Latest in Tag: DNE Highlight
Latest in Tag: DNE
Egypt condemns assassination of Somali MP
Need for collaboration against abhorrent terrorism, says FM spokesman
Conscript injured, 3 militants killed in North Sinai
Militants swear vengeance whilst armed forces aim to “eliminate terrorism”

Al-Sisi meets UK House of Commons delegation
The delegation is following up on the Arab Spring report

Bread and Freedom Party demands release of all prisoners of conscience
Leftist party boycotting elections, citing oppressive practices by police

Cairo hosts second annual Japanese animé convention
Animé lovers find community to share interests

Prosecution releases 18 Zamalek fans, detains 3
Club and football association presidents will be summoned to investigations, says lawyer

57th Annual Grammy Awards highlights
From winners to performances, the star studded awards marks the biggest night in music industry

Mandate to counter terrorism broadened
Crackdown on wider segment of those affiliated with Islamists witnessed in 2014

Human rights situation dire, terrorism no excuse for violations: Nasser Amin
Amin added that the government should not use the “war on terrorism” as an excuse to commit human rights violations or issue exceptional laws. He explained that international standards apply, even in the midst of a war on terrorism.

55 students receive Edexcel High Achievers award
Education changes lives, education changes countries, says Seetha Kumar
Egypt witnesses collapse of rule of law, constitution, human rights: Activist
Demonstrating in Egypt is considered more dangerous than mass murder, and the Protest Law must be amended, says Bahey Eldin Hassan

Young politicians demand resignation of interior minister over repeated violence
Why does the state keep fighting the young? they ask

Google to support next wave of mobile app developers in Egypt
Google’s initiative with Ministry of Communication and Information Technology will cover two years, aims at empowering young talents
Independent union files 4 lawsuits to prevent the disassociation of Telecom Egypt from Vodafone
By Mohamed Alaa El-Din The Independent Trade Union of Workers at Telecom Egypt (TE) filed four lawsuits to stop the disassociation of TE from Vodafone in order to protect workers’ rights and the 5% lobby of minority shareholders. The case has been registered in Cairo and the first hearing was set for the 9 April. …

Postal Authority contracts with 6 companies to manage stock market portfolios in stock market
Khaled Negm, Chairman of NPA, said that the contract was relevant for a limited practice tender in June 2014, with 18 companies registered.

Cairo, Moscow revive strategic cooperation
Al-Sisi, Putin discuss Syria solution, free industrial zone, nuclear energy
2 more Islamist parties boycott elections
The Building and Development Party and Al-Wasat Party have announced they will boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections and will not support any entity. The Building and Development Party, the political arm of Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya, said in a statement Monday that the country only sees “staged elections, which will increase the divisions between the Egyptian people”. …

Petroleum ministry signs contract with Gazprom for 35 gas shipments
Sonatrach delegation to visit Egypt by end of week to negotiate supply quota from 2016 to 2020

Commodity prices stable, prices drop: Minister of Supply
The minister pointed out that enough quantities of cooking oil have been contracted to suffice for consumption till the end of July – a total of 172,000 tonnes – with a value of EGP 1.5bn. A supply of Brazilian poultry, 23,300 tonnes, was also contracted.

Security violence has reached ‘unprecedented levels’: EIPR
Rights groups hold interior ministry accountable for deaths at Air Defence Stadium

Egypt condemns Israeli settlement activity
Palestine aims transferral of matter to ICC, say Palestinian media outlets

Prosecution detains 18 Zamalek fans, orders ultras leaders arrest
Forensic medicine authority announce 19 killed in match violence

Court will resume Port Said riots trial on 7 March
Air Defence Stadium clashes revive 3-year-old football tragedy

British parliamentary delegation to meet Egypt’s FM
Foreign Affairs Committee members visit Egypt to follow up on 2012 Arab Spring report

Russia vs China: The biggest slice of yellowcake
Putin’s visit to Egypt raises major questions regarding funding for Egypt’s potential nuclear energy programme

Football deaths raise stakes for Egypt’s general-turned-president Al-Sisi
By James M. Dorsey The death of at least 40 militants, highly politicised, and street battle-hardened Egyptian football fans in clashes with security forces raises the stakes for General-turned-President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s efforts to suppress political dissent. The incident is one of the worst in Egyptian sporting history and the latest in a number of …

Russian president arrives to Cairo, meets Al-Sisi
Putin’s visit will last for two days
Mobica negotiates with GB Ghabbour Auto to supply car interiors
Mobica Office Furniture supplies worth EGP 350m for car interior companies in 2014, says Mobica Marketing Manager

Review of indicative car prices law
Decisions are new beginning for re-structuring customs as a whole, says ECA

SODIC estimate clients’ contract to be EGP 4.1bn
Company to invest EGP 2.3bn and deliver 684 units in all projects