Celebrating Egyptian folklore
The First Folkloric Arts Festival honors its pioneersCAIRO: Egypt's first Folkloric Arts Festival took place at El Sawy Cultural Center from Friday, July 28 until July 30, featuring performances by…
Orascom Telecom pulls out from Serbian operation bid
CAIRO: The Egyptian communication company Orascom Telecom (OT) pulled out from the contest over 70 percent of Serbian Mobi 63 Company that the Serbian government has marked for privatization. The…
Exports of natural gas hit 1.9 trillion cubic feet in 2005-6
NOOZZCAIRO: Egyptian natural gas exports amounted to 1.9 trillion cubic feet (or 40 million tons) during fiscal year 2005-6, according to the Egyptian Holding Company for Natural Gases, EGAS.Chairman of…
Etisalat rebuff potential bidders
Winner of Egypt s third mobile license puts rumors to restCAIRO: Etisalat, the UAE-based mobile operator that was recently awarded the third Egyptian mobile license, will not be selling any…
Press lashes out at Israel, Arab regimes, and U.S.
Newspapers publish pictures of dead children from Qana on front pages.CAIRO: The aftermath of what the press has labeled "The 2006 Qana Massacre is topping local headlines. With the incident…
President warns Mideast peace process could collapse
Mubarak says UN impotent over LebanonCAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak warned Monday that the entire Middle East peace process could collapse because of Israel s attacks on Lebanon. Egypt, which triggered…
Reopening the debate on Camp David
Recent aggression reexamines Egypt s normalization with IsraelCAIRO: The Camp David Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty has had its supporters and denouncers among Egyptian politicians of late, but the debate has been…
Stir of Saudi fatwa dissolves with Qana news
Rage and frustration mark local reaction to Qana massacreCAIRO: When the Saudi fatwa was issued last week denouncing support of Hezbollah on the grounds of the Shiite-Sunni differences, the general…
The challenge of multilateralism
Egypt s future in light of the WTO stalemateCAIRO: The Doha Round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) kicked off in Qatar five years ago in hopes of bridging the…
Egypt disagrees with the US on intellectual property in pharmaceuticals
CAIRO: Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohammad Rachid has admitted that disagreements do exist with the United States over intellectual property rights on pharmaceutical products.In a statement released at…
