Hotel occupancy rates rose prior to Easter holiday: Tourism workers

Hotel occupancies rose in Alexandria by 60%, Ain Sokhna by 80%, Sharm El-Sheikh by 70% and Hurghada by 75%

Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi

45% decrease in non-tax revenues during 8 months

Total income tax revenues decreased to 28% during the period from July to February in the current FY

Shaimaa Al-Aees

Emirates NBD Egypt net profit hikes 22% in 2014

Total assets increased by 20%, registering over EGP 24.3bn

Doaa Farid

Mohamed Soltan, 36 others imprisoned for life

Court ratifies 14 death sentences in "Operations Room" trial, defence to appeal

Aya Nader

‘State of Sinai’ militants claim recent attacks in region’s north

A video showing the killing of a conscript and another individual was released

Menna Zaki

Security forces disperse protest, arrest photojournalist

Anti-Coup Alliance calls for another round of weekly protests

Daily News Egypt

2 agreements to increase the production capacity of MIDOR refinery lab

Production per year will increase to 245,000 tonnes of butane and about 1.3m tonnes of high octane gasoline

Daily News Egypt

International firms to conduct studies on Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Tripartite set to sign contracts with international consultancy firms for studies ahead of the project

Daily News Egypt

ILO victory boosts Qatari hopes of defeating efforts to deprive it of World Cup

By James M. Dorsey A resolution by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to postpone until November a decision to investigate Qatar on charges of violating the Forced Labour and Labour…

Daily News Egypt

Annual inflation jumps to 11.8% in March

CAPMAS attributed the rise to increase in food commodities’ and beverage products’ prices by 9.3%

Menna Samir