Egypt
Bahariya investors protest well removals
December 21, 2009
Bahariya investors protest well removals
About 130 investors from Bahariya Oasis protested Saturday in front of the cabinet headquarters to object to the minister of…
Weekly round-up: The English-language press on Egypt
December 21, 2009
Weekly round-up: The English-language press on Egypt
The story out of Egypt that seemed to garner the most attention in international media this week was the news…
Hot off the press
December 21, 2009
Hot off the press
State-owned newspapers ran with the obvious: President Hosni Mubarak's visit to the Supreme Court Council on the occasion of the…
WiMax to improve Egypt Internet capacity
December 21, 2009
WiMax to improve Egypt Internet capacity
National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) President Amr Badawi said that the authority is taking steps to improve DSL capacity in…
Antiquities council to request return of Nefertiti bust
December 21, 2009
Antiquities council to request return of Nefertiti bust
The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) will convene this week to discuss details of a request for Germany to return…
New Suez Canal channel
December 21, 2009
New Suez Canal channel
The Ministry of Transportation will announce in February a tender to dig a channel parallel to the Suez canal to…
Bibliotheca Alexandrina censured
December 21, 2009
Bibliotheca Alexandrina censured
Journalists and internet bloggers have criticized Egypt's Bibliotheca Alexandrina for planning a workshop on 3 January in which Israeli intellectuals…
Egyptian textile industry ‘dying’
December 21, 2009
Egyptian textile industry ‘dying’
The Ministry of Investment will spend LE900 million within its restructuring scheme to help six public-sector textiles companies to offset…
The MB’s uncharacteristically public spat
December 20, 2009
The MB’s uncharacteristically public spat
For those watching Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) opposition movement, it's no secret that the group's ranks have been divided for…