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Investments targeted using Google Maps
A new website launched on Saturday seeks to reopen closed facilities and attract skilled labour

Weekly average salary reached EGP 806 in 2014: CAPMAS
The weekly average working hours in both sectors reached 56 hours, recording 53 hours in the public sector and IPOs and 60 hours in the private sector

Defence, interior ministers visit North Sinai’s security forces
Defence minister urges security forces to maintain vigilance and readiness to face potential threats

Creative graduation project campaign raises water pollution awareness
The campaign targets the elderly and children specifically with kidney failure, the most common disease caused by water pollution.

Arabesque: A student activity aims for a better Africa
Each year, the students get to choose a certain track, and over the course of a few months they learn all the basics about this specialty.

Why Germany should pay war reparations to Greece
By Dr Cesar Chelala In 1960, the then Federal Republic of Germany paid Greece DM115m on account of compensation for Nazi crimes. Greek governments stated that this was only a fraction of what is due on account of loss of life, damaged infrastructure, and the repayment of a forced loan the Nazis extracted on Greece in 1942. Recent statements by leading …

Electoral wars trap Al-Wafd Party: Leadership
Reform Front accuses party head of financial and administrative corruption, the supreme body responds with dismissal decision

Will the parliamentary elections be held?
Some people may not remember that the parliamentary elections were supposed to take place in October 2014, but were postponed more than once, and we are now in May 2015. The new promise is that the elections will be held after Eid Al-Fitr, roughly three months from now. These continuous postponements have raised many questions …
We are on the right track despite challenges: Al-Sisi
The President tackled a broad range of topics including terrorism, corruption, media and relations with neighbouring countries

Wounds and medicines of Sinai
Analyst Khaled Okasha and Sinai activist Said Ateeq present an image closer to reality in the âneglectedâ peninsula

Boosting Arab Culture on YouTube
By Diana Baddar, Head of YouTube Partnerships, Middle East and North Africa In recent years, YouTube has gone through a significant transformation. A large portion of native âYouTubersâ are growing up on the platform and helping define its potential, making YouTube the place it is today – a hub of creativity that keeps the world …
‘State of Sinai’ releases video threatening security forces and collaborators
Video arrives 2 days after North Sinai’s tribes announced their support of the army

Vast growth in local Internet advertising in 2015
Advertising through the Internet is vastly growing during this period, said Natalie Youssef, CEO of Enova Digital Marketing & Advisory, noting that it grows with rates of more than 10% to date. She added that the industry grows steadily in the Middle East, especially Egypt. The North African country has all the major elements needed …

Middle East Internet advertising spending to reach $666.4m by 2018
An advertising spending report by strategy consultancy firm McKinsey & Company has shown that internet marketing is the second highest advertising means in terms of growth worldwide. The business is expected to achieve global annual growth of 9.6% between 2013 and 2018, with digital advertising spending expected to increase from $476.2m in 2014 to reach …

UAE to invest $2bn in Egypt in next FY in housing projects: Investment Minister
UAE Minister of State to coordinate between Kuwaiti, Saudi and Egyptian governments to determine spending of investments announced at Economic Summit

EGP 37bn to support food commodities in current FY: Supply minister
Volume of imported wheat in this fiscal year drops 40% to 4.6m tonnes, compared to 6.4m tonnes last year

Egyptian e-commerce market to reach $2.7bn by 2020
Egypt has most online buyers of any country in the Arab world, with 15.2 million people

New Capital agreement needs more time: Expert
Even three months is not enough to finalise new administrative capital agreement, says academic

Justice minister resigns, new appointment expected
Experts question whether minister’s replacement will really help the reality of social equality and justice in Egypt

Yemen ceasefire takes effect Tuesday evening
It remains unclear whether both sides will abide by truce after fierce air and artillery strikes earlier in day

Concern as Defence Ministry sets sights on telecoms controls
Expanded plans for military in new company suggests security and privacy implications

Egypt Air studies offer from French Airbus to develop Egyptian fleet until 2025
Nuclear energy is a strategic choice for Egypt; discussions with Asian and European countries over the best use of nuclear plants and mechanisms of safely implementing them: Mehleb

Startups complain over online advertising taxes
Facebook and Google’s lack of headquarters in Egypt gives companies profits without taxes
Egypt unsatisfied with NPT conference progress
Top priority for Egypt is Middle East NWFZ, calls for coordinatorâs resignation

Former Al Jazeera journalist to sue network
Mohamed Fahmy seeks $100m in compensation for manipulation and negligence of staff

Foreign ministry following up on Egyptian detainees in Libya
Reports circulate in media of Egyptians detainees held for illegally immigrating to Libya

A commemorative event for poet Abdel Rahman El-Abnudi
The event was hosted by Iman El Bahr Darwish

The inner journey of Marwa Adel
âMarwa Adel is one of the most professional photographers in the world, and she has a statement to make, and it is a very important one regarding women and society,â said Professor Shems Friedlander, director of the AUCâs photographic gallery.

Egyptian documentary wins Audience Award in International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund
In April, âThe Trace of the Butterflyâ won the Audience Award in the International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund.

After 496 days in prison, photojournalist Ziada speaks out
âPolice should not punish me for photographing their brutality, they should punish themselves,â says journalist