Islamic financing to expand
Managing Director of Taamir Mortgage Company to Daily News Egypt: The company will be ready to offer Islamic financing in the second half of the current year
Cultural centers under pressure during upheavals
At an event at the Goethe Institute early in June, a dance performance was disrupted by a passerby angered by what he considered to be an inappropriate display between the…
Hefty challenges await President
High unemployment rates, a domestic deficit and large international debts are waiting for the next occupant of Egypt’s presidential chair
Constitutional declaration
If the People’s Assembly is dissolved, the president swears the oath in front of the General Assembly of the Supreme Constitutional Court. SCAF is the body responsible for all decisions…
Mounting death toll in Iraq after a week of violence
Coordinated attacks punctuate a period of pilgrimage in Iraq, increasing instability in the summer months.
Morsi claims victory, Shafiq campaign disputes
Mohamed Morsi announces he has won 52% of the votes in the presidential elections.
Decree expands SCAF authority and curbs president’s remit over defence
The country’s ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) has issued a ‘complimentary constitutional declaration’ late on Sunday, only hours after initial results of the runoff round of presidential elections…
In advance of handover of power military delineates scope of influence
Late on Monday evening the Supreme Council of Armed Forces delivered three statements containing decrees that delineate the scope of their authority following the handover of power to the…
Violations reported in run off
Grave election violations were reported by observers during the two days of voting in Egypt’s final round run-off between Mohammed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq. In the most notable case ‘pre-selected’…
