry says
16m metres of gas and equivalent electricity deficit during Ramadan
Citizens waste energy through lighting, air conditioning, and watching television: Mohammed Sobky
Ramadan serials costs repay in high ratings
Television serials with huge costs make an appearance this holy month, with “His Excellency ” highest costing serial, at EGP 65m, followed by “Saraya Al Abdeen” at EGP 55m
Hunger strikes see rising use as protest in Egypt’s jails
Soltan has abstained from food for over 150 days.
Appeals court sets date for Shura Council defendants
Activists sentenced to 15 years for breaking Protest Law to have appeal 22 July
16 Morsi supporters sentenced to three years imprisonment
Supporters charged with protesting without a permit and obstructing constitutional referendum
Fighting near Tikrit as Iraq pushes counter-offensive
Armed US drones were flying over the city to provide protection for the advisers and other American personnel against the militants led by the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Iraq receives Russian jets as it takes fight to militants
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki on Thursday announced that Baghdad was buying more than a dozen of the warplanes from Russia in a deal that could be worth up to $500m
Security forces arrest two over tribal violence in Aswan
Feuding families agree on second truce in three months
Over 200 arrested attempting to leave Egypt
Illegal migrants arrested on Beheira coast