CAIRO: Youm7 met with Polish Ambassador to Cairo last week. Polish Ambassador Piotr Puchta discussed the relationship between Poland and Egypt after the Egyptian January 25 Revolution and the lessons that Egypt could benefit during the transitional (...)
In 1988, Professor Sture Allén of the Nobel Prize committee in Stockholm delivered the Award Ceremony Speech for Naguib Mahfouz's nomination, Egypt's prominent Nobel prize-winning novelist.
In an interview with Youm7's English Edition, Professor (...)
CAIRO: Former Nobel committee member Allen Store this week toured the heart of Old Cairo, which was an inspiration for most of the novels of acclaimed writer Naguib Mahfouz.
Mahfouz received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988, and Store was a (...)
British Foreign Minister David Miliband today praised Dr. Amr Khaled and the ‘Life Makers' organization for creating a strong and positive image of Islam.
"Religious and non-religious, veiled and non veiled, both genders, all take training to (...)
Egyptian Minister of Electricity Hassan Younis assured Egypt's approval of the company executing the project linking between Egypt's and Sudan's electricity. The contract will be signed within a week in Cairo with the presence of Sudanese Minister (...)
CAIRO: Sudanese Minister of Roads and Bridges Abdel Wahab Othman met yesterday in Cairo with Minister of International Cooperation and Planning Fayza Abu el-Naga and Minister of Transportation Zein el-Abdein.
Sudanese Ambassador in Cairo Kamal (...)
The Chairman of Egyptian ruling military council, Hussein Tantawi, expressed his gratitude in meeting the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and said efforts must be intensified to promote relations with Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian ambassador in (...)
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi will arrive in Cairo this Friday to sign a bilateral cooperation agreement with the Egyptian government and discuss the ongoing challenges facing the Nile Basin Initiative.
Prime Minister Meles will meet with (...)
Egypt participated in a competition to memorize the Quran in Africa, a competition organized by Tanzania Association and Pilgrimage Tanzania, both charities.
Competitors from Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda, Nigeria, Burundi, South (...)
East Africa could turn into a passage for smuggling humans and drugs, according to Beatrice Kiraso, deputy director general for political affairs of the East Africa Annual Conference (EAAC).
Kiraso called for integration among East African states (...)
Demonstrators in Libya are using humor against the Libyan President Muammer al-Gaddafi in al-Zintan Square, which has become the center of the Libyan revolution, reported the Guardian.
The Guardian said that al-Zintan city is the center of the (...)
The secretary-general of Sudan's Popular Conference Party, Hassan al-Turabi, arrived in Cairo yesterday after 30 years of banishment. Al-Turabi was barred entry to Egypt in 1995, when the then-Mubarak regime accused him of planning an assassination (...)
Sudan is sending a new ambassador to its mission in Cairo. Gen. Abdul Rahman Ser Alkhtem, the former Sudanese ambassador, left Cairo today after finishing his post period. He will hold a session with new ambassador Kamal Hassan, who will travel to (...)
January 25 Revolution attracted the attention of the whole world because it was peaceful, said William Burns, the U.S Assistant Secretary of state for political affairs.
Burns said during a press conference that Egypt is facing a lot of (...)
The U.S Senate delegation currently visiting Egypt confirmed it came to Egypt not to pressure the Egyptian government by imposing conditions, but to expand bilateral cooperation by pushing more American investments to the country.
John Kerry, the (...)
CAIRO: Britain supports Egypt's move towards the democracy, which will lead to stability, said the new British Ambassador to Egypt James Watt.
Watt said there are no conditions on Britain's support during this transitional period. He noted that (...)
Egypt can re-negotiate the framework convention of the Nile Basin countries and has the opportunity to amend some of its articles, said the Ugandan Ambassador to Egypt. Egypt can also offer proposals before ratifying the treaty by six downstream (...)
The Secretary General of the Pan-African Association speaks to Youm7 about the Nile Basin Crisis, Egypt's relations with Africa, and the crisis in Sudan.
Egypt's share of Nile water is threatened by misuse of water and Egypt is not prepared to (...)
Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf's visit to Ethiopia paved the way for settling all pending issues between Egypt and Ethiopia. Discussions between Sharaf and his Ethiopian counterpart, Meles Zenawi, eased potential future relations based on (...)