Egypt's high-speed electric rail line running from El Salam and 10th of Ramadan cities east of Cairo will be opened to passengers on Sunday, a transport ministry statement said on Wednesday.
The rail line, which has been described by the government (...)
Egypt is negotiating a 200 million loan from the World Bank to finance a project to link 6th of October dry port with Imbaba/El Manashy line besides developing a dual freight railway line.
Egyptian Ministry of Transport met early Tuesday with a (...)
Abu Dhabi Ports (AD Ports Group) has earmarked around $10 billion for anticipated investments in Egypt in the coming period, its chairman Falah Al Ahbabi said on Tuesday.
Al Ahbabi said the company, which operates ports, logistics and industrial (...)
South Korea's Hyundai Rotem has signed on Monday in consortium with Orascom Construction and France's Colas Rail a memorandum of understanding to build a green hydrogen-powered tram in Egypt's new capital.
The consortium plans to submit a study on (...)
Egypt is expected to sign a €300 million ($342.7 million) loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the French Development Agency (AFD) within this quarter to finance the Tanta-El Mansoura-Damietta railway line upgrade project.
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Israel informed Egypt it suspended its military attacks against Gaza Strip for 24 hours starting Tuesday November 1 at midnight. This suspension was a response to Egyptian calls for calming the situation between Israel and Gaza Strip.
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CAIRO: Khaled Mashaal, head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Hamas faction, met with 43 Palestinian prisoners released in a prisoner exchange deal with Israel in Cairo on Tuesday.
The released prisoners will be deported to Qatar, Syria (...)
In the mid-1970s, the theatre troupe "La tempête" articulated the dilemmas faced by North African immigrants to France. The pity, writes Magdi Youssef, is that the lessons were not learned
The violent reactions to marginalisation that recently (...)
Magdi Youssef ponders the West's continuing fascination with mysticism during a meeting with Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, author of Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt met with Arab writers at a seminar organised as part of the (...)