EU to start trade talks with Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia
BRUSSELS: European Union governments agreed on Wednesday to start trade talks with Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia, with the aim of lowering trade barriers and bolstering economic growth in the…
High voter turnout in Aswan, ex-NDP members compete
ASWAN: Voters turned out in droves on Wednesday, the first of two days of elections in the second round in the southern city of Aswan, where 850,000 Egyptians are eligible…
Holiday season looking gloomy for Egypt’s tourism sector
CAIRO: As Christmas and New Year’s time approaches, hotels in the Red Sea and even Cairo, usually bustling with tourists around the holiday season, are expecting occupancy rates to…
EU parliament celebrates Arab Spring with Sakharov prize
STRASBOURG: The European Parliament honored five Arab Spring activists with its Sakharov human rights prize Wednesday, including the Tunisian who sparked region-wide uprisings by setting himself on fire. Just two…
Shaken not stirred
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: In a few syllables Egypt’s election spiraled into a quagmire. Imagine the Orlando Sentinel editor’s face when the latest copy dropped from Cairo. Maggie Michael’s comprehensive, accurate…
Rule of law a priority post-Arab Spring
By Nasser Al-Sarami DUBAI: As I write this article, a television screen in my office at Al Arabiya broadcasts images of brave Egyptians lining up, in the face of intimidation and…
Endorse the nuclear test ban
By Carl Bildt STOCKHOLM/MEXICO CITY: Indonesia’s parliament has just taken a historic step, one that makes the planet safer from the threat of nuclear weapons. The importance of Indonesia’s decision to…
AN ISRAELI VIEW: The regional Islamist circumstances are changing
By Yossi Alpher The notion of integrating Hamas, and with it the Gaza Strip, into a Palestinian unity government reflects the primary trend that has thus far defined the Arab revolutionary…
Arafa nine-month net profit halves
CAIRO: Arafa Holding, Egypt's biggest garment exporter, posted a 50 percent fall in consolidated net profit to $6.5 million for the nine months from February to October, the stock exchange…
OPEC oil deal puts Saudi back in charge
VIENNA: OPEC oil producers on Wednesday sealed their first new production limit in three years in a deal that settles a 6-month-old argument over output levels firmly in Saudi Arabia's…