Ship disaster compensation inadequate say activists
CAIRO: Compensation offered to survivors and families of victims of the Al-Salam Boccaccio 98 ferry disaster, in which more than 1,000 people died on Feb. 3, is being inadequately distributed,…
Press Round-up
CAIRO: Egypt newspapers continue to take different angles on news; independent newspapers are reporting the latest clashes in Egypt's upper-house meeting and are following up corruption cases while updates of…
Egypt wins seventh world golf croquet championship
CAIRO: In the Hawke's Bay Seventh Golf Croquet Championship, Egyptian Mohammed Nasr claimed the world title after beating fellow Egyptian Salah Hassan in the final match.According to the World Golf…
Multi-national Lokomotiv Moscow sign north African pair
MOSCOW: Lokomotiv Moscow has signed Egyptian striker Amr Zaki and Tunisian midfielder Saker Zouaghi on five-year contracts, the Russian premier league club said on Saturday. Zaki, who helped Egypt to…
EgyptAir to sell off 20 percent of its shares
CAIRO: National carrier EgyptAir announced Saturday it is to sell off 20 percent of its shares on the stock market, with the airline s employees given priority to invest. EgyptAir…
Doing business despite boycott
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Danish engineering company FLSmidth on Friday received an Egyptian order worth 450 million kroner ($72 million) despite a widespread boycott of Danish products throughout the Arab world over…
Qatar denies handing over Cairo bombing suspect
DOHA: Qatar on Saturday denied it had handed over to Egypt a man allegedly involved in attacks on tourists in Cairo last April, contradicting an earlier Egyptian report, the official…
EU health commissioner says eradicating bird flu requires regional cooperation
CAIRO: The European Union s (EU) Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection Markos Kyprianou met yesterday with Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and Minister of Health Hatem El Gabali to discuss…
Gomaa sets up rival newspaper
CAIRO: Following its reissue, the Al-Wafd newspaper faces new trouble as overthrown Al-Wafd chairman Noaman Gomaa attempts to seize the newspaper by publishing a rival edition from new headquarters in…
The media buying business
CAIRO: The advertising industry, in all its shapes and forms, is in a tight jam. As consumers become better informed, the traditional methods of advertising and marketing no longer sell.…