20101011
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - The European Union has granted Egypt 609 million euros to be spent between 2009 and 2013, with most of the money to be spent on economic and social development projects, the government said on Monday.

20101011
africanews

The European Union is set to grant new aid funds to Egypt under cooperation programmes worth 1.1 billion dollars (€800 million euros), ENPI Info Centre said.

20100926
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian cabinet is seeking more transparency in state land deals, a spokesman said on Sunday, after a court ruled a contract with Egypt's biggest listed property developer should be scrapped because it was illegal.

20100925
reuters

GAZA (Reuters) - Egypt freed on Friday a top Hamas security official after holding him for 10 days on what Cairo media described as allegations of involvement in smuggling to the Gaza Strip and the killing of an Egyptian border guard.

20100922
africanews

VIENNA (Reuters) - Egypt hit out at Israel on Wednesday for questioning its commitment to regional nuclear non-proliferation, underlining tension between the Jewish state and Arab countries at a meeting of the U.N. atomic watchdog.

20100922
africanews

Hundreds of Egyptians gathered in central Cairo on Tuesday, amid tight security, to protest against the rumours that the North African nation President, Hosni Mubarak's son Gamal will succeed him. The protesters gathered near the president's official residence shouting the names of Mubarak's two sons.

20100919
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman met Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Saudi Arabia this month in an attempt to push for reconciliation between Palestinian factions, the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reported.

20100919
africanews

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's cabinet will meet on Wednesday to discuss ways to resolve a dispute over real estate firm Talaat Moustafa Group's (TMG) $3 billion Madinaty flagship development, the housing ministry said on Sunday.

20100918
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has secured the wheat quantities it needs to avoid shortages in subsidised bread and would not face a rerun of riots in 2008 over bread shortages, the trade minister said on Saturday.

20100917
mail&gurdian

There are those who lead and those who follow, and the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram clearly feels that President Hosni Mubarak fits in to the former category.

20100912
reuters

ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt's interior minister will free a further 10 Bedouin detainees, state media and security sources said on Saturday, part of government efforts to assuage long-running tensions in the Sinai Peninsula.

20100912
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Trade Ministry plans to tender 500 million square metres of land for specialised trade zones next month, part of a plan to boost internal trade and lure more investment, the state news agency reported.

20100911
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian human rights group said on Friday an activist had been abducted by members of the security forces in plain clothes but that he had contacted his family after to say he would be freed soon.

20100911
africanews

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian transport officials including the transport minister will visit France next week to discuss potential investment in subway, rail and other transport projects, the state news agency said on Saturday.

20100907
africanews

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian prosecutors arrested a director at Cairo's housing department on Tuesday, saying he illegally amassed property and $1.75 million, as part of an ongoing crackdown on corruption in Egypt's real estate sector.

20100907
africanews

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt, the world's biggest wheat importer, faces a higher bill for bread subsidies in the next year but has adequate financial resources and stocks to avoid any rerun of the violent protests of 2008.

20100906
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's general prosecutor said on Monday he had referred 11 officials from the Culture Ministry to a Cairo court to be charged with negligence that led to the theft of a Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 million.

20100906
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - The second round of direct peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will take place in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on September 14-15, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

20100906
reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - A web page casting doubt on the religious credentials of the family of Egyptian presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei has become the latest focus of an online battle for votes.

20100904
africanews

CAIRO (Reuters) - Activists launched this week a poster campaign backing Egypt's intelligence chief General Omar Suleiman for the 2011 presidency, a move to head off an ongoing campaign for President Hosni Mubarak's son as the next leader.