Google announces partnerships with Egypt's education authorities

To offer over 10 million students Google applications for e-mail, calendar and instant messagingCAIRO: Google has announced that it is providing Egypt's Ministry of Higher Education the ability to offer…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

G8 members recognize Arab efforts for reform

Foreign Minister states regional troubles a concern for allCAIRO: The members of G8 have been won over by the seriousness of Arab efforts in the areas of political, economic and…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Egypt PM sees summer referendum on constitution

CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said on Monday Egypt would hold a referendum next summer on constitutional changes that should pave the way for ending a quarter century of emergency…

Daily News Egypt

EU Agriculture Commissioner urges Egyptian exporters to focus on quality

Mariann Boel: asymmetry in trade liberalization not a permanent EU policyCAIRO: European Union (EU) Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Mariann Boel urged Egypt and other Mediterranean Saturday to take more…

Ahmed A. Namatalla

Egypt inflation spike to last a few months

CAIRO: The spike in Egyptian inflation, will last a few months and the rate could rise above the current 11.8 percent as the economy absorbs the impact of supply shocks,…

Reuters

Government increases General Transportation Authority budget

LE 395 million annual budget likely insufficient to generate profitCAIRO: Minister of Finance (MOF) Youssef Boutros Ghali approved Saturday a 16 percent increase in the General Transportation Authority s (GTA)…

Ahmed A. Namatalla

Zuzu ignites the competition

Brazilian film meets critics expectationCAIRO: Few days before the festival kicked off, critics told The Daily Star Egypt that the star of the international competition is Sergio Rezende s Zuzu…

Joseph Fahim

Omkara: An Indian adaptation of Othello offers nothing new

CAIRO: If you are in the mood to see how Othello the Moor sounds like in India, then the Bollywood adaptation of Othello may be just what the doctor ordered.Omkara,…

Sarah El Sirgany

Salome dances again as Italy delivers first hit of the festival

Biblical tale provides the basis for a dark Mafia dramaCAIRO: The biblical story of Salome, the seductive stepdaughter of King Herod Antipas in the year 14 of the first century…

Joseph Fahim

Desperate Hours

Iraqi/Kurdish film kicks off the CIFF s Controversial Films sectionCAIRO: It was impossible to go prepared for Shawkat Amin Korki s Crossing the Dust. But a double-billed Iraqi-Kurdish movie in…

Joseph Fahim