Egypt Independent
Egypt’s market loses LE5.4 billion on Sunday, EGX30 falls 1.3%
Business
August 9, 2015
Egypt’s market loses LE5.4 billion on Sunday, EGX30 falls 1.3%
Egypt's market closed in the red zone on Sunday's session, as the benchmark EGX30 index fell 1.27 percent, recording 8,011.06 points…
Street vendors in Alexandria, Matrouh get solar-powered carts
Egypt
August 9, 2015
Street vendors in Alexandria, Matrouh get solar-powered carts
The Alexandria governorate has contracted a local supplier for the purchase of 13 solar-powered carts to be used by street…
Newspaper: Saudi Arabia offers petroleum aid to Egypt worth $1.4 billion
Egypt
August 9, 2015
Newspaper: Saudi Arabia offers petroleum aid to Egypt worth $1.4 billion
Egypt has reached an agreement with Saudi Arabia (KSA) whereby KSA will provide petroleum aid to Egypt worth US$1.4 billion…
Libya detains 16 fishermen for illegal entry
Egypt
August 9, 2015
Libya detains 16 fishermen for illegal entry
Libyan authorities have detained 16 Egyptian fishermen since Friday for illegally violating territorial waters, Libya’s official news agency LANA reported. The…
Al Azhar Grand Imam meets UAE media delegation, lauds UAE funded projects, new UAE anti-discrimination law
Egypt
August 8, 2015
Al Azhar Grand Imam meets UAE media delegation, lauds UAE funded projects, new UAE anti-discrimination law
Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed El-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar, received a media delegation from the United Arab Emirates headed by His…
Bashir pardons 101 Egyptian fishermen detained in Sudan
Egypt
August 6, 2015
Bashir pardons 101 Egyptian fishermen detained in Sudan
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir pardoned on Wednesday 101 Egyptian fishermen detained in Sudan fishermen over espionage charges, Sudan's Ashorooq Net…
Report: 2 Egyptian hospitals among Arab world’s best 10
Egypt
August 5, 2015
Report: 2 Egyptian hospitals among Arab world’s best 10
Two hospitals in Egypt have been ranked among the Arab World’s best ten hospitals in the 2015 Webometrics Ranking of…
Egypt’s market loses LE2.4 billion on Wednesday, EGX30 down 0.8%
Business
August 5, 2015
Egypt’s market loses LE2.4 billion on Wednesday, EGX30 down 0.8%
Egypt's market closed in the red zone on Wednesday's session, as the benchmark EGX30 index went down 0.83 percent, recording…
$2 bn bilateral trade with UAE in 2014, up 17% from 2013
Business
August 5, 2015
$2 bn bilateral trade with UAE in 2014, up 17% from 2013
The bilateral trade between Egypt and the United Arab Emirates rose by 17 percent in 2014, compared to the year…
Egyptian Exchange to partially relocate to Smart Village
Egypt
August 4, 2015
Egyptian Exchange to partially relocate to Smart Village
Egypt's Stock Market is relocating its administrative offices from its historical Downtown Cairo headquarters to Smart Village in the 6th…
UK’s Chevening scholarship available for Egyptians
Egypt
August 4, 2015
UK’s Chevening scholarship available for Egyptians
The Chevening scholarship is now available for Egyptian applicants until November 3, the United Kingdom's embassy in Cairo said in…
Rights organizations systematically demoralized, activist tells US delegation
Egypt
August 4, 2015
Rights organizations systematically demoralized, activist tells US delegation
A human rights advocate and a member of Egypt's National Council of Human Rights has told a delegation from the…
Egypt’s market gains LE3.7 billion on Tuesday, EGX30 rises 1.2%
Business
August 4, 2015
Egypt’s market gains LE3.7 billion on Tuesday, EGX30 rises 1.2%
Egypt's market closed in the green zone on Tuesday's session, as the benchmark EGX30 index increased 1.17 percent, recording 8,181.95…
Egypt’s market loses LE2.8 billion on Monday, EGX30 declines 0.9%
Business
August 3, 2015
Egypt’s market loses LE2.8 billion on Monday, EGX30 declines 0.9%
Egypt's market extended its loses on Monday's session, as the benchmark EGX30 index went down 0.87 percent, recording 8,087.54points and…
Amal Clooney: Sisi should interfere if Al Jazeera journalists convicted
Egypt
August 3, 2015
Amal Clooney: Sisi should interfere if Al Jazeera journalists convicted
“If the court delivers another guilty verdict, the US, UN and other key international actors should urge Sisi to immediately…
Newspaper: Russia to sign Egypt’s 1st nuclear power plant deal this week
Egypt
August 3, 2015
Newspaper: Russia to sign Egypt’s 1st nuclear power plant deal this week
Egypt and Russia are expected to sign a nuclear cooperation agreement by the end of this week, daily newspaper Al…
Egypt’s market loses LE1 billion on Sunday, EGX30 down 0.41%
Business
August 2, 2015
Egypt’s market loses LE1 billion on Sunday, EGX30 down 0.41%
Egypt's market closed in the red zone on Sunday's session, as the benchmark EGX30 index nched down 0.41 percent, recording…
Egypt’s Mobile phone subscribers inch up 0.3% in May 2015
Business
August 2, 2015
Egypt’s Mobile phone subscribers inch up 0.3% in May 2015
The number of cell phone subscribers in Egypt inched up 0.3 percent to 96.03 million in May 2015, compared to…
Credit Agricole Egypt: 17.5% increase in interest income in 1st half of 2015
Business
August 2, 2015
Credit Agricole Egypt: 17.5% increase in interest income in 1st half of 2015
Crédit Agricole Egypt reported a 17.5 percent increase in the interest income, which recorded LE1.3 billion in the first half…
Egypt’s market gains LE9.2 bn in week, EGX30 index rises 1.3%
Business
July 31, 2015
Egypt’s market gains LE9.2 bn in week, EGX30 index rises 1.3%
Egypt's stock market has witnessed wins of LE9.2 billion this week, as all indexes increased, Egyptian Exchange data showed. The main…