The Internet Revolution Youth page on Facebook, a page pressing for improved Internet services at affordable prices in Egypt, has called for a new campaign against telecommunications companies. It has also asked that customers not pay the monthly Internet bill. … read more
The private sector Commercial International Bank (CIB) said it has received approval from the Egyptian state’s central bank to acquire Citibank Egypt’s retail portfolio, CIB said on Tuesday. CIB, the largest bank listed in the Egyptian stock market, is in the … read more
Global marketing and advertising agency J. Walter Thomposn has been selected to campaign for Egyptian tourism on a three-year contract worth $22 million annually, the tourism minister said. The company will start the campaign in October, Minister Khaled Rami said … read more
An improvised explosive device (IED) killed two conscripts and injured 25 others on Monday in the Mediterranean coast governorate of Beheira, a security source said. The IED targeted a bus that was carrying the security personnel, the source told the state … read more
Security forces arrested three Facebook users on Saturday accused of campaigning for Islamic State fighters in the Upper Egyptian town of Sohag, in what appeared to be an implementation of a newly-issued anti-terrorism law. A security campaign targeted the houses … read more
Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie was sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday by a Port Said court, alongside 18 others. Those sentenced to life in prison include Brotherhood figure Mohamed El-Beltagy and Islamist preacher Safwat Hegazy. Badie was … read more
Eight people were injured in the blast that occurred outside a security building in Greater Cairo in the early hours of Thursday, state-run television reported, citing the ambulance authority. The blast took place in the vicinity of the the Homeland Security … read more
By AFP | Cairo Wednesday, 12 August 2015 ISIS claimed Wednesday to have beheaded a Croatian hostage abducted in Egypt, posting a purported picture of the victim’s body on ISIS-affiliated Twitter accounts. The Croat, Tomislav Salopek, was abducted last month … read more
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has ordered the creation of a special economic zone surrounding the Suez Canal, part of a long planned ambitious project to develop the area adjacent to the strategic waterway into an industrial hub. The decision … read more
