CAIRO: Egypt's outsourcing industry reached its goal of $1.1 billion in ICT export revenue, according to the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA).
“Egypt enjoys several advantages, given our location,” Ahmed Reda, head of (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's National Wages Council approved earlier this week a LE 700 minimum wage for private sector employees, effective January 2012, state media reported.
Alaa Ezz, secretary general of the Federation of Egyptian Industries, told Daily (...)
CAIRO: Sporadic clashes and outbursts of violence in Egypt continue shaking investor confidence and making tourists wary, dissipating whatever buoyancy is built during quieter times.
After more than 1,000 were injured during attempts by riot police (...)
CAIRO: Even though news about Egypt rejecting a loan from the World Bank turned out to be false, the reaction to initial reports highlights the ongoing debate over whether the country should accept loans from global financial institutions.
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The Supreme State Prosecution (SSP) on Tuesday opened investigation into the sectarian violence that erupted in Imbaba neighborhood on Saturday, killing 12 people and wounding 242 others.
The SSP is taking over the investigation from the Military (...)
A decision as to the fate of 23 suspects who remain in detention in connection with the recent Omraniya church riots has been postponed until Thursday by the South Giza Prosecution, who said the reason for the delay was procedural.
The suspects were (...)
Prosecutors on Wednesday charged former MP Mostafa Bakry, Chief Editor of Al-Osbou weekly magazine, of defaming Minister of Military Production Sayed Meshaal in a television talk show.
Bakry, who was released pending investigation, said he spoke (...)
Security authorities Wednesday morning imposed a curfew on the village of Rouda, located in Minya Governorate, after election-related violence claimed the life of one local.
Clashes erupted in the area on Tuesday night after election results showed (...)
Security authorities refused on Saturday a request from the Egyptian Coptic Church to release protesters arrested during Wednesday's confrontations with security forces.
Hundreds of Copts clashed with security in Omraniya over halted construction on (...)
Scores of Egyptian Coptic Christians staged demonstrations on Tuesday outside the Church of the Virgin Marry in Omraneya, Giza, to protest a decision by the local council to halt construction of additions currently being made to the church.
After (...)
Egyptian business tycoon Naguib Sawiris on Sunday said that, after nearly 35 years of wheeling and dealing, he planned to turn his attention to charity work.
Instead of putting in his usual long hours making business deals, he said, he intended to (...)
Egyptian Attorney-General Abdel Mageed Mahmoud on Saturday ordered the release of 14 Tunisian Esperance fans accused of assault on security officers last Sunday following the Esperance loss to Ahly in Cairo. The fans will be deported back to Tunisia (...)
Scores of nurses from al-Shatby hospital in Alexandria staged a protest against "Zahra wa Azwajha el-Khamsa" (Zahra and Her Five Husbands), a Ramadan TV series which, they say, presents a reprehensible image of nurses. The series stars Ghada Abdel (...)
The lawyer for Saudi royal Allal al-Fassi on Tuesday told prosecutors that his client is unable to testify in investigations relating to the death of his sister, Princess Hind al-Fassi, as he has been "kidnapped" by unknown persons who have taken (...)
Dozens of members of the 6 April opposition movement staged a protest on Wednesday in downtown Cairo to demand the transfer of colleague Ahmad Abu Duma from Al-Qatta Prison to the Damanhur Prison, the latter of which is located closer to his (...)
The Attorney General on Wednesday referred television announcer Ehab Salah Saeed, 45, to a criminal court on charges of murdering his wife.
Explaining the crime, the Attorney General noted that, when Saeed had returned home from work, he found his (...)
Bus driver, Mahmoud Sweilam, who worked for Arab Contractors, is charged with killing six fellow employees and injuring a further 16 whilst driving them to work on Tuesday morning.
During a visit to the crime scene on Wednesday evening, Seweilam, (...)
A five-story building of 15 apartments collapsed yesterday in Bulaq. The 13 families living in the building were all reportedly inside when it collapsed. All but one have been found alive. Search efforts are ongoing to find the remaining (...)
A woman has filed a complaint with the attorney general in which she accused police in the village of Deirab Nigm in Sharqiya of detaining and torturing her for three days.
She alleged that police officers threatened to rape her if she did not (...)