Egypt
Egypt’s Qalaa sells 80 pct stake in investment bank Pharos
February 3, 2015
Egypt’s Qalaa sells 80 pct stake in investment bank Pharos
Qalaa Holdings, one of Egypt's largest investment companies, has signed a deal to sell its 80 percent stake in investment…
Egypt’s central bank governor sees currency black market ending “soon”
February 3, 2015
Egypt’s central bank governor sees currency black market ending “soon”
Egypt's central bank governor Hisham Ramez said the once-flourishing currency black market "will end soon" as the bank's moves to…
Five mass death sentences for the Brotherhood from Nasser to Sisi
February 3, 2015
Five mass death sentences for the Brotherhood from Nasser to Sisi
The sentencing of 183 Muslim Brotherhood defendants to death on Monday by the Giza Criminal Court in the case known…
Explosion, gunfire along Egypt-Gaza border, no casualties
February 3, 2015
Explosion, gunfire along Egypt-Gaza border, no casualties
Egyptian troops fired warning shots over the frontier into Gaza on Tuesday after a bomb exploded on Gaza territory near…
Mahmoud Hemeida speaks about new movie ‘Cat and Mouse’
February 3, 2015
Mahmoud Hemeida speaks about new movie ‘Cat and Mouse’
Movie star Mahmoud Hemeida said he was pleased to work with scriptwriter Wahid Hamed and director Tamer Mohsen in the…
Egypt hosts African environment summit in March
February 3, 2015
Egypt hosts African environment summit in March
Egypt will host in March a major African conference on environment, the Environment Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday, saying…
Twitter closes accounts supporting IS
February 3, 2015
Twitter closes accounts supporting IS
Twitter closed several accounts supporting the terrorist Islamic State group, Spanish news agency EFE reports. Most of the accounts canceled were…
Moderate weather to prevail on Wednesday
February 3, 2015
Moderate weather to prevail on Wednesday
Moderate weather is expected to prevail on northern coasts, Delta, Cairo reaching until north of Upper Egypt, according to meteorologists,…
Blast kills one in Egypt’s Alexandria
February 3, 2015
Blast kills one in Egypt’s Alexandria
A man was killed in a bomb blast in Egypt's second city of Alexandria on Tuesday, hours after two devices…
Columnist tells president to be as fascist as possible facing terrorism
February 3, 2015
Columnist tells president to be as fascist as possible facing terrorism
A columnist at a widely-distributed, independent newspaper has urged Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to adopt a fascist stance in…