Public spending on IT may decline, say experts at IDC Cairo
CAIRO: The International Data Corporation (IDC) brought its IT in Government Roadshow to Cairo on Monday.The conference brought together some of the industry's leading experts in an effort to discuss…
EU delegation head discusses Egypt cooperation
CAIRO: "For one and a half years we have been working on the basis of our agreement, 'Neighbourhood Action Plan' so it is time for evaluation in the new economic…
Dancing their blues away
Dancers, the Danish winner of the film festival's Best Director award, appears on the surface as a conventional love story between two lonely people finding solace in each other's company,…
'Los' in translation
Much like his character Tom (Pepijn Caudron) explains to Nadia (Sana Mouziane) the meaning of irony, "Los ("Cut Loose ) director Jan Verheyen, who raked the Cairo International ilm Festival's…
An unforgettable moment
TEL AVIV: When I told this to Anwar Sadat, he laughed: "The moment the door of your airplane opened, all Israelis held their breath. I live on a main street…
The death of NATO
LONDON: NATO, whose foreign ministers will meet next week, is dying. Death, of course, comes to all living things. And, as NATO approaches its 60th birthday next spring, there seems…
Middle East priorities for January 21
WASHINGTON, DC: The election of Barack Obama to be the 44th president is profoundly historic. We have at long last been able to come together in a way that has…
Traders blame high prices for low demand on cattle prior to Eid Al-Adha
CAIRO: Eid Al-Adha is less than a week away and many cattle traders around the capital are still tending to most of their live stock instead of having already sold…
Mahalla factory workers reject company offer, continue sit-in
CAIRO: Workers from the Ghazl El-Mahalla spinning factory have rejected an offer made by company management and the head of the Egyptian Federation of Trade Unions (EFTU) and vowed to…
