The only person who tells me what to do is the president, says Prime Minister
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said that the decision to export gas to Israel was not subject to pressures from any external sources, whether from the United States or the…
NGOs condemn media draft law in joint statement
CAIRO: Egyptian rights groups collectively condemned a draft law on audio-visual transmission which lays down prison sentences for broadcasters and ordinary media-users that violate its provisions.Fourteen Egyptian NGOs issued on…
Suez Canal monthly revenues reach $471 mln
CAIRO: Suez Canal revenues reached $471.4 million in June 2008, slightly down from $479.4 million in May, according to the Cabinet's Information Portal. The year-on-year growth in revenues jumped to…
Subsidies reach record high in further steps to reign in prices
CAIRO: With government efforts on the high to curb food prices ahead of Ramadan, subsidies jumped to LE 76 billion from July 2007 to May 2008, 130 percent increase over…
Joint energy project signals strengthening Egypt, Libya ties
CAIRO: Libyan authorities announced last week a cooperative plan with Egypt to build an oil refinery and a natural gas pipeline on Egypt's north coast - a move that signals…
Surrealism undermined by "Breaking Boredom"
Six of the best illustrators and graphic designers in Cairo are holding a group exhibition called "Breaking Boredom at the Townhouse Gallery.Featuring George Azmy, Mahmoud Hamdy, Ibrahim Eslam, Hani Mahfouz,…
French daily grabs entertainment scoop of the year on birth of Brangelina twins
The world s entertainment press tripped over themselves, making embarrassing errors along the way, as they fought to be first to report the biggest celebrity story of the year: the…
Programming for peace
After turning to China, India, Eastern Europe and ultra-Orthodox Israeli women as low-cost sources of software programmers, some local tech companies have begun outsourcing their coding needs to West Bank…
In Praise of Euroskepticism
The EU has no coherent strategy on many issues. It has only sketchy economic policies toward Russia; ambitions, but no game plan, to become a player in the Middle East;…
Nicolas Sarkozy and the politics of continuity
When Nicolas Sarkozy cruised to power on May 7, 2007, his foreign policy plans were sweeping. The triumphant president envisioned a grand scheme for the Middle East and North Africa.…