Fitch gives CIB BB+ rating, with 'stable outlook'
CAIRO: Fitch Ratings affirmed yesterday Commercial International Bank s International ratings at Issuer Default BB+ with Stable Outlook and Short-term B . The bank s National ratings are affirmed at…
HDB seals tripartite protocol with Misr, NBE to finance national housing scheme
NOOZZCAIRO: Egyptian Housing and Development Bank will sign a tripartite protocol with the National Bank of Egypt and Banque Misr on financing the national scheme for housing with £2 billion…
Museum teaches children to have fun
This summer take a family trip to the first interactive museumCAIRO: If your child is between the ages of 5 and 13 and you are looking for a place where…
Kicking the habit
Tabac Stop Center uses new technique to help smokers give up their habitCAIRO: Earlier this year, Kenza Badawi was desperate to stop smoking after 20 years of addiction. After trying…
Tok Tok trials and tribulations
The three-wheeled motorcycle may become a regular feature of Cairo trafficCAIRO: Is it a motorcycle? Is it a car? No, it's a Tok Tok. It's a motorcycle with three wheels…
Egypt to protect its quota of Nile water
Meeting to finalize the Nile Basin Initiative postponed to Sept.CAIRO: A meeting scheduled this month to bring together the ministers of water resources from each of the 10 Nile Basin…
Egypt Islamist group denies uniting with Al-Qaeda
ReutersCAIRO: One of Egypt s most prominent Islamist groups, which waged a bloody campaign in the 1990s, denied on Sunday it had made any alliance with the global Al-Qaeda militant…
Local news takes a backseat to Lebanon
Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiyya denies ties with Al-QaedaCAIRO: Egypt-based Islamic group Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiyya said they denounce violence and deny having any connections with Al-Qaeda militants, reports the independent Al-Masry Al-Youm on its…
Egypt condemns Israel's arrest of Palestinian speaker
Associated PressCAIRO: Arab and Islamic officials on Sunday condemned Israel for arresting the Palestinian parliament speaker and called for his immediate release.Egypt, the Arab League and the Organization of the…