Syria's opposition coalition will meet in Istanbul on 23 May to decide whether to participate in a U.S. and Russian-sponsored conference to try to end the Syrian civil war, coalition officials said on Sunday.
The conference will also elect a new head of the Western and Gulf-backed coalition, and (...)
Egypt's budget deficit will be around 200 billion Egyptian pounds ($28.75 billion), equivalent to 11.5 percent of national output, in the 2012/13 year to the end of June, newly-appointed Investment Minister Yehya Hamed said on Saturday.
"This year we are closing the budget with around 200 billion (...)
Turkish riot police used water canon and tear gas on Wednesday in a bid to disperse hundreds of protesters who defied a Labour Day ban on demonstrations in a central part of Istanbul.
The ban was imposed to avoid trouble during renovation work taking place at the symbolic Taksim square, a (...)
The anticipated joint trading project between the Egyptian and Turkish stock exchanges will come into effect by the end of the coming September, the Egyptian bourse chief said on Monday.
Dr. Mohamed Omran – the Chairman of the Egyptian Exchange – announced that the alliance project between the EGX (...)
شبكة قنوات النهار قامت بالمشاركة فى مؤتمر discop Istanbul بإسطنبول منذ شهرين "فبراير 2013"لمناقشة وضع الدراما التركية فى مصر وشكل الدراما فى الشرق الأوسط خلال الفترة المقبلة،عرضت "النهار" إستراتيجية فيما يخص أنماط صناعة الدراما في الشرق الأوسط،وأسباب نجاح الدراما التركية،والبدائل التي تطرحها (...)
The anticipatory bourse alliance project between the Egyptian and Turkish stock exchanges will come into effect next September, the Vice Chairman of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) announced on Wednesday.
Judge Khaled El-Nashar, EGX's Vice Chairman, stated that the tie-up project between the EGX and (...)
Spain's 2010 World Cup winning captain was passed fit to return to training after recovering from a broken finger a couple of weeks ago, but has not made the cut for their last two matches against Real Zaragoza and Galatasaray.
"This week he has improved and we are pleased to have him with us (...)
Syrian opposition leaders meeting in Istanbul have postponed the formation of a transitional government, a statement from the Syrian National Coalition said on Monday, in a blow to efforts to fill a power vacuum in the country.
The statement said the coalition formed a five-member committee to put (...)
Emaar Properties , the emirate's largest listed property developer, has no immediate plans to spin off its malls business or its Turkish unit, a spokesperson for the company said on Wednesday.
Emaar , builder of the world's largest mall, will list its malls unit on the emirate's bourse when market (...)
Misr for Central Clearing, Depository and Registry (MCDR) said on Thursday it has signed the tie-up contracts with its Turkish counterpart. The tie-up project targets making a joint-trading bourse linking between the Egyptian Exchange and Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE).
Awni Abdel Aziz, Chairman of (...)
Fenerbahce midfielder Raul Meireles' 11-match ban for allegedly spitting at the referee has been reduced to four matches by the Turkish Football Federation (TFF).
The 29-year-old Portuguese international was accused of the spitting offence following his red card in an Istanbul derby against (...)
In an exclusive statement to Amwal Al Ghad, Abdullah Alsuweilmy - CEO at Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) - announced that the Saudi bourse is targeting within the coming period the activation of the e-linkage process with the Egyptian counterpart.
Alsuweilmy stated that the Saudi Stock Exchange is (...)
Dr Mohamed Omran, Chairman of the Egyptian Exchange, has asserted that the EGX management wants to make the Egyptian market the regional center for the African and Middle Eastern stock markets within the coming period.
He added that the EGX is planning to do this by communicating strongly with the (...)
Dr. Mohamed Omran, the Chairman of the Egyptian Exchange, announced that the Egyptian bourse management will be holding a workshop with its Turkish counterpart on Wednesday aiming to review the final procedures as well as steps in the joint-trading project between the two stock exchanges.
Omran (...)
Manchester United, assured of qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages, will rest a number of senior players for Tuesday's Group H clash with Galatasaray in Istanbul, the Premier League club said.
Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, David De Gea and Robin van Persie (...)
On Sunday morning, Egypt's Tourism Minister Hesham Zazou and an escorted delegation headed to Istanbul. In a 2-days visit, the minister will inaugurate the Istanbul-Sharm Al Sheikh Airline.
Four weekly flights are supposed to be between Istanbul and Sharm Al Sheikh. Hesham Zazou will come back on (...)
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have called on the private sector to invest massively in agriculture, stressing that this is vital to winning the fight against hunger.
“There can be no freedom from hunger – (...)
Consumer prices increased by 0.56 percent in February which, along with the consumer inflation seen in the previous 11 months, led to an annualized Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase of 10.43 percent.
The latest figures represented minor progress in Turkey's fight against inflation since the (...)
ISTANBUL - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on opponents bears the hallmarks of war crimes and his violent repression of protest is dimming any chance of negotiation, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday.
"The Syrian regime is committing a crime against humanity (...)
ISTANBUL: General Ilker Basbug, the former head of Turkey's armed forces, said military discipline has helped him adapt to prison life, but he still cannot accept the idea that he stands accused of being the leader of a terrorist group.
Responding to questions relayed through his lawyer, the (...)
Councilor Farouk Soltan, chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC), returned from Istanbul on Tuesday, Mena said.
The state-run news agency related his return to the events in Tahrir Square, Essam Sharaf's resignation to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), and to his role (...)
Egyptian Minister of Culture Emad Abu Ghazy, the Turkish Minister of Culture Arturul Gonay, and the head of the Egyptian General Authority, Ahmed Megahed, will open a photo exhibition focusing on the January 25 Revolution at the Istanbul International book fair.
The 250 photos chronicle the (...)
In a bold move, the Turkish Soccer Federation banned males from attending a Fenerbahce game in Istanbul on Tuesday. The decision was an experiment in combating fan violence.
41,000 women and children came to Tuesday's game between Fenerbahce and Manisaspor, sporting their team's colors and (...)
The Turkish football association says some free tickets will be allocated to women and children for all league games in a bid to encourage their attendance and reduce violence at football matches.
The announcement Wednesday came a day after more than 41,000 women and children flocked to see (...)
Under new rules approved by Turkey's football association, only women and children under the age of 12 will be admitted to watch games—for free—involving teams which have been sanctioned for unruly behavior by their fans.
On Tuesday, Fenerbahce distributed about 27,000 free tickets to women and (...)