Journalists fined for breach of Suzanne Tamim press ban
CAIRO: Five journalists from Al-Masry Al-Youm and Al-Wafd were fined LE 10,000 each Thursday for violating the press ban in place over the Suzanne Tamim murder trial.The fines were imposed…
Ahly consider Arsenal exhibition
CAIRO: Ahly have received an offer to play in a summer friendly tournament in July, where they can meet 13-time English champions Arsenal.Assistant coach Hossam Al-Badri told FilGoal.com that the…
Shikabala tipped for £1M Celtic move
CAIRO: Zamalek ace Mahmoud "Shikabala Abdel-Razeq is tipped for a £1 million switch to Scottish giants Celtic this summer, according to agent Georg Stanggassinger.Stanggassinger, who represents Shikabala, revealed that the…
YSL auction fetches record price for Matisse
A painting by Henri Matisse sold Monday for ?32.1 million ($41.1 million) - a record price for a work by the French artist at auction - at a sale of…
Egypt index follows world markets higher, OCI jumps
CAIRO: Egypt s main stock index jumped over 2.5 percent on Wednesday, following global markets higher, with strong gains in Orascom Construction Industries. Shares in heavyweight OCI surged 4.28 percent…
African Union, US condemn deadly attack in Egypt
ADDIS ABABA, WASHINGTON: African Union president Jean Ping and US officials have denounced the attack in Cairo that killed a French teenager and wounded 25 other people, most of them…
Fatah and Hamas 'break the ice' in Egypt
CAIRO: Palestinian rival groups Fatah and Hamas held a series of icebreaking meetings ahead of wider reconciliation talks aimed at repairing the gaping rift between the two groups, members said…
Experts debate validity of 'Correction Wave'
CAIRO: While reaching a consensus that the push for change has taken a socio-economic rather than a strictly political direction, Egyptian intellectuals, analysts and political activists are still debating the…