Activists concerned over alleged kidnappings, torture
CAIRO: Activists claim a recent streak of kidnapping and torture is reminiscent of practices by the disbanded State Security apparatus under Mubarak’s regime. As rights organizations prepare reports that document…
Savola takes full control of two Egypt firms
JEDDAH: Saudi food group Savola has bought the remaining 22 percent stakes in two Egyptian companies it acquired in October as part of a regional expansion, an official at investment…
EBRD starts donor-funded work in North Africa
LONDON: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Tuesday it had started donor-funded activities in North Africa through a technical cooperation fund, ahead of plans to extend the…
OCI says wins $100 mln in power plant work
CAIRO: Egypt's Orascom Construction (OCI) said on Monday it won civil work worth $100 million at an electricity plant under construction in southern Egypt. The work was part of a…
Egypt 2011 tourism revenues seen down by a third
CAIRO: Egypt expects to earn about $9 billion from tourism in 2011, down by about a third on a year earlier after many visitors were deterred by an uprising that…
Egypt Islamists offer vision for sin-free tourism
CAIRO: Islamists are dominating Egypt's elections and some of them have a new message for tourists: welcome, but no booze, bikinis or mixed bathing at beaches, please. That vision of…
Teradata to introduce new ‘big data’ analytic solutions to Egypt
CAIRO: Teradata has “big” plans for one of the most strategically located countries in the region when it comes to analyzing “big data” to change the way Egyptian companies do…
Angelina Jolie hailed for Balkan war film debut
Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie has won praise for her directing debut — a powerful story of love amid the atrocities of the Bosnian war — from both film critics and…
Cooking with grandma, the new luxury food kick
Forget five-star restaurants. Food-loving tourists are getting their kicks in other ways, from cooking up a hotpot with a Mauritian grandmother to market shopping with a Venetian countess. More than…
‘Hydrarchy’ exhibition revisits the sea
In the 19th century, the international order of power and commerce rested on the sea: the vast merchant navy and the gunboats of the British Empire. In the 20th century,…