Al-Nour Party rejects constitution committee
Al-Nour’s Vice president objects to the formation of a legal committee for amending the constitution
Bahrain arrests three for attack on MP’s home: police
Shi’a MP Abbas Al-Madi was at his home in the town of Deir, near the capital Manama, during the early Monday attack that left parts of his house damaged and…
Three foreign affairs officials referred to prosecution
Defendants forged official documents, taking in more than EGP 7m
SJC rejects Ahmed Suleiman’s return to Judiciary
The council rejected the former justice minister’s request to return to court of appeals
M&A transactions with Middle Eastern targets reach $14.7bn in H1 2013
Russell Haworth, managing director, Middle East & North Africa at Thomson Reuters, said: “The value of announced M&A [mergers and acquisition] transactions with Middle Eastern targets reached $14.7bn during the…
Trade deficit shrinks 25% in March
Meanwhile, imports fell 7.8% year on year to EGP 35.8bn due to the decreasing prices of some goods like wheat, corn, chemical products and wood. In March of last year,…
Post-Morsi economy: bullish or bearish?
Many domestic businessmen, however, disagree; a number have already expressed optimism since the ousting of former president Mohamed Morsi on 3 July, citing a mostly-gaining stock exchange benchmark index, a…
Potential economic ministers in Egypt’s interim government
Egypt’s ailing economy a deciding factor in shaping interim government, led by former Finance Minister and his aid, economist Zeyad Baha El-Din Daily News runs briefed profiles of potential heads…
