After years of construction and months of anticipation, Cairo’s East Nile Monorail came into service last week.
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A new set of transport projects came to life this year, with progress on Egypt’s monorail, Bus Rapid Transit, and high-speed rail developments.
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The massive fire at the Ramses Central Exchange this week caused digital paralysis across Cairo, disrupting telecoms, Internet, transport, and financial services for millions.
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Motorists across Egypt were affected by substandard petrol this week, with no details yet on who or what was responsible
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Al-Ahram Weekly reports on developments in the B.Laban chain saga.
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Easing the financing of imports is not a panacea for the car sector’s woes, experts say.
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“Thailand [currently] stands as the 8th largest exporter of Halal products worldwide, with exports valued at $7.24 billion in 2023, with the country having over 180,000 Halal certified products in 2024,” Associate Professor Pakorn Priyakorn, Director of the Halal Standards Institute of Thailand, said.
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The government is adopting a four-year plan to slash subsidies on electricity, reports Ahmed Morsy
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The final section of Cairo Metro’s third green line, dubbed 3C, was set for a dry run with passengers on Wednesday 15 May, marking the completion of this eco-friendly track.
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Daily power cuts to alleviate pressure on the electricity network have returned
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“Israeli women on Tinder ... in Cairo?” Ahmed Saad, a 29-year-old Egyptian dater, recounted his disbelief, expressing his surprise at encountering a surge of Israeli women's profiles in his dating feed, all showing locations a few kilometres away within Cairo.
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The New Administrative Capital is officially the new seat of government.
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Moves to increase the ceiling on foreign currency transactions on Egyptian credit cards have been hailed by individuals and startups.
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Egypt's western Mediterranean coast is a top summer vacation spot for locals, with two names ingrained in their lexicon since the mid-1990s: Al-Sahel Al-Shamali — the North Coast — and sometimes simply Al-Sahel, or the coast.
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Smokers are grappling with hikes in cigarette prices.
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A Japanese loan to finance the construction of metro Line 4 has received the presidential green light, reports Ahmed Morsy
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In 2023, mega projects began shaping a new reality for Egypt, reports Ahmed Morsy
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The four-day truce in Gaza saw a huge increase in aid passing through the Rafah border crossing.
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EGYPT’S National Election Authority (NEA) held a press conference on Monday to announce the timetable for presidential elections, the third to be held in Egypt since the 25 January 2011 Revolution.
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Nearly four months after upgrading Egyptian-Japanese relations to a “strategic partnership” during Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s visit to Cairo in late April, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi paid his first ever official visit to Cairo on Monday.
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