The Copenhagen International Documentary Festival (CPH:DOX) has unveiled the full festival programme for its 2021 event, with a total of 180 international documentaries set to take part.
The digital programme also consists of 40 live debates that (...)
European nations' immunization campaigns against COVID-19 are ``unacceptably slow'' and risk prolonging the pandemic, a senior World Health Organization official said Thursday.
Dr. Hans Kluge, WHO's regional director for Europe, said vaccines (...)
The 10th edition of the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) will take place from 26 March-1 April, under the slogan "Ten Years of Imagination".
This year's event, which will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Egyptian actress Madiha Yousry's birth, (...)
In 2019, Egypt and Switzerland celebrated 40 years of international cooperation, where the longstanding partnership resulted in considerable achievements in several fields.
Over four decades, this partnership contributed to the implementation of 200 (...)
The UEFA Europa League's quarter-finals are set to be decided, with the second leg in the tournament's Round of 16 set to take place on Thursday.
The first leg witnessed a clash of two Egyptians, with Arsenal meeting Olympiacos, pitting the English (...)
The artefacts that participated in the "Secrets of Sunken Egypt" exhibition have returned home after the end of its tour in the US and several European countries.
Mostafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the (...)
A Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision to stop Russian athletes from playing patriotic folk song "Katyusha" at international sporting events is stupid, TASS cited the former head of Russia's Olympic Committee as saying on Saturday.
Russian (...)
Oil prices shot up to over $70 a barrel following multiple attacks on Saudi oil facilities in the east of the kingdom at the start of the week. The Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen, after weeks of intensified drone and missile attacks, claimed (...)
Lafarge Egypt, a member of LafargeHolcim Group, has celebrated the International Women's Day by participating in Intercem's Virtual Webinar.
The e-conference underpinned the pivotal role played by inspiring women leaders in the cement industry. (...)
Swiss voters decide Sunday on a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn by a few Muslim women in the country and the ski masks and bandannas used by protesters. Polls are pointing to a close outcome.
The measure would outlaw (...)
Egypt's Ministry of International Cooperation has announced that the ongoing development cooperation portfolio between Egypt and Switzerland amounts to $59.06m.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the ministry said that the development cooperation (...)
A U.N. humanitarian agency on Sunday warned that more than 16 million people in Yemen would go hungry this year, with already some half a million people in the war-torn country living in famine-like conditions.
The U.N. Office for the Coordination (...)
Former European champions Manchester United and AC Milan will meet in the round of 16 of the Europa League.
Friday's draw sends Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic back to the English club where he played for two years, including the 2016-17 season when (...)
The 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran had cataclysmic effects on the Middle East that are still rippling through the region today. It gave dormant Islamist movements and terrorists the hope that they could topple governments if they put on enough (...)
Once a very picturesque neighbourhood, the Cairo suburb of Heliopolis has for long been associated for residents of other parts of the city with the Cairo International Airport.
But, designed as “an oasis of quality life” in the early 20th century, (...)
Any communication between Tehran and Washington about U.S. citizens detained in Iran has been conducted via the Swiss embassy that handles U.S. interests rather than through direct contact, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
Saeed (...)
List of Australian Open men's singles champions since the event began in 1905 (Australian unless stated):
2021 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 7-5 6-2 6-2
2020 Djokovic bt Dominic Thiem (Austria) 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4
2019 (...)
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless
stated):
2021 Naomi Osaka (Japan) bt Jennifer Brady (U.S.) 6-4 6-3
2020 Sofia Kenin (U.S.) bt Garbine Muguruza (Spain) 4-6 6-2 6-2
2019 Osaka bt Petra (...)
Sweden and Switzerland will be hosting a virtual fundraising event for Yemen's humanitarian crisis early next month, but it is not clear if the event is being coordinated with other parties. The new US Special Envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking, (...)
Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti was well-known in Arab cultural circles long before other Barghoutis made the name famous in the political arena. Life and politics brought him to Cairo, and took him away, repeatedly. His return to the city in the (...)
Libyans watching a peace process nearing a critical phase this week in Switzerland need only try driving from one side of their country to the other to understand the obstacles to diplomacy.
An October ceasefire called for all foreign mercenaries to (...)
Participants at Libya's UN-sponsored peace talks have approved a list of candidates seeking to lead a transitional government that will prepare the North African state for a national election at the end of 2021, the United Nations said.
The (...)
Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry Nevine Gamea has outlined the government's keenness to expand cooperation with Switzerland in various economic fields.
This will see a particular focus on trade and investment cooperation between the two (...)
The 2024 Paris Olympics will go ahead as scheduled regardless of the fate of this year's Summer Games in Tokyo amid the COVID-19 crisis, the French organising committee said on Wednesday.
Last week, Japan and the International Olympic Committee (...)
Google employees from across the globe are forming a union alliance, weeks after more than 200 workers at the search engine giant and other units of parent company Alphabet Inc formed a labor union for U.S. and Canadian offices.
Alpha Global was (...)
