Latest in Tag: UK Highlight
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BG Group targets job cuts to rein in costs
Reuters – Oil and gas producer BG Group has begun offering voluntary redundancy to staff at its British headquarters, the company said, as it seeks to reduce headcount and trim costs. BG Group has been hit by lower than expected production rates, having downgraded output forecasts several times over the past two years, and is …
Apple replaces iPad 2 with iPad 4, launches cheaper iPhone 5C
The iPad 4 is available at $399 for the 16GB Wi-Fi model and $529 for the 16GB Wi-Fi + cellular model at the four major US carriers – AT&T Inc, Sprint Corp, T-Mobile US Inc and Verizon Communications Inc.
Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘armed invasion’ in Crimea
Ukraine’s parliament on Friday appealed to the United States and Britain to uphold a 1994 pact signed with Russia that guaranteed the country’s sovereignty in return for it giving up is Soviet nuclear arsenal
Update: British parliamentarians meet Al-Sisi, the Pope, among other top officials
Top Egyptian officials discuss developments inside Egypt and regional ones with the British delegation
Fahmy embarks on Europe tour
Foreign minister visits European countries ahead of EU Foreign Ministers’ meeting
British parliamentarians meet Mansour, El-Beblawi and Fahmy
Top Egyptian officials discuss developments inside Egypt and regional ones with the British delegation
EBRD cuts growth forecast for crisis-hit Turkey
Turkeyâs economy was nevertheless expected to grow by 3.3% in 2014, the EBRD said in a statement.
British Parliamentary delegation meets interior minister
The delegation also met with the Foreign Ministry assistant for European Affairs
Egypt has repaid $700m to Paris Club: CBE
The Paris Club is comprised of 19 developed economies.
Court obliges the state to fund comatose protesterâs treatment
Moâawad Adel remains in a coma as a legal struggle for funding his treatment continues
Muslim Brotherhood an âentirelyâ legal organisation in UK: FCO spokesperson
Egyptâs foreign ministry addresses Arab League countries to implement the Arab Convention on Suppression of Terrorism
Arab Partnership encourages Egyptian agriculture
Nile Co. and Nakhla win the âSmall Farmer Market Development and Investment Initiativeâ competition
The new world of export controls
By Dr. Paul Freedenberg and Dr. Michael R. Czinkota In the summer of 2009, President Obama announced a plan for a complete US export control reform (ECR). Then Secretary of Defence Gates argued that the system was âoverly complicated, contains too many redundancies, and in trying to protect too much, diminishes our ability to focusâ …
Fund manager targets up to 10% of UK Islamic bond issue
The planned ‘sukuk’, announced by Prime Minister David Cameron in October, is expected to launch next year and become the first by a Western government.
Euromoney: UK companiesâ interest in Egypt is undiminished
In 2012 imports to the UK from Egypt totalled ÂŁ624m and UK exports to Egypt were ÂŁ921m; down significantly from two years earlier
The perception of Egypt generally in the UK and elsewhere is probably worse than it is in reality
Annulment of previous privatizations raises investorsâ concerns
UK restores 24 arms export licenses to Egypt
UK restores previously revoked licenses and increases support for Egyptian airport security
Breaking: UK to give resolution to UN on ‘Assad chemical attack’: PM
“condemning the chemical weapons attack by Assad”
US attack on Syria to spell ‘disaster’: Iran’s Khamenei
The US intervention will be a disaster for the region,” Khamenei told a meeting with the cabinet of Iranian President Hassan Rowhani, state television reported.
UK military drawing up Syria contingency plans: PM spokesman
Cameron has cut short his summer holiday in order to deal with the Syria crisis and is due to chair a meeting of Britain’s National Security Council in London on Wednesday.
UK ‘has secret Middle East web surveillance base’
The facility can intercept emails, telephone calls and web traffic for the United States and other intelligence agencies.
What are the EUâs options in Egypt?
EU Foreign Ministerâs decisions may be ineffective without US support, says expert
Fahmy: Any threat to cut aid to Egypt is unacceptable
Foreign minister announces committee to investigate events since 30 June
EU ministers call for Morsiâs release
EU Foreign Affairs Council warn armed forces against involvement in politics and call for release of former government figures, including Morsi
The UK and the US call for inclusiveness in Egypt
US is still reviewing its aid policy; the UK urged all sides to work together to bring about elections
Condemnation of violence at the Republican Guard headquarters
General call for prompt investigations, FJP calls for international intervention
Obama meets with National Security Council on Egypt
International concern for Egyptâs path to democracy
US State Department stresses importance of listening to Egyptian people
UK prime minister and German foreign minister express concern about current situation in Egypt
The struggle: Egyptians obtaining foreign visas
It is summer time in Egypt, a season when many Egyptians prepare to travel abroad for a myriad of reasons, whether for tourism, business or studying. However, it is a struggle for many of them to get visas to certain destinations, including the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States. Daily News Egypt explores the stories of some Egyptians and the problems they faced when dealing with foreign embassies.
G7 states meet in UK as US presses Europe on austerity
The G7 nations, which together produce about half of the world’s economic output, are slowly recovering from a late 2012 slowdown
Egypt withdraws from preparatory committee of NPT conference
Foreign ministry cites âcontinued failureâ to establish conference to rid the region of nuclear weapons