Samsung launches campaign to discover aspiring football stars
CAIRO: Young football talents in Egypt will get a chance to showcase their skills in front of their idol, Ahly icon Mohamed Abou-Trika as part of Samsung Electronics' campaign launched…
36 illegal immigrants apprehended
CAIRO: Authorities in Kafr El Sheikh governorate announced that they have foiled the illegal immigration of 36 citizens on their way to Italy. Head of Security Major General Mohamed Ale…
Half a million contraband cigarette packages seized in Greece
ATHENS: Greek authorities on Wednesday said they had seized around 500,000 packets of smuggled cigarettes destined for Europe aboard a Panamanian-flagged ship from Egypt.Acting on a tip-off from the Greek…
Youth pose as athletes to enter Europe
CAIRO: The Cairo Airport Authorities captured a criminal organization, trafficking youth who pose as sports contestants at the cost of LE 70,000 per person. While finishing boarding procedures on an…
NSGB H1 net profit jumps 62 percent
CAIRO: Egypt s National Société Générale Bank said on Thursday first-half net profit rose 62 percent to LE 549.4 million ($103.1 million). Mohamed Mansour, head of performance analysis at the…
Telecom Egypt says Q2 profit jumps on mobile revenue
CAIRO: Telecom Egypt beat second-quarter forecasts to post its fifth-largest quarterly profit on record on Thursday helped by its stake in mobile phone operator Vodafone Egypt. Egypt s monopoly fixed-line…