Heated competitions under heavy rain in Alexandria elections
CAIRO: Parliamentary elections in Alexandria started early on Monday where 402 candidates are competing over eight individual seats while 33 lists are vying for 10 seats throughout the governorate. The…
Clashes in Assuit village triggered by disqualified candidate
ASWAN: Gunshots were heard in Assiut’s El-Badary village in Upper Egypt as clashes erupted when a disqualified candidate allegedly blocked the roads leading to the polling station. Abdallah Tammam, who…
Mobiserve signs wireless tower license with NTRA
CAIRO: Mobiserve Holding, a solutions provider for telecommunication infrastructure engineering services in the Middle East and Africa, signed a new cellular network tower sharing agreement with Egypt’s National Telecommunications Regulatory…
EBRD launches food security initiative
LONDON: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development launched an initiative on Monday to boost food security through private sector investment to unlock the potential for producers such as Russia…
As Egyptians vote, economic policies remain murky
CAIRO: Ahead of the polls, parliamentary candidates laid out their economic visions for Egypt during the transition to democracy. But while many tout “social justice” as their main goal, what’s…
Azhar Sheikh joins queues of Heliopolis voters
CAIRO: Al-Azhar’s Grand Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayyeb joined the long queues in Heliopolis to cast his vote in the first parliamentary elections since the January 25 uprising. Voters standing outside the…
‘Afghan Elvis’ gets Kabul women all shook up
By Katherine Haddon / AFP Dubbed the Afghan Elvis, Farhad Darya may be the only man in the most conservative country on earth who can reduce an audience of women in…
THE REEL ESTATE: In silence, they sing, dance and steal your heart away
Against all possible odds, the fourth edition of the Panorama of European Film has managed to attract a sizeable audience with sold-out screenings, commencing in a week when all cultural…
Thousands wait in endless queues to cast their vote in Luxor
ASWAN: Thousands of voters in Luxor lined up in front of polling stations to cast their votes in the first post-Mubarak parliamentary elections in Egypt. According to member of the…
Divided Egypt votes in first post-Mubarak poll
CAIRO: Post-revolution Egypt headed to the polls Monday for a chaotic election clouded by violence and a political crisis that is intended to usher in democracy in the Arab world's…