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Farmers protest cattle confiscations
Egypt

Farmers protest cattle confiscations

Farmers from the Nile Delta village of Moftah protested Wednesday against the recent confiscation of their cattle and personal belongings…
Civil servants, workers demonstrate in Cairo
Egypt

Civil servants, workers demonstrate in Cairo

Municipal treasury department employees from the Nile Delta province of Kafr el-Sheikh demonstrated Wednesday in front of the Finance Ministry's…
Stock market rebounds after profit taking
Business

Stock market rebounds after profit taking

Egypt's stock exchange climbed 1.5 percent Wednesday, with 135 company shares increasing in value and 26 decreasing in a day…
New MB leader slapped with travel ban
Egypt

New MB leader slapped with travel ban

The Interior Ministry has issued a travel ban on the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) opposition movement's newly-elected general guide, Mohamed Badie,…
Angola ratchets up security pre-match
Egypt

Angola ratchets up security pre-match

Benguela, Angola -- The Angolan city of Benguela, which will host today's Africa Cup semi-final football match between Egypt and…
Textile workers, physicians protest
Egypt

Textile workers, physicians protest

More than 300 workers at the Tanta Flax and Oils Company demonstrated in front of the Gharbiya Governorate headquarters, demanding…
Avoiding the ‘S Word’
Egypt

Avoiding the ‘S Word’

The mood in the room was weirdly light-hearted, considering the subject matter at hand.  One after another, members of a…
Hosni, Hawass challenge antiquities bill
Egypt

Hosni, Hawass challenge antiquities bill

At a parliamentary session Tuesday, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni and Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA),…
EBA founds Nile Basin investment company
Business

EBA founds Nile Basin investment company

The Egyptian Businessmen's Association (EBA) recently established the Egyptian-African Company for Investment and Development, which aims to support private-sector investment…
Experts: New tax bill won’t affect real estate market
Business

Experts: New tax bill won’t affect real estate market

Lobna Reda, managing director of real estate development company IGI, said Tuesday that the real estate tax draft law currently…
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