Mortgage finance to ease housing crunch, says Mohieldin
CAIRO: If you are a newlywed couple looking for your dream house; or if you are a middle/low-income family hoping to own an apartment; or if you are a tourist…
Egypt's Business Plan Competition announces semi-final winners
CAIRO: The Business Plan Competition has announced on April 30, 2007 the 30 winning teams for its semi-final round. "We were enthusiastic about the submitted ideas. This rush of ideas…
Judge demands the blocking of 29 more websites
CAIRO: Alexandria head judge Abdel Fattah Mourad, who is pushing to block 21 Egyptian websites and blogs on the basis that they 'defame Egypt and the Egyptian President,' has amended…
Egypt nuclear engineer denies spying for Israel
CAIRO: An Egyptian nuclear engineer charged with betraying secrets to Israel insisted on Tuesday that any information he had divulged was already in the public domain and had been handed…
The Supreme Administrative Court rules to put civilians on trial in military courts
CAIRO: On Monday May 14, the Supreme Administrative Court ruled it lawful to put civilians on trial in military courts, thus rejecting an earlier verdict that was taken by the…
Government found guilty in Salam ferry case
CAIRO: The investigations committee of the People s Assembly filed its final report on Al-Salam 98 ferry that sank two years ago on its way from Saudi Arabia to Egypt,…
FM urges global charter against religious slurs
Egypt has called on the international community and the United Nations to work for a document which condemns the crimes of offending and defaming religions, reported the Italian news agency…
Egypt, Belarus to cooperate in space optics
CAIRO: Egypt proposed to cooperate with Belarus in the field of optics used to monitor satellites and for space purposes, said visiting Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Viktar A. Gaisenak. A…
Czechs plan to double trade with Egypt
CAIRO: The Czech Republic is looking to double its volume of trade with Egypt in the foreseeable future according to the Czech Deputy Foreign Minister for Economical Affairs David Gladis…
Shares mixed, OT offsets housing sector rise
Market shares ended mixed on Monday, with market mainstay Orascom Telecom shedding 2.2 percent ahead of its first-quarter results to offset another rise in the real estate sector.Shares in Orascom…
