World religious leaders to discuss violence at October meeting
ROME: Some 300 figures from the world s major religions will take part in an inter-faith dialogue on violence next month in Naples, Italy, the lay Catholic movement Sant Egidio…
Petroleum Ministry addresses gasoline rumors
CAIRO: The Ministry of Petroleum said that the gasoline Egypt recently imported from the United Arab Emirates has a pungent odor, denying recent rumors that car gasoline is being mixed…
Ibrahim Eissa: 'There's a desire on the part of the regime to present the president as a God'
CAIRO: Al Dostour's editor-in-chief Ibrahim Eissa and three other journalists have been sentenced to one year in prison in a three-month-old case for insulting symbols of the National Democratic Party…
Delegation meets IAEA over Egyptian nuclear program
CAIRO: A delegation responsible for facets of Egypt's nuclear program met with officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna to present them with status reports on the…
Egypt seeks peaceful resolution to possibility of Iran war, says expert
CAIRO: Talk of a war with Iran to combat its ambitions to develop a nuclear bomb has increased as of late, with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner stating in a…
Emaar to buy land in Ain Sokhna
CAIRO: Emaar Egypt is currently looking into acquiring a new land plot in the Ain Sokhna Red Sea resort, making it the single largest foreign direct investor in Egypt's evergreen…
Major business and tourist complex to be scaled down
CAIRO: Alkan Holding's plans to complete construction on a major business and tourist complex adjacent to the Citadel and Islamic Cairo were dealt a major blow Monday following the release…
AAIB launches "We Owe it to Egypt" Foundation
CAIRO: Arab African International Bank (AAIB) launched the "We Owe It to Egypt Foundation, with a goal to enact a nationwide initiative to mobilize the public towards making fundamental and…
THE REEL ESTATE: Nostalgia for the good old days of TV dramas
Nearly every Egyptian, at some point of his/her life, has been infected with a heavy dose of local soap operas. But it wasn t always a matter of choosing between…
"From the Euphrates to Guadalquivir"
The Musica Antigua Quintet will kick off the Arab-Andalusian music festival tomorrow, which promises to be one of the highlights of Ramadan's cultural scene. The Embassy of Spain, the French…