Cairo Book Fair opens

Predictions that Cairo's annual book fair would not open again this year have proved groundless. Last year this well-attended international publishing event had to be cancelled because of the violence and the protests that led to the overthrow of ex-president...

Clashes in Cairo

14 people have died in the latest clashes between protesters and security forces in Cairo. The violence, which began on 16 December in the streets around the central Tahrir Square, continues four days later. Up to 1,000 protesters called for...

Election update in Egypt

Islamist parties are leading so far in initial, partial results from Egypt's parliamentary elections, according to the Egyptian judges charged with overseeing the counting, some of whom spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The judges said that the...

Upcoming Egyptian elections

Egyptian parliamentary elections are scheduled to begin on 28 November. An estimated 50 million Egyptians are eligible to vote for the roughly 50 parties and more than 5,000 independent candidates vying for the 500 seats in the new parliament, which...

Japan to finance Cairo’s fourth metro line

Japan has granted Egypt a long-term loan of $1.2 billion to fund the planned fourth underground metro line in Cairo, following the Egyptian government’s formal request to the Japanese embassy in Cairo in late 2010. It is understood that Egypt will...