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1 min ago

Business
Egypt announces residency plan for foreigners who buy apartments in the country

  The Egyptian government announced its plans to give residency to foreigners who own apartments, in an effort to attract investors and revive the condo selling market. In a statement from the Ministry of Housing, Deputy Minister of Housing Khaled ... Read More

3 hours ago

Science
Facebook referred to EU watchdog over targeting, fake ads

  Britain’s information watchdog has referred Facebook to the lead regulator under Europe’s data regime to look at how the social network targets, monitors and shows adverts to its users. Britain’s Information Commissioner had been investigating the use of data ... Read More

6 hours ago

Culture
Controversial TV host accused of inciting children kidnapping, released on bail

The North Cairo public prosecutors released host Mona Iraqi on bail along with six employees who work on her TV program “Entebah” presented on al-Mehwar channel. They were arrested on charges of inciting the kidnapping of children, Al-Watan website reported. ... Read More

3 hours ago

Life & Style
German flights to Luxor launched, enhancing cultural tourism

The Egyptian embassy in Germany and the world’s leading tourism group TUI launched the first German flight from Frankfort to Luxor on Monday, aiming to reactivate German tourism to Egypt’s tourist destinations. Egypt’s Ambassador to Germany Badr Abdel Atty said ... Read More