Zamalek fined for ‘inappropriate’ fans celebrations
CAIRO: Zamalek have been fined LE 15,000 for their fans' celebrations in the hard-fought 4-3 league win over Ittihad in Cairo last week. The competition committee, affiliated to the Egyptian…
Time for Barak to depart
By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK: The Israeli government must still approve the proposed United States-Israeli agreement to freeze settlement construction in the West Bank in exchange for a US offer of…
First Arab forum on agricultural, food investment opens
The first Arab Forum for Agricultural and Food Investment will be held on Dec. 8-9 in Cairo, discussing how to enhance the strategic relationship between the private sector and financing…
NPC ups oil production in Shukheir Bay
National Petroleum Company (NPC), the upstream oil and gas platform company of Citadel Capital, said it has increased its production by 1,700 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) in the…
Dubai may delay new airport opening by few months
DUBAI: Dubai may delay the start of passenger operations at its new Al Maktoum international airport by a few months, an official said on Tuesday. The airport — billed as…
Heliopolis Housing prices new land in sixth district
Heliopolis Housing began pricing 40 new pieces of land in the sixth district of New Heliopolis City in preparation for auctioning them at an average price of around LE 1,200…
A fair deal for Africa’s resources
By Nahas Angula WINDHOEK: Namibia is a resource-based economy that has embarked on an ambitious development program. Our vision is to turn Namibia into a knowledge-based, diversified economy by 2030. One…
Egypt plans to cut mortgage red tape to boost market
Egypt plans to bring in simpler procedures to secure mortgages, aiming to lift the number of customers by 15,000 next year, boosting the nascent market for housing loans, an official…
Rejecting the power to waste
By Malavika Jain Bambawale SINGAPORE: Our ancestors preached it. Our parents taught it to us. The West is adopting it. So why are we Asians abandoning it? I’m talking about environmental…
Google engages Egypt’s academia, tech community
CAIRO: “I think we have more opportunities than challenges in Egypt. …It’s exciting because the scalability and numbers are…massive,” said Wael Fakharany, regional manager of Google in the Middle East.…
