Egypt shares slips from 4-Yr high; UAE mixed in downbeat Gulf trend
Reuters- Egypt’s benchmark index slipped 0.4%, easing off Sunday’s four-year high, as investors booked profits in mid- and small-cap stocks. Egyptian Resorts dropped 5.2% and Palm Hill Developments Company fell…
Al Jazeera condemns video of its staff’s arrest
Video of arrests released by Egyptian media can be considered defamation, say Press Syndicate lawyer
Corruption ‘costs EU 120 bn euros a year’
The report does not rank the countries as to the seriousness of the problem nor suggest legal remedies, with Malmstroem saying that could follow after talks with member states.
Lufthansa calls on EU to block Etihad-Alitalia tie-up
Lufthansa added that Europe’s policy makers should stop burdening the region’s own airlines with measures such as emissions trading, passenger taxes and night flight bans and focus on ensuring a…
Next president will need popular support to make difficult decisions: Mansour
Interim President Adly Mansour expresses doubt that reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood will occur
Ethiopia should build ‘smaller dam’: Minister of Irrigation
Abdul Mutalleb says dam's current efficiency is less than 30%
Currency black market shows limits of Egypt’s recovery
Dollars are eagerly sought on Cairo’s black market and currency traders at banks say they haven’t been able to meet their clients’ demand through official channels for months.
No increases in cigarettes selling prices: Head of Egyptian Tax Authority
Minister of Finance had earlier announced new selling prices
No Military Trials for Civilians rejects amendments to terrorism draft law
Opposition group says amendments only serve to “beautify” military trials
EOHR calls for release of Maadi metro detainees
Organisation decries the continued preventative detention of 25 January anniversary detainees
