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World
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International
3/5/2023 7:53:55 PM
French trade unions are heading for what is expected to be a decisive showdown with President Emmanuel Macron over pension reform, with massive strikes from Tuesday aiming to bring the country "to a standstill".
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World
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War in Ukraine
3/5/2023 9:41:05 AM
Polling stations have opened in Estonia for a general election that the center-right Reform Party of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. one of Europe’s most outspoken supporters of Ukraine, is a favorite to win.
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/22/2023 5:24:48 PM
The price of releasing planet-heating carbon into the atmosphere rose above 100 euros (about $107) in the European Union for the first time this week, a signal that experts said Wednesday speaks for the bloc's efforts to make polluting costlier.
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World
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Region
2/21/2023 3:40:59 PM
The United Nations on Tuesday urged Israel to pause its judicial reform plans, saying they risked weakening human rights protections by drastically undermining the judiciary's ability to vindicate individual rights.
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World
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International
2/21/2023 11:58:44 AM
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday defended his government's hotly contested pensions overhaul in rare comments about the topic.
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World
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Region
2/21/2023 9:47:30 AM
The Israeli parliament backed a key part of a controversial judicial overhaul at first reading Tuesday despite protests across the country against a bill critics see as a threat to democracy.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/19/2023 10:27:53 PM
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shourkry called on African countries to continue adhering to Ezulwini Consensus and Sirte Declaration to present a unifying African position on United Nations security council reforms, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said
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World
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International
2/16/2023 9:30:29 PM
The ranks of marchers were thinner during a new wave of strikes and protests in France Thursday against an unpopular pension reform, but unions put the accent on a planned March 7 general strike which they hope will bring the country to its knees.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
2/15/2023 6:31:00 PM
Abdel-Moneim Said discusses the way forward for Arab reform.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/14/2023 1:00:07 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said Tuesday that Egypt supports all development and reform efforts in Tunisia under the lead of President Kais Saied.
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Business
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Economy
2/13/2023 4:47:27 PM
Egypt is keen to continue enhancing its structural fiscal and monetary policy reforms and maximising the role of the private sector in the economy, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi told the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva.
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Business
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Economy
2/13/2023 2:39:38 PM
Egypt is adopting an economic reform trajectory that contributes to supporting its financial discipline and decreasing debt to GDP ratio and budget deficit, Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait told the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva on Monday.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
2/13/2023 1:24:47 PM
Iran has released an award-winning filmmaker more than six months after arresting him for criticizing the government, a pro-reform newspaper reported Monday.
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World
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International
2/11/2023 8:06:47 PM
Police were out in force across France on Saturday as protesters held a sometimes restive fourth round of nationwide demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to reform the country's pension system.
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World
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International
2/11/2023 1:20:49 PM
France is bracing itself for a fourth round of nationwide protests against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to reform pensions Saturday, but strikes will not hit transport services this time, allowing trains and the Paris Metro to run.
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World
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International
1/31/2023 12:55:50 PM
France woke up to a day of paralysis Tuesday with transport blockages, mass strikes and demonstrations hitting the country for the second time in a month to protest a planned reform to raise the retirement age.
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World
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International
1/30/2023 10:16:59 PM
France braced Monday for another day of mass protests and strikes over proposed pension overhauls being pushed by President Emmanuel Macron, with the government and its left-wing opponents trading blame for the expected disruptions.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/28/2023 11:29:34 AM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said he looks forward to increasing public and private investments from Azerbaijan in Egypt, citing the business reforms introduced by the government to facilitate investment procedures.
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World
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International
1/25/2023 1:57:10 PM
Eight years after facing a refugee crisis in 2015, the European Union is still struggling with how to reform its asylum system, just as migrant entries are once again rising.
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World
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International
1/23/2023 4:22:33 PM
France's government on Monday moved forward with a fiercely contested pensions reform plan that would raise the retirement age to 64, saying balancing the system's books must be top priority.
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