Global soccer body FIFA has said there is no reason for Swiss authorities to launch criminal proceedings against its president Gianni Infantino who will continue in his role as normal.
Swiss authorities said on Thursday that proceedings had been (...)
Switzerland should tighten restrictions to curb the coronavirus again following a recent spike in cases, in order to prevent the need for much harsher lockdown measures in future, the new head of the country's coronavirus taskforce said.
Switzerland (...)
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called for his successor, Gianni Infantino, to be suspended by the global soccer body after criminal proceedings were opened against Infantino in Switzerland.
Swiss authorities said on Thursday that proceedings (...)
The European Union is set to exclude Algeria from its safe list of countries from which the bloc allows non-essential travel after a meeting of EU ambassadors on Wednesday.
The list of countries will fall to 11, assuming the provisional decision is (...)
Almost 10,000 tourists have visited Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada since the resumption of Egypt's tourism at the beginning of July, according to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
In a press statement on Tuesday, the ministry noted that the two (...)
Egypt received 6,000 tourists at the beginning of July after resuming flights that were previously suspended due to spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
The country's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said people from Switzerland, Ukraine and (...)
Following is the draw for the Europa League quarter-finals and semi-finals, which was held at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday.
Second legs of the last-16 ties will be played at the clubs' respective home stadiums while two ties (...)
Following is the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals, which was held at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday.
Four quarter-finalists were confirmed before the COVID-19 pandemic suspended the season, while the (...)
The Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre (CIFET), organised by Egypt's Ministry of Culture, will kick off its 27th edition online on 1 September.
The festival's new management announced that this year's edition will be held online (...)
Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada received on Monday two flights from Ukraine and Switzerland, carrying 286 tourists on board bringing the total number of tourists who arrived in the two Red Sea resort cities to about 3,000 since flight resumption on 1 (...)
Egypt has received on Thursday two flights carrying on board 313 tourists from Switzerland and Belarus. This is the second day since Egypt has resumed international flights after more than three months of suspension as part of efforts to curb the (...)
Leading technology firms, Hitachi and ABB, have announced the launch of Hitachi ABB Power Grids, with an annual turnover of $10bn.
The launch comes as the two companies completed a joint merger, which will see Hitachi hold 80.1% of the new joint (...)
Egypt's aviation sector lost up to EGP 1 billion monthly since March on the back of the three-month flight suspension due to the coronavirus, the deputy civil aviation minister told local television on Thursday.
The country reopened its (...)
Hurghada and Sharm el Sheikh received on Thursday two flights coming from Switzerland and Belarus on the second day of the return tourism movement after a three-month closure because of coronavirus.
Hurghada received 141 tourists from Switzerland (...)
On Monday, the Movement of Libyan Cities and Tribes (MLCT), which includes figures supporting the Libyan National Army (LNA), declared that the tribes have agreed to resume oil production. They also delegated the army leadership to communicate with (...)
The European Union is set to make public Tuesday a list of countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter 31 European countries, but most Americans are likely to be refused entry for at least another two weeks due to soaring coronavirus (...)
Nestlé Group will launch a large-scale programme that helps consumers make more informed choices in healthy living, the company said during a digital press conference.
The system will make use of an advanced labelling system that will help consumers (...)
Egypt has obtained grants worth CHF 86 million ($90,561 million) under its 2017-2020 cooperation strategy with Switzerland, the Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation said in a statement.
Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Rania (...)
The current cooperation portfolio between Egypt and Switzerland amounts to about €48m, according to Egypt's Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat.
The portfolio covers a range of sectors, including communications, urban planning, (...)
France will lift restrictions at its borders for EU travellers on June 15, the French Interior and Foreign ministries said.
"Given a favourable development of the health situation in France and Europe and in accordance with the recommendations of (...)
Pharos Investment Banks has assumed the exclusive financial advisor role to Modern Waterproofing (Bitumode) shareholders in completing Sika Group's 99% acquisition of the company.
Noha El Ghazaly Pharos' Managing Director and Head of Investment (...)
The coronavirus. A pandemic virus. Unstoppable and has killed thousands all around the world. Weirdly racism has increased when it should be decreasing. We're all under quarantine and I think we should realize what we are. We're nothing really, (...)
Germany will extend its travel warning for non-European countries until the end of August but lift border controls to all its neighbours by mid-June, ministers said on Wednesday.
As the coronavirus crisis in many European countries eases somewhat, (...)
While some potential vaccines have emerged in the global race to find a way to stop the spread of COVID-19, many scientists and researchers believe antibody based therapies hold great promise for treating people already infected with the (...)
Wide-scale lockdowns including shop and school closures have reduced COVID-19 transmission rates in Europe enough to control its spread and may have averted more than three million deaths, researchers said on Monday.
In a modelling study of lockdown (...)
