Tax Authority prepares comprehensive guide on exported services: Abdel Aal    Fotouh Al-Kuwait to build EGP 86m packaging factory in Sokhna Industrial Zone    Egypt-Greece trade exchange falls to $1.6bn in 2024: CAPMAS    Egypt expresses deep concern over India-Pakistan developments, urges restraint    Egypt, Greece sign strategic partnership in Athens, hold 1st cooperation council    Minister of Health discusses strengthening healthcare partnership with AFD    CMA CGM hopes to resume full Suez Canal transit as Red Sea security improves    US, China to hold high-level trade talks in Switzerland    Asia-Pacific stocks mostly rise as China cuts key interest rates    India strikes Pakistan, Islamabad claims 5 Indian jets downed amid escalation    Egypt welcomes Oman-brokered US-Yemen ceasefire agreement    Egypt inks deal with Merck to advance healthcare training    Egypt's GAHAR, Expertise France to elevate healthcare quality    Egypt's El Khatib, EBRD Head discuss deeper EU investment    Health Minister orders expansion of residency training programmes to strengthen medical workforce    Al Ismaelia, Coventry University Cairo partner on urban development education    Egypt's EDA backs local vaccine industry    Euronext supports EU defence financing with new measures    Egyptian FM addresses Arab Women Organization Conference opening    On Sport to broadcast Pan Arab Golf Championship for Juniors and Ladies in Egypt    Golf Festival in Cairo to mark Arab Golf Federation's 50th anniversary    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    Cabinet approves establishment of national medical tourism council to boost healthcare sector    "5,000 Years of Civilizational Dialogue" theme for Korea-Egypt 30th anniversary event    Sudan conflict, bilateral ties dominate talks between Al-Sisi, Al-Burhan in Cairo    Cairo's Madinaty and Katameya Dunes Golf Courses set to host 2025 Pan Arab Golf Championship from May 7-10    Between Women Filmmakers' Caravan opens 5th round of Film Consultancy Programme for Arab filmmakers    Egypt's PM follows up on Julius Nyerere dam project in Tanzania    Ancient military commander's tomb unearthed in Ismailia    Egypt's FM inspects Julius Nyerere Dam project in Tanzania    Egypt's FM praises ties with Tanzania    Egypt to host global celebration for Grand Egyptian Museum opening on July 3    Ancient Egyptian royal tomb unearthed in Sohag    Egyptian Minister praises Nile Basin consultations, voices GERD concerns    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    A minute of silence for Egyptian sports    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Shoukry reviews with Guterres Egypt's efforts to achieve SDGs, promote human rights    Sudan says countries must cooperate on vaccines    Johnson & Johnson: Second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19    Egypt to tax bloggers, YouTubers    Egypt's FM asserts importance of stability in Libya, holding elections as scheduled    We mustn't lose touch: Muller after Bayern win in Bundesliga    Egypt records 36 new deaths from Covid-19, highest since mid June    Egypt sells $3 bln US-dollar dominated eurobonds    Gamal Hanafy's ceramic exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must go    Italian Institute Director Davide Scalmani presents activities of the Cairo Institute for ITALIANA.IT platform    

Articles of the author Rasha Galal
France loans Egypt €7.15m to develop Taba International Airport
Loan scheduled to be repaid in 20 years, with six year grace period and 0.17% interest. Minister of International Cooperation Naglaa Al-Ahwany signed Sunday a €7.15m agreement with the French Ambassador to Egypt Andre Baran to fund replacing (...)

30 - 12 - 2015
AirAsia shares lose 8% in Malaysia after jet disappears
Shares in AirAsia, Southeast Asia's biggest budget airline, lost almost eight percent in Kuala Lumpur on Monday after one of its jets disappeared with 162 people on board. The firm slumped 12 percent to 2.60 ringgit at the open but recovered (...)

29 - 12 - 2015
German minimum wage rings in Happy New Year for millions
As the New Year approaches, Berlin bakery worker Jessica Arendt is not just looking forward to the fireworks. In 2015, she says, "I'll be able to afford a few more things". A national minimum wage comes into effect in Germany on January 1, and that (...)

29 - 12 - 2015
AirAsia plane with 162 on board missing en route to Singapore
Rescuers scoured the sea for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people which went missing in bad weather Sunday en route from Indonesia to Singapore, the third crisis for a Malaysian carrier this year. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the Airbus (...)

28 - 12 - 2015
Snow leaves thousands of motorists stranded in French Alps
Heavy snowfall in the French Alps left some 15,000 drivers stranded overnight into Sunday, forcing many to pass the night in their cars and prompting officials to open emergency shelters. The snow and ice hit as a rush of holidaymakers were heading (...)

28 - 12 - 2015
NATO to hold ceremony Sunday marking end of its Afghan war
NATO will hold a ceremony in Kabul later Sunday formally ending its war in Afghanistan, officials said, after 13 years of conflict that have left the country in the grip of worsening insurgent violence. The event was arranged in secret due to the (...)

28 - 12 - 2015
Russia says will sever ties with NATO if Ukraine joins Atlantic bloc
Russia said on Wednesday it would respond adequately by severing ties with NATO if Ukraine becomes a member of the Atlantic bloc. "If this decision in the future takes on a military character (the accession to NATO), then we will respond adequately. (...)

24 - 12 - 2015
Google self-driving car prototype ready to try road
Google on Monday announced that the first completed prototype of its self-driving car is ready to be road tested. "We're going to be spending the holidays zipping around our test track, and we hope to see you on the streets of Northern California in (...)

23 - 12 - 2015
US fines Israeli bank $270 mn in tax evasion case
Israel's Bank Leumi Group has admitted to helping US taxpayers hide assets and agreed to pay a $270 million fine to settle a criminal probe, the Department of Justice announced Monday. From at least 2000 until early 2011, Leumi sent private bankers (...)

23 - 12 - 2015
Egypt buys 300,000 tonnes of Russian and French Wheat
Egypt signed contracts for 240,000 tonnes of French wheat and 60,000 tonnes of Russian wheat, at an average price of $273.94 per tonne to be delivered in January, the minister of supply and internal trade, Khaled Hanafi, said in a press release on (...)

22 - 12 - 2015
Egypt allows in travellers from Gaza for first time since October
Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing on Sunday for incoming passengers from the Gaza Strip for the first time in almost two months, Palestinian and Egyptian officials said. Rafah is the only major crossing between impoverished Gaza, home to 1.8 (...)

22 - 12 - 2015
World leaders join historic Paris march for attack victims
More than a million people and dozens of world leaders were expected to march through Paris on Sunday in a historic display of global defiance against extremism after Islamist attacks that left 17 dead. In an unprecedented show of unity, the leaders (...)

11 - 01 - 2015
Advertisement