Telecom Egypt owed $21 mln by pre-pay card providers
CAIRO: Landline-monopoly Telecom Egypt said on Wednesday it was owed LE 128 million ($21.5 million) by telecommunications companies providing pre-paid card services. Telecom Egypt issued a statement after some news…
Flights between Egypt and Libya resume
CAIRO: Flights between Egypt and the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi have resumed, an airport official said on Tuesday, with plans to expand the routes to Tripoli and the…
Egypt tourism to plunge in 2011: minister
ASWAN: Egypt's once lucrative tourism industry has started to recover after an uprising in January nearly paralyzed it, but the number of visitors this year will still fall 25 percent,…
Egypt Meditrade seeks edible oils
CAIRO: Egyptian commodity purchasing enterprise Meditrade is seeking to buy soy oil and sunflower oil for shipment first half and/or second half of November, a trader said on Tuesday. Meditrade…
Egypt cbank accepts repos worth LE 1.3 bln
CAIRO: Egypt's central bank accepted LE 1.253 billion ($210 million), the whole amount that was offered, in seven-day repurchase agreements in the money market (CBES) on Tuesday. The bank had…
Court to review Mubarak trial proceedings in request to change judges
CAIRO: The Appeals Court said on Tuesday it would review the proceedings of the Mubarak trial at the request of lawyers representing civil rights complainants who want to change the…
‘I miss the Mubarak days’, blogger on hunger strike tells family
CAIRO: Detained blogger Maikel Nabil, who has been on hunger strike since Aug. 23, and is currently serving a three years prison sentence for criticizing the ruling military council, told…
Transport Union suspends strike after meeting manpower minister
CAIRO: The Independent Union for Public Transportation Workers suspended on Tuesday a week-long, nationwide strike following a meeting with Ministry of Manpower. It wasn’t immediately clear what both sides had…
Parliament elections to start on Nov. 28
CAIRO: Parliamentary election, the first since a popular revolt ousted president Hosni Mubarak in February, will start on November 28, the official MENA news agency reported on Tuesday. "The Supreme…
Egypt backs treaty with Israel
UNITED NATIONS: Egypt's foreign minister said Monday his country will always respect its landmark peace treaty with Israel and is seeking ways to strengthen its "strategic relationship" with the United…