Egyptian Sumo player honoured during Arabic-Japanese friendship week
“The Egyptian player is the first Arab to be honoured on such an occasion”, Egyptian ambassador in Japan says
Egypt court rejects new judges for Morsi trials
The court is now expected to set a date for the resumption of each of the two trials involving jailbreak and espionage charges
Mercedes Trophy Egypt 2014 kicks off its first qualifier event at Allegria
Mercedes-Benz celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Mercedes Trophy worldwide with special highlights
Aswan tribal clash death toll reaches 26
Victim dies in hospital as groups attempt to extend three-day truce
Microsoft ends Windows XP support
Security experts advise consumers and businesses to either replace computers running Windows XP or upgrade to modern versions of Microsoft’s software
Fahmy and Abbas meet ahead of emergency Arab League meeting
Abbas and Fahmy discussed the ongoing final status negotiations and the “obstacles” involved in the process
Egyptian pound weakens at C.Bank dollar sale, on black market
Reuters - The Egyptian pound weakened at a central bank dollar auction and on the black market on Wednesday after hitting a six-month low last week. The central bank sold…
Egypt’s Pioneers Holding 2013 profit rises 37%
Reuters - Egyptian investment firm Pioneers Holding posted a 37% increase in net profits for last year, it said in a bourse statement on Wednesday. Pioneers made EGP 358m ($51m)…
Tourism revenues slide 66% in first half of FY 2013/2014
Ministry of Finance says the tourism sector brought in $1.9bn in six months.
Family of journalist held in Egypt says health worsening
The family of an Al-Jazeera journalist detained in Egypt for nearly eight months called for his immediate release