Year: 2016

Playing politics: the AFC gets tied up in knots

Two recent incidents involving the refusal of Arab teams to play their…

James Dorsey

Barclays Egypt awaits sale of local unit to implement strategic plans

EGP 1bn achieved in SMEs financing portfolio as of March

Ayat Al-Batawi

Turkey: Law experts concerned by stripping of immunity

An amendment to strip parliamentary immunity has sent shockwaves through Turkey. The…

Deutsche Welle

Armed Forces publish photos of EgyptAir flight MS804 debris

Images of wreckage show torn life jackets, seats, and parts from the…

Adham Youssef

EGP 12bn increases in size of Egyptian Gulf Bank assets

Bank plans to increase its retail banking portfolio to EGP 1.4bn by…

Waleed Abdel Azeem

Pound to depreciate to EGP 9.5 to US dollar by end of 2016: Standard & Poor’s

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) devaluated the pound by 13% in…

Hossam Mounir

NBE considers granting EGP 7bn to economic sectors in coming period: deputy chairperson

The bank settled EGP 2bn of non-performing debts from July 2015 until…

Hossam Mounir

European leaders express concern at Turkey immunity vote

A clear majority of Turkish lawmakers has approved a controversial law which…

Deutsche Welle

Life in the land of ‘cheap’ medicine

People who become severely ill in the poorer EU countries lose out…

Deutsche Welle

Montenegro: Ten years of independence; 1,000 years of culture

On Saturday, Montenegro marks a decade since it separated from Serbia. But…

Deutsche Welle