Currency exchange rates see relative stability after Eid El-Fitr break

By Waleed Abdel Azim The exchange rates of different currencies have stabilised during the Eid holiday and demand has not increased for any of the major currencies. The US dollar…

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The EGPC issues new bid round for 20 blocks

By Islam Serour The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation(EGPC) announced a new bid round for 20 blocks in the areas of the Eastern and Western Deserts exploration. Total investments according Hani…

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Ministry of Electricity ready with third contingency plan

By Salah Elmenoufy The Ministry of Electricity (MOE) determined the new sites where it will implement its third contingency plan to meet the summer’s demand. Sources said that the plan…

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Morsy to visit the US after Iran, China

In an attempt to enhance foreign ties, Morsy is set to visit Iran, China and the US

Luiz Sanchez

In pictures: Sectarian violence in Lebanese Tripoli

As a truce is established between the warring Alawite and Sunni neighbourhoods in Tripoli, tensions remain high. Tripoli has been gripped by violence over the past week, as Sunni Muslims…

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Afifi remanded in custody

Dostour Editor-in-Chief remanded in custody while case adjourned on “insulting the president” charge

Basil El-Dabh

Editor’s letter: The media and sexual violence

Think twice before you create a monster from your imagination that later becomes real, and reflects the whole of society on the same mirror

Maher Hamoud

Keeping the peace

Should Islamist rule in Egypt be cause for growing Israeli concern or is it indeed a new opportunity for peace?

Shahira Amin

Kahk and groping: happy holidays

In a bitter, ironic contrast to the purity of thought and deed that are an integral part of Ramadan, scores of young Egyptian men took to the streets to chase,…

Adel Heine

Egyptian Copts celebrate Virgin Mary’s feast

The celebrations include a mass in church, with chants specific to the occasion, as well as the breaking of the fast in church. On the night prior to the mass,…

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