Financial protocol signed between Egypt, France to back Phase1 of Cairo Metro
A 280 million euro financial protocol was recently signed between Egypt and France to back Phase-1 of Cairo Metro third line project, according to reports by the national newspaper Al…
World Bank provides support to reducing industrial pollution
The World Bank last Thursday approved a $20 million loan to finance the second phase of the Second Pollution Abatement Project (SPAP) for the Republic of Egypt.One of the main…
Central Bank issues LE 200 banknote
CAIRO: In a bid to relieve people involved in major purchases and business transactions from lugging huge cases sagging with cash, the Central Bank of Egypt put into circulation on…
Google launches Google Earth in Arabic
CAIRO: Google, the world's most popular search engine, has unveiled a new expansion of its product offerings in the Arabic language. In addition to popular services like the iconic search…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: Little Italy in the heart of Cairo
The promenade is quintessentially Italian and the only place to walk the walk is Zamalek's Marriott Hotel's Promenade Terrace. You can do that before or after the Parma ham and…
A paradigm shift
WASHINGTON: A recurrent excuse that has acted as an obstacle to the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations over the years is that of either the political weakness of the Israeli leader…
Sharing Jerusalem: the condominium solution
JEDDAH & PARIS: There will never be a durable peace in the Middle East without a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict acceptable both to most Israelis and to most Palestinians.…
Let's not forget the local concern
JERUSALEM: One of the sad scenarios for Jerusalem s future is its transformation into an undivided, special status city, belonging to neither Israel nor Palestine. The significance of such an…