Women's groups call for greater representation in upcoming Shura elections
CAIRO: The Egyptian Center for Women s Rights (ECWR) will host a roundtable discussion on Wednesday on women s participation in the political process. The event aims to shed light…
Workers' protests to be discussed in the PA next week
CAIRO: Next week, the Industrial and Labor committee at the People s Assembly will discuss the workers strikes taking place in many factories allover the country, said Haidar El Boghdady,…
Russia launches Arabic channel
MOSCOW: An Arabic-language satellite news channel paid for by Russia went on air on Friday, becoming the latest front in a Kremlin drive to restore its Soviet-era influence in the…
Financial protocol signed between Egypt, France to back Phase1 of Cairo Metro
A 280 million euro financial protocol was recently signed between Egypt and France to back Phase-1 of Cairo Metro third line project, according to reports by the national newspaper Al…
World Bank provides support to reducing industrial pollution
The World Bank last Thursday approved a $20 million loan to finance the second phase of the Second Pollution Abatement Project (SPAP) for the Republic of Egypt.One of the main…
Central Bank issues LE 200 banknote
CAIRO: In a bid to relieve people involved in major purchases and business transactions from lugging huge cases sagging with cash, the Central Bank of Egypt put into circulation on…