Italy provides Egypt EGP 3.5m for solar power in Wadi Al-Rayan
The solar energy units are currently delivering electricity to 19 buildings in the area
French, Spanish car sales rally, Chevrolet fades: Trade data
AFP - French car sales picked up strongly in March after a grim year for the industry in 2013, but volumes remained low, trade data showed on Tuesday. The figures…
Egypt bourse rebounds
Reuters - Egypt’s index, which had lost 8% of its value in the previous three sessions, rebounded on Tuesday to close 1.5% higher. The dip was a result of profit-taking…
Presidential candidates kick off campaigns
Sabahy campaign accuses Al-Sisi supporters of “irregularities”
Egypt covers all dollar backlogs for foreign investor repatriations
In a push to restore confidence in the economy, authorities opened a repatriation scheme in March 2013 guaranteeing foreign investors in Egyptian stock and government bond markets access to dollars…
Jailed Israeli spy could be key to peace talks
A source close to the talks said on Tuesday that there was a proposal which could see Pollard freed before the Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins mid-April.
Election posters adorn Baghdad as campaigning begins
Posters went up around Baghdad and across the country as candidates vie for one of 328 parliamentary seats.
More than 150,000 killed in Syria conflict: NGO
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the deaths of 150,344 people, 51,212 of them civilians, including nearly 7,985 children.
Britain orders probe into Muslim Brotherhood
The probe could reportedly lead to a ban on the Muslim Brotherhood in Britain, which is already outlawed in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.