Month: August 2015

Sharm to be permanent home for Arab summits

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will fund the construction of a permanent seat for…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Overnight interbank steady at 8.55 percent

CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on the Egyptian pound was 8.55…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Confessions on a dance floor

CAIRO: The queen of pop returns yet again with an album sounding…

Farah El Alfy

Third license bid heats up as joint Telenor-NTC bid announced

CAIRO: In yet another fresh round of bids, Telenor, a Norwegian mobile…

Najla Moussa

Profile of key players

President Hosni MubarakIn 1981, Mubarak, then Vice-President, became president of Egypt following…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

License for aspiring party delayed

CAIRO: In yet another setback for opposition groups, the Egyptian Political Parties…

Pakinam Amer

Egyptian media and the road to democracy

CAIRO: Since the dawn of satellite television across the Arab world, the…

Vivian Salama

Three months after parliamentary elections, opposition in shambles

CAIRO: A gunfight that broke out at the headquarters of Egypt's oldest…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Eight more Islamists detained in central Egypt

CAIRO: Egyptian security forces have detained eight more members of the opposition…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

President makes surprise visit to Sudan for talks on Darfur

KHARTOUM, Sudan: President Hosni Mubarak made a surprise visit to Khartoum on…

Daily Star Egypt Staff