Egypt PMI declines by 3.6% in September
Inflation rates for input prices, staff costs, charges’ ease, confidence the 12-month outlook improved, private sector employment remained unchanged
Sweden to close its Alexandria SwedAlex institute by end of March 2019
Dialogue between cultures, civilisations organised by Swedish institute will continue, says Mazoyer
Facebook data breach: Irish authority to investigate security failure
Ireland's data protection authority has launched a probe into the Facebook security breach that affected some 50 million users. The move could see EU law — and strict fines —…
Egypt’s growth to reach 5.8% in 2020, driven by reform programme: World Bank
Growth in MENA projected to modestly rebound 2% due to oil price increase in 2018
Eni to increase investment in Zohr to $16bn
Company works on linking Zohr's full production to national gas network by next July
15 alleged militants killed in fire exchange in Al-Arish
“Terrorists planning to conduct several attacks on 6th of October War anniversary,” says Interior Ministry
Government intends to borrow EGP 498.75bn in Q2 FY 2018/2019
Finance Ministry floats T-bonds, bills worth EGP 192bn in October, EGP 153.5bn in November, EGP 153.25bn in December
Romania's bear hysteria pits hunters against conservationists
Reports of a spike in bear attacks has hunters in Romania calling for higher quotas. Conservationists say it is pure hysteria from the country's hunting scene, which is traditionally tied…
‘Power of evolution’ wins Nobel prize in chemistry 2018
Frances H Arnold wins half of prize, George Smith, Sir Gregory Winter jointly win other half
Barham Salih elected as new president of Iraq, Abdul Mahdi as PM
Prime minister must be Shiite Arab, parliament speaker Sunni Arab, president a Kurd