EU, rights groups condemn death sentence against Morsi
Egypt
June 17, 2015
EU, rights groups condemn death sentence against Morsi
The life imprisonment and death sentences handed on Tuesday against former president Mohamed Morsi and several other Muslim Brotherhood leaders…
Egypt’s non-oil exports fall by 20% in first 5 months of 2015
Egypt
June 17, 2015
Egypt’s non-oil exports fall by 20% in first 5 months of 2015
Egypt's non-oil exports dropped by 20 percent (US$2 billion) in the first five months of 2015, reaching $8 billion, compared…
Bassem Youssef on CNN: Fighting ISIS should be cultural, intellectual war
Egypt
June 17, 2015
Bassem Youssef on CNN: Fighting ISIS should be cultural, intellectual war
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef, former host of Al Bernameg, took the reigns of CNN’s Connect The World on Monday to…
EU, WFP officials visit schools in Beni Suef within joint project to end child labor
Egypt
June 17, 2015
EU, WFP officials visit schools in Beni Suef within joint project to end child labor
Ambassador James Moran, head of the European Union Delegation to Egypt and Lubna Alaman, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)…
Amnesty recalls Egyptian detainee in anti-torture day
Egypt
June 17, 2015
Amnesty recalls Egyptian detainee in anti-torture day
UK-based Amnesty International has called for anti-torture campaigners to mark an international day against torture by expressing solidarity with torture…
HRW slams crackdown on Egypt NGOs
Egypt
June 16, 2015
HRW slams crackdown on Egypt NGOs
Human Rights Watch and other international NGOs have slammed what they consider to be a crackdown on human rights groups…
Egypt’s market gains LE2.6 billion on Tuesday, EGX30 rises 0.5%
Business
June 16, 2015
Egypt’s market gains LE2.6 billion on Tuesday, EGX30 rises 0.5%
Egypt's stock market closed in the green zone on Tuesday, after losing in the last eight consecutive sessions, as the benchmark EGX30 index…
Investors association calls on CBE to boost tourism development
Business
June 16, 2015
Investors association calls on CBE to boost tourism development
Atef Abdel Latif, member of the Marsa Alam and South Sinai investors associations, has called on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi…
CAPMAS: 10.9% increase in trade deficit for March 2015
Business
June 16, 2015
CAPMAS: 10.9% increase in trade deficit for March 2015
The total trade deficit reached LE26.7 billion in March, compared to LE24 billion during the same month in 2014, marking…
Finance Ministry: Cost of food imports down 31.5% in 5 months
Business
June 16, 2015
Finance Ministry: Cost of food imports down 31.5% in 5 months
The value of foodstuffs imported by Egypt has gone down by 31.5 percent in five months, the Egyptian Tax Authority…