Egyptian pound strengthens slightly at Central Bank dollar sale
Dollar shortages have been fuelling a thriving black market.
Libyan fund sues France’s SocGen for $1.5bn
AFP – Libya’s sovereign wealth fund is suing French bank Societe Generale in a British court for $1.5bn (€1.1bn) for allegedly channelling bribes to allies of the son of slain…
Climate change boosts conflict risk, floods, hunger: UN
The report is the second chapter of the fifth assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), set up in 1988 to provide neutral, science-based guidance to governments.
Two shot dead at Al-Azhar as students protest arrests, expulsions
Ministry of Health leaves death toll at one as central security forces enter campus grounds
Door opens for presidential hopefuls to submit candidacies
Ministry of Foreign Affairs prepares polls for Egyptians abroad
Fahmy to represent Egypt in fourth EU-African Summit
Egyptian foreign minister expected to meet EU high representative during his visit to Brussels
Budget deficit shrinks by 6% in 8M FY 2013/2014
From July to February, the budget gap marked EGP 123.6bn compared to EGP 146.5bn in the same period in FY 2012/2013
Russian forces ‘gradually withdrawing’ from Ukraine
US and EU officials estimated over the weekend that Russia’s sudden military buildup along Ukraine’s eastern frontier had reached 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers.