Ali Abdel Aziz, CEO of the Holding Company for Tourism, Hotels, and Cinema, shakes hands at a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Edwin Fuller, President and Managing Director for Marriott Lodging International. The Cairo Marriott Hotel is celebrating the (...)
A list of Jews saved by Oskar Schindler that inspired the novel and Oscar-winning film Schindler s List has been found in a Sydney library, its co-curator said Monday.
Staff at the New South Wales State Library found the list, containing the (...)
Natasha Richardson, a gifted and precocious heiress to acting royalty whose career highlights included the film "Patty Hearst and a Tony-winning performance in a stage revival of "Cabaret, died Wednesday at age 45 after suffering a head injury from (...)
CAIRO: After last year's success with the men's tournament Palm Aroussy Tennis Academy@The Palm Club in association with the Egyptian Tennis Federation (ETF) and under the patronage of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) is hosting the Palm (...)
CAIRO: While world leaders pledged billions of dollars for the reconstruction of Gaza, many remain skeptical about the feasibility of funneling the money to the war-torn strip amid the present blockade and a divided Palestinian authority.
"We (...)
In an article titled "BAT, South Sinai partner on Respecting Choice, which ran in Daily News Egypt on Feb. 28, 2009, the woman in accompanying photograph is Salma Mamiche, corporate affairs consultant at BAT Egypt, and not Beverley (...)
CAIRO: Earlier this month, MTI Automotive, Land Rover's sole importer in the country, reported a 49 percent increase in car sales for 2008.
In a statement, the company said the year saw the strongest sales record in the company's 60-year history (...)
CAIRO: A delegation from the Palestinian group Hamas left Cairo Thursday without an agreement over a long-term truce with Israel, but with loads of money.
An Egyptian security official said some members of the delegation were later stopped at the (...)
Ismaili president Nasr Aboul-Hassan confirmed that defender Ibrahim Saied won't get back to the team unless he's subjected to investigation.
Following a row with the board over his financial dues, Saied abandoned the team's training sessions, and (...)
Egypt coach Hassan Shehata will name a 19-man squad on Friday for the Pharaohs' friendly against Ghana.
The Master already called up seven foreign-based players, and the rest of the squad will be officially announced tomorrow.
The game will (...)
Mobinil says Q4 profit up 25 percent
Mobinil, Egypt s largest mobile operator by subscribers, said on Sunday its fourth-quarter profit grew 25 percent to LE 551 ($99 million), beating analysts forecasts.
Investment bank EFG-Hermes had forecast (...)
Ramses Hilton recently hosted its annual charity event for children with hearing disabilities, organized by Nida Charity Association and attended by more than 100 children from various schools. The young attendees enjoyed an entertainment program (...)
CAIRO: Egypt is to host an international conference on March 2 to raise funds to rebuild the Gaza Strip, which was devastated by a 22-day Israeli assault, the foreign ministry announced on Friday.
Cairo has undertaken intensive diplomatic (...)
AP Photo/Sven KaestnerEberhard Knack presents golden colored chess pieces from Egypt depicting an Egyptian Pharaoh and his army, in the small town of Jueterbog, eastern Germany, Thursday, Jan. 29. During the last 20 years Knack has collected 99 (...)
Egyptian Actress Randa El-Beheiry poses for a picture in front of a poster of a new film in which she stars enitled "Bidun Raqaba" (Uncensored) directed by Hani Gergis Fawzi before a special perfomance of the film at a movie theater in Cairo on Jan. (...)
New listings on CASE 30 index
The Egyptian stock exchange will add six companies to its benchmark CASE 30 index, including investment bank Naeem Holding and retail firm Olympic Group, the exchange said on Tuesday.
The exchange said it will add (...)
CAIRO: The final destinations of nearly half of all Egyptian food exports are Arab countries, making the region its most important market, according to a press statement.
Total exports from Egypt totalled $305 million for the first half of 2008, (...)
Holiday Inn Cairo Citystars decided to come up and implement ideas through which the hotel could effectively preserve the environment. One of the main ideas; was to organize an environmental cleaning day at the Pyramids, where the hotel management (...)
Ramses Hilton has been chosen by the board of directors of Al Zamalek Club to accommodate the new Swiss coach of Zamalek football Team, Michel Decastel and the renewed French physical fitness trainer Armand Sen. In this photo, Haitham Nassar, hotel (...)
Last Monday, Egypt's foremost jewelry designer Azza Fahmy celebrated the opening of her newest retail branch in Zamalek.
"Today, we're celebrating the opening of our sixth boutique in Egypt together with a viewing of our Exclusive 2009 (...)
An Egyptian-French archaeological team headed by French archaeologist George Castel uncovered the remains of an ancient city dating back to the Middle Kingdom (1665-2061 BC) in Ain Sokhna about 120 km north of Cairo, announced Culture Minister (...)
ERLIN: Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim and his orchestra of Arab and Israeli musicians have canceled performances in the Middle East this weekend because of fighting between Israel and Hamas, he said Tuesday.
Instead, they will play in the (...)
The Academy of Espanyol and Barcelona Clubs have laid down a comprehensive schedule to train Egyptian young talented players who won in Samsung "NextHero" championship, which represents a big chance for young champs to train in the two Spanish (...)
The Rotary Club Le Caire-Champollion presented an assisted ventilation machine for pre-matured new born children to the Mounira Hospital. Club President Daniel Leroux led members of club in a visit to the hospital where they presented the machine to (...)
The Embassy of Colombia in Cairo, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, is inaugurating the Colombian Film Week at Cairo Opera House's Artistic Creation Center tonight. The mini-festival is showcasing four of the most important Colombian (...)