Omar Effendi's new owners undertake challenging renovation process
CAIRO: Rising from dilapidation and heavy financial losses, Omar Effendi - Egypt's oldest department store - is setting itself up to become Egypt's version of Marks & Spencer. Its new…
Moussa on reform, education, and the environment
CAIRO: The Arab League will organize an Arab economic summit before the end of 2008 to discuss several topics including education, health, investment, trade and communications, said Amr Moussa, secretary…
MB military trial resumes today as human rights observer arrives in Egypt
CAIRO: The military trial of Muslim Brotherhood leader Khayrat El Shater and 39 others continues today, as the latest in a string of foreign human rights lawyers attempts to observe…
Arabs change stance over peace conference after Rice visit
CAIRO: Egypt and the Arab League signaled a shift in their attitudes towards an upcoming US-sponsored peace conference due to take place in the fall after a visit to Egypt…
Rice struggles to overcome hurdles in latest Mideast tour, arrives in Egypt today
JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice opened an intense round of Mideast shuttle diplomacy Sunday, struggling to bring Israelis and Palestinians close enough to make a planned US-hosted peace…
Brotherhood members clash with security during Eid prayers
CAIRO: The first day of Eid witnessed severe clashes between central security forces and the Muslim Brotherhood in Al Salhiya village near Sharqeya as a large number of members of…
Euromed partnership showing few results and wasting funds, EU official says
VOULIAGMENI, Greece: An EU official said on Monday that billions of euros designated for strengthening European-Mediterranean cooperation were going untapped due to a lack of know-how within many partner countries.Dimitris…
ITWorx expands in Dubai and Doha
CAIRO: Egypt s largest software professional services company ITWorx has allotted at least $3 million for its new operations in Dubai and Doha beginning this month and by the end…
New concession signed in Mesaha area
CAIRO: Egypt signed a concession agreement for the exploration and production of oil and gas in the Mesaha area of Upper Egypt last week. Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi witnessed…
14 Egyptians killed in road accident in South Sinai
CAIRO: Thirteen Egyptian soldiers and a driver were killed Monday when an army minibus collided with a water tanker in Egypt s Sinai Peninsula, police said.The 14 men were traveling…
