Egypt
Egypt signs first gas fracking contract with Apache, Shell
December 17, 2014
Egypt signs first gas fracking contract with Apache, Shell
Egypt has signed its first contract to extract gas by fracking in a deal with Apache and Shell Egypt that…
Minister: Egypt-China trade exchange to reach $11.5 bn by 2015
December 17, 2014
Minister: Egypt-China trade exchange to reach $11.5 bn by 2015
Commercial exchange between Egypt and China is expected to stand at US$11.5 billion by the end of 2014, with Beijing…
Egypt stock market loses $2.1 billion on Wednesday as oil prices sink further
December 17, 2014
Egypt stock market loses $2.1 billion on Wednesday as oil prices sink further
The market continued its fall on Wednesday amid the plunge in oil prices, losing more than US$3.8 billion during the…
Officer injured as bomb explodes outside his home
December 17, 2014
Officer injured as bomb explodes outside his home
A police officer was injured Wednesday as a bomb exploded while he was leaving his home in the Dar al-Salam…
Sisi: No such thing as ‘regime change’ in Egypt
December 17, 2014
Sisi: No such thing as ‘regime change’ in Egypt
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday he does not recognize the term “regime change,” stressing that he rejects cyclical government…
Minister: Egypt working with Russia on nuclear power plant, car factory
December 17, 2014
Minister: Egypt working with Russia on nuclear power plant, car factory
Representatives from the Egyptian and Russian governments have begun to work out proposals for multiple joint projects in Egypt, according…
Minister: ‘Old forces’ not to be part of next parliament
December 17, 2014
Minister: ‘Old forces’ not to be part of next parliament
The Minister of Transitional Justice Ibrahim al-Heneidy said the political forces which he described as the "old forces" would not…
Egypt airliner in contact with Sweden for release of grounded charter plane
December 17, 2014
Egypt airliner in contact with Sweden for release of grounded charter plane
An Egyptian airliner is currently in contact with Swedish authority for the release of its aeroplane which had been grounded…
Egyptian Museum to organize sound and light show Thursday
December 17, 2014
Egyptian Museum to organize sound and light show Thursday
The Egyptian Museum, home to the world’s largest collection of Pharaonic antiquities, will begin Thursday evening its first sound and…
29 tourists, 45 Egyptians rescued from cruise ship in Aswan Nile
December 17, 2014
29 tourists, 45 Egyptians rescued from cruise ship in Aswan Nile
Aswan Governorate local emergency crews rescued 29 tourists and 45 Egyptians on board a cruise ship in the Nile River…