Beltone and Credit Agricole create $5 million SME fund
Beltone Private Equity and Crédit Agricole Egypt (CAE) launched Tuesday a $5 million fund to invest in small and medium enterprises in Egypt. Cairo-based investment bank Beltone and CAE partnered…
Egypt security court sentences Islamist militant to death
CAIRO: An Egyptian state security court sentenced an Islamist militant to death on Wednesday for a spate of attacks targeting police in the 1990s, a judicial source said. He said…
NDP achieved its goals in Shoura Council elections, says Mubarak
CAIRO: The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) achieved its aims in this month’s Shoura Council elections and is preparing for the upcoming People’s Assembly elections in October, President Hosni Mubarak…
Get out of Gaza game highlights lingering closures
JERUSALEM: An online video game launched on Tuesday lets you play the role of a Gaza student who must negotiate a web of Israeli obstacles in order to attend university…
Hisham Mubarak Law Center launches pilot report on social, economic, cultural rights
CAIRO: The government has to set fair minimum wages, expand social insurance funds and include minorities in decision-making, economic and cultural rights in the country, a legal report recommended. Hisham…
UNRWA highlights dire financial situation
CAIRO: In its annual meeting in Cairo last week, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) addressed its dire financial situation, saying…
Uruguay and Mexico qualify from Group A in World Cup
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa: The catastrophic French campaign was capped off by a 2-1 loss to South Africa on Tuesday, leaving France reeling and making Bafana Bafana the first host team…
Argentina and South Korea qualify from Group B in World Cup
DURBAN, South Africa: South Korea reached the second round of the World Cup by holding Nigeria to a 2-2 draw Tuesday in their final group game. Defender Lee Jung-soo and…
World Cup Group F Preview: Italy, Paraguay and more
IRENE, South Africa: If struggling Italy can't manage to beat Slovakia on Thursday, the Azzurri could match France's unenviable feat from the 2002 World Cup and exit the group stage…
World Cup Group E Preview: Denmark, Japan and more
RUSTENBURG, South Africa: Japan and Denmark will meet in a decider Thursday to determine the final team from Group E to advance to the next round of the World Cup.…
