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Russia, Egypt talk Gazprom entry in Egypt projectsSenior officials from Russia and Egypt on Wednesday discussed the entry of Russian natural gas export monopoly Gazprom into energy projects in Egypt,…

Daily News Egypt Authors

Google makes online ads available to SMEs in Arabic

CAIRO: Google recently launched its Business Pages feature for AdWords in Arabic.AdWords Business Pages are a free feature of the AdWords Starter Edition advertising platform aimed at small and medium-sized…

Daily News Egypt Authors

Egypt joins OECD

CAIRO: Egypt became the first Arab and North African nation to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according to a report published on the Cairo and Alexandria…

Daily News Egypt Authors

Workers protest, torch offices in UAE

SHARJAH: Around 1,500 workers striking over pay in the United Arab Emirates torched offices and vehicles on Tuesday, the official WAM news agency reported. Reuters reported that the protestors were…

AFP
AFP

Copts boycott municipal elections in Qena

CAIRO: Objecting to their names being stricken off the local council elections' candidate list, Copts from Abou Tashet and Farshout in the Upper Egyptian Qena governorate sent an official letter…

Yasmine Saleh

Mubarak warns against continued insults to Islam's Prophet

CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak warned Tuesday that continued insults to Prophet Mohamed will just make the situation worse for everyone, while at the same time criticizing the extremists using these…

Daily News Egypt

Nazif may lead Egyptian delegation to Arab summit

CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak is expected to assign Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to lead the Egyptian delegation at the upcoming Arab summit in Damascus, according to Egyptian diplomatic sources speaking…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Lenders, developers debate mortgage finance

CAIRO: Mortgage finance is not a magic wand that can solve Egypt's housing problems in light of relatively high interest rates, several real estate experts said conference Tuesday."Demand on housing…

Sherine El Madany

The passion of Tanbura

The Suez Canal, foreign occupation, war and tax-free jeans are all aspects of Port Said's identity which have shaped and influenced the city's musical tradition. El Tanbura, a male troupe…

Sarah Carr