News in Briefs
EU eyes gas pipelines from Egypt The European Union said it was progressing with efforts to secure gas supplies from Egypt and Iraq as part of its efforts to reduce…
State's price hikes stoke inflation fears
CAIRO: Late Monday, Parliament approved a bill that will eliminate or reduce a swath of energy subsidies, make cigarettes more expensive and raise the prices of many fuels as it…
Seminar dubs April 6 strike a turning point in Egypt history
CAIRO: The April 6 general strike was an unprecedented turning point in the Egyptian protest movement, concluded a discussion held Monday at the Center for Socialist Studies titled "What next…
Brotherhood slams government's new measures
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood has blasted the government's decision to raise prices accusing Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif of swindling the citizens and falsifying facts.In a press conference organized on Monday…
Egypt defends the ban on food exports
CAIRO: Global furor over rice export bans - which many accuse of swelling global prices, warping farmers' incentives and starving neighbors for the sake of domestic stability - has adopted…
High car license fees impact poor more than rich, says opposition
CAIRO: While government officials see that raising vehicle license fees is a way of achieving social solidarity, car owners see an extra burden on their budget. Opposition figures, meanwhile, see…
Vodafone to distribute iPhones in Egypt
LONDON: British mobile phone giant Vodafone announced Tuesday that it will distribute Apple's wildly popular iPhone in 10 new countries including Australia, India and South Africa and Egypt.Vodafone said in…
Exploring calligraphy
Everyone calls me Layla Al Gamila (Beautiful Layla). I have told no one my secret of Quran Green, actress Dalia El-Guindy announced in the Howard Theater, "but this is not…
THE REEL ESTATE: Days of Being Wild
I still retain from my childhood a great anxiety, and the movies are bound up with an anxiety, with an idea of something clandestine, said François Truffaut.It's the Cannes Film…
