El Sewedy to build $50 mln transformer plant
CAIRO: El Sewedy Cables said on Monday it will build a $50 million power transformer plant in Egypt, with production expected to start by April 2008.The Egyptian firm, one of…
Egypt median o/n interbank steady at 8.755 pct
CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on the Egyptian pound was steady at 8.755 percent on Monday compared with 8.757 percent on Sunday in the absence of auctions for certificates…
Muslims who reverted to Christianity face administrative discrimination
CAIRO: The Supreme Administrative Court has begun discussing appeals to court orders forbidding Christian converts to Islam who have reverted back to Christianity from updating the relevant data on their…
Changes to UK visa application system to kick off in July
CAIRO: The United Kingdom has launched new modifications to the visa application system that are gradually taking effect around the world and will be introduced in Cairo on July 5,…
Popular World Refugee Day plagued by violent row
CAIRO: Despite being marred by some intra-communal tensions within the Sudanese refugee community, AUC's World Refugee Day was a "great success, according to Alexandra Kilsdonk, an organizer. Two thousand to…
People's Assembly cancels 'private lessons' punishment
CAIRO: The Educational Committee in the People s Assembly (PA) has decided to eliminate all clauses related to private lessons from the new teachers law, which initially threatened to fire…
Pre-IGCSE to be introduced in Egypt
CAIRO: The British (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) IGCSE certificate, available in the final three years of high school in Egypt, will be expanded to include potential training and…
US judge halts deportation of Egyptian who fears police torture
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania: An Egyptian national won a reprieve Friday against US government efforts to deport him to Egypt, where he was convicted in absentia of a woman s…
