Egypt
Egypt to establish national entity for telecommunications at a value of LE3.8bn
December 25, 2014
Egypt to establish national entity for telecommunications at a value of LE3.8bn
Egypt will be establish a national entity for telecommunications at a value of LE3.8bn, according to the Communications and Information…
Mercedes to transfer car assembly line from Egypt to Algeria
December 25, 2014
Mercedes to transfer car assembly line from Egypt to Algeria
Mercedes-Benz announced it would stop car assembling investments in Egypt and would transfer its investments to Algeria starting next March,…
Rights group slams discriminatory church building regulations
December 25, 2014
Rights group slams discriminatory church building regulations
A human rights group has slammed the absence of a comprehensive law to regulate the building of places of worship,…
Kuwaiti journalist: Sisi to visit Kuwait 5 January
December 25, 2014
Kuwaiti journalist: Sisi to visit Kuwait 5 January
Editor-in-chief of the Kuwaiti Al-Seyassah newspaper Ahmed al-Jarallah said President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi would visit Kuwait on 5 January and…
Pope to address world’s woes in Christmas message
December 25, 2014
Pope to address world’s woes in Christmas message
Pope Francis will offer his annual Christmas blessing on Thursday, traditionally an occasion to appeal for remedies to the world's…
Health Ministry: Tenth Egyptian dies of H5N1 bird flu
December 25, 2014
Health Ministry: Tenth Egyptian dies of H5N1 bird flu
A five-year-old Egyptian child died from bird flu on Wednesday, the tenth death from the virus in the country out…
Newspaper: Mubarak-era electricity officials received French bribes
December 24, 2014
Newspaper: Mubarak-era electricity officials received French bribes
The public prosecutor and other investigation services are conducting an investigation about possible bribes given to Electricity Ministry officials under former…
Newspaper: Army signs $700mn deal with multinational consortium for power stations
December 24, 2014
Newspaper: Army signs $700mn deal with multinational consortium for power stations
The Armed Forces Armament Authority signed a contract with a three-party consortium for the establishment of six 970-megawatt power stations…
‘I have no money:’ tourist t-shirts printed with messages drive vendors away
December 24, 2014
‘I have no money:’ tourist t-shirts printed with messages drive vendors away
"No money," "I have no money, leave me alone," and other similar phrases were printed in Arabic on the t-shirts…
Feasibility study released for Alexandria-Giza-Assiut-Luxor-Aswan bullet train
December 24, 2014
Feasibility study released for Alexandria-Giza-Assiut-Luxor-Aswan bullet train
The feasibility study for the Alexandria-Giza-Assiut-Luxor-Aswan bullet train that was conducted by an Italian consultancy firm was released to Al-Masry…