Kurdish football team sparks Swedish FA ire over battle for Kobani
By James M. Dorsey When Ramazan Kizil established Dalkurd FF, one of Europe’s most successful immigrant football teams, in a remote town in northern Sweden, he dreamt of one day raising the Swedish and the read the rest…
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Awards confirm their position as a “reference private bank”, say Wealth Management co-CEOs
Read More →UN envoy in Cairo as Libya violence continues
International community reiterates call for ceasefire, backs political dialogue
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Fresh attack on security forces despite increased military presence in North Sinai
Read More →AAIB expands ATM service in Egypt
Expansion brings bank’s total number of ATMs to 286 across the country
Read More →5th Egyptian-Ethiopian joint commission meeting begins
Senior officials meet ahead of Egypt-Ethiopia ministerial meeting Monday
Read More →Marina tourist centre tender to take place early 2015: Housing minister
Ministry planning to build 100,000 hotel rooms for tourists in north coast
Read More →Armed forces creating ‘secure zone’ on Gaza border
Residents told to leave homes as military seeks to destroy Gaza tunnels once and for all
Read More →Russian firm to invest in Egypt’s global logistics centre project
Ministry of Supply says company has offered to supply all necessary equipment and machinery
Read More →Turkey files anti-dumping suit against polypropylene exports from Egypt
Export halt from Syria, Iraq, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen, and Turkey creating crisis, says Helal
Read More →Domestic liquidity increases to EGP 1.545tn: CBE
Rise in domestic liquidity during July reflects increase in net domestic assets and retreat in net foreign assets at banking system, says CBE
Read More →Shoukry meets British PM Cameron
UK expresses shared interest with Egypt to defeat terror, expresses concern for freedoms
Read More →Triple IED explosions in 10th of Ramadan City
The electricity transformers’ blow up occurred hours before military law is imposed
Read More →Al-Sisi appoints Mehleb to head executive committee of global logistics centre
Minister of Supply says the project covers the construction of five investment and industrial zones for grains and food commodities with a total land use of 1.7m metres.
Read More →Reinforcements, special forces deployed to Sinai
Eights militants killed including perpetrator of Sheikh Zuweid bombing, says armed forces
Read More →Digital Media Forum kicks off for first time in Egypt
Cairo chosen as venue due to Egyptian market’s regional importance, says forum CEO
Read More →Armed forces strike militant targets after Sinai attacks
State media reports armed forces killed two militants behind Sheikh Zuweid bombing
Read More →Presidential decree to pass crimes on ‘vital’ facilities to military court
Decree goes against the constitution, says head of human rights group
Read More →Entrepreneurs do not understand their legal requirements: Levari founders
The legal information available is quite convoluted and entrepreneurs don’t have access to it, says Sherif Hefni, partner at Levari Law
Read More →Steel prices fall during October following new imported steel fees
Ministry of Supply boosted regulatory campaigns on steel and cement companies to ensure they abide by official prices
Read More →Shoukry in London to discuss counter-terrorism cooperation
Foreign minister to discuss regional issues with UK counterpart
Read More →Libyan government lauds ‘liberation of Benghazi’
House speaker denies foreign intervention in Libyan fight on “strongholds of terrorism”
Read More →Better late than never: how to rebound state fragility in Egypt?
By Abdulla M. Erfan The Fund for Peace recently published the 2014 fragile states indicators for Egypt bringing empirical realities to the heated debate on policies for addressing Egypt’s political, economic and social challenges. According to the read the rest…
Read More →Education: The global antidote to poverty, disease and terrorism
By Dr Cesar Chelala Despite enormous technological advances, humanity continues to grapple with three enormous burdens: poverty, disease and terrorism (both individual and state-sponsored.) Although the policies aimed at solving those problems are different, there read the rest…
Read More →Criticism of government’s terrorism record follows widespread condemnation of Sinai attacks
US, UK, UAE pledge support for Egypt anti-terror efforts in wake of deadly Sinai attacks
Read More →Egypt calls for ‘return of the Libyan capital’
Libyan government orders military to retake Tripoli, calls for civil disobedience in capital
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