CDM projects face to reduce harmful emissions
CAIRO: In an effort to exchange experience and strengthen partnership between Egyptian and British businesses in the field of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), the UK-Egypt Climate Change Business Seminar focused…
Hidelina owner asks to have his immunity withdrawn
CAIRO: The People s Assembly (PA) agreed Monday Jan. 15 to strip MP Hani Surur, chairman of the Hidelina company implicated in the recent infected blood bags scandal, of his…
Protesters rally outside Egypt's Washington embassy for blogger's release
CAIRO: A rally was held Friday in front of the Egyptian embassy in Washington DC to call for the release of blogger Abdel Karim Soliman Amer, who has been detained…
Government to start measures to curb Israeli component in QIZ agreement
Cairo: The Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) Unit at the Ministry of Trade and Industry has set off a number of measures to cut down the Israeli component requirement by one…
Misr Insurance plans to launch Iraq operation
Cairo: State-owned Misr Insurance Company plans to launch a new arm in the Iraqi market with a capital estimated at LE 30 million. The move represents the first initiative of…
A golden archive of folkloric traditions
When the state of Bavaria in Germany claimed that koshari was a dish prepared by ancient Visigothic tribes, street protests broke out in Old Cairo as residents demanded proof that…
A regional settlement requires revived multilateralism
One of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's favorite metaphors was that of the "chute, the narrow fenced structure through which ranchers push cattle to the slaughterhouse. The rancher-turned-prime minister…
The enigma of Russia: Is the country more market-driven?
Fifteen years after the Soviet Union collapsed and split apart, Russia still fits Winston Churchill's characterization of Stalin's USSR nearly seven decades ago: "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside…
Washington must consider a contact group for Iraq
Last November's congressional elections dealt US President George W. Bush a sharp rebuff over his Iraq policy. Shortly after the election, the Iraq Study Group offered a bipartisan formula for…