Finance minister addresses budget deficit challenges

Minister discusses ways to reduce or maintain budget deficit at 11% during American Chamber of Commerce conference

Menna Zaki

Draft Parliamentary Elections Law finalised

Drafted by a special committee, the law is expected to govern coming parliamentary elections

Rana Muhammad Taha

African Union Election Observation Mission arrives in Cairo

International election observers continue to arrive ahead of presidential elections

Joel Gulhane

Flat6Labs Demo Day shines spotlight on Egyptian entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship “accelerator” sees its largest class of graduates to date

Adam Koppeser

42 Egyptians win at Innovate ICT Award competition

Winners awarded over EGP 4bn to spend on their innovative projects

Sara Aggour

54 Morsi supporters given life sentences

155 defendants are handed sentences in another mass trial

Daily News Egypt

138,000 new internet users in Q1 2014

Total number of internet users in Egypt rose to 2.77 million by the end of March, compared to 2.63 million in December, marking a 5.2% increase

Daily News Egypt

Connectivity, costs and content challenge Arabs online

Almost 50% of a 3,000 person sample face problems in accessing internet; some 40% struggle with absence of Arabic content

Sara Aggour

Fahmy in communication with counterparts about ‘deteriorating situation’ in Libya

Foreign minister urges Egyptians in Libya to exercise “utmost care and caution”

Ali Omar