Egypt
CBE: Total surplus of US$2 bn at balance of payment during first half of 2013-2014
Business
April 1, 2014
CBE: Total surplus of US$2 bn at balance of payment during first half of 2013-2014
Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced a total surplus of around US$2 billion at the balance of payment during the…
Retrial of Mubarak, others resumes on Wednesday
Egypt
April 1, 2014
Retrial of Mubarak, others resumes on Wednesday
Cairo Criminal Court resumed on Wednesday the retrial of deposed President Hosni Mubarak, his sons Alaa and Gamal, former Interior…
Agriculture Ministry discloses smuggling of palm leaves to Israel
Egypt
March 31, 2014
Agriculture Ministry discloses smuggling of palm leaves to Israel
Agriculture Ministry disclosed on Monday details of involvement of an import and export company in the biggest smuggling operation of…
Trial of 20 Al Jazeera journalists postponed to 10 April
Egypt
March 31, 2014
Trial of 20 Al Jazeera journalists postponed to 10 April
Giza Criminal Court adjourned on Monday trial of 20 Al Jazeera journalists involved in the ‘Marriott cell’ case to 10…
EBRD offers US$190 million for two electricity generation stations development
Business
March 31, 2014
EBRD offers US$190 million for two electricity generation stations development
Egypt signed a loan agreement on Monday with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to convert electricity generation…
Students burn three vehicles at Al-Azhar University, block road at Ain Shams University
Egypt
March 31, 2014
Students burn three vehicles at Al-Azhar University, block road at Ain Shams University
Police fired teargas canisters to disperse hundreds of students of Al-Azhar University who besieged the university’s administrative building on Monday,…
Authorities: Terrorist cell arrested in Alexandria
Egypt
March 31, 2014
Authorities: Terrorist cell arrested in Alexandria
Alexandria security services, in collaboration with national security sector, arrested what authorities say was a terrorist cell targeting police establishments…
Photo of Sisi on a bike goes viral
Egypt
March 31, 2014
Photo of Sisi on a bike goes viral
A photo of Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, former defense minister, in a blue training suit riding a bike has gone…
Azhar University calls for investigation over death of two students
Egypt
March 31, 2014
Azhar University calls for investigation over death of two students
Azhar University issued statement calling for urgent investigation over the death of two students, Abdullah Ahmed and Ahmed Abdel Hafez,…
Army colonel shot dead in Ismailia
Egypt
March 31, 2014
Army colonel shot dead in Ismailia
A colonel in the armed forces was shot dead on Sunday by gunmen on the Ismailia-Cairo desert road.