In exclusive interview with Ahram Online, Egyptian Petroleum Minister Osama Kamal discusses proposed $4.8 billion IMF loan, longstanding plans to cut energy subsidies and fears of summertime power cuts
Egypt's fuel subsidy reform programme is moving (...)
At one of Cairo's luxurious Nile side hotels, in a lavish ballroom, around a hundred Egyptian Salafists, including some of their top religious scholars, gathered to launch their Salafist movement's first business association.
Business House, a (...)
Hundreds of disgruntled Cleopatra Ceramics workers on Thursday afternoon blocked the streets in front of Egypt's Supreme Court in downtown Cairo to reiterate longstanding labour grievances.
Chanting slogans against employer Mohamed Abul-Enein, a (...)
As millions of Egyptians headed to polling stations on Saturday afternoon to choose their next president, the patrons of Cap d'Or were enjoying some welcome downtime with their drinks.
This rundown bar in central Cairo serves chilled Stella beer and (...)
The Egyptian Association for Competition (EAC), an NGO that promotes competitive practices, have heavily criticised new amendments to Egypt's anti-monopoly law, saying they fall short of ensuring the independence and effectiveness of the Egyptian (...)
A steel producer deemed as "ambiguous" the recent court verdict of withdrawing steel licences that were offered directly to steel makers without public bids. "Steel makers are waiting for verdict interpretations to be published," he told Ahram (...)
Egypt's main EGX30 index continued its slight decline for the third consecutive day, falling by 0.73 per cent.
“The suspension of trading on major shares due to the delay in submitting financial statements are shaking investors' confidence in the (...)
Egyptian stocks finished in the red on Monday with the EGX30 benchmark losing 0.63 per cent to reach 5,104.41 points.
The financial analyst Wael El-Nahas dismissed the suggestion that the clashes in Abbassiya might have had a negative impact on (...)
Egypt's stock benchmark finished Tuesday's session in the red for the second consecutive day, dropping 0.93 per cent to reach 5.529.24 points and defying analyst's predictions that yesterday's high equities turnover suggested the fall would be a (...)
Egypt's benchmark stock index EGX30 dipped 1.42 per cent to reach 5,202 points in Tuesday's midweek session, with the impact of political tensions. Egyptians concerned by the events since last weekend became net sellers of LE 13.1 million, having (...)
If Israel is not effectively sanctioned for its Gaza holocaust, the whole world will stand complicit by omission, writes Bassem Ahmed*
Of the many signs carried by protesters condemning the latest round of Israeli war crimes in Gaza, one in (...)
Countering the Israeli lobby requires a new strategy, argues Bassem Ahmed Hassan*
The recent announcement by the leaders of the Lakota nation that they were terminating their treaties signed with the United States government, accusing it of blatant (...)
Indigenous movements in the 21st century understand that the struggle is not about gaining access, but defeating domination. Will the Palestinians take heed, asks Bassem Ahmed*
For more than a decade now, thousands of people in Denver, Colorado, (...)
Egyptian foreign policy is mired in an outdated mindset, as are its critiques, argues Bassem Ahmed Hassan*
Lamenting Egypt's declining influence over regional politics has become a commonplace in newspaper commentaries as well as TV stations, (...)