Section: Egypt
Missing in action: Is the EU’s soft power waning?
As the European Union’s foreign ministers met recently in a baroque palace in Malta, Finland’s top diplomat quipped that despite the grandeur of their surroundings, they were all merely “doctors and welders”, trying “to sew things up” in the world.Such despondency at Europe’s global influence has become...
American CrossOver aims to hire 150 Egyptian software developers in 2017
Sinan Ata, general manager of CrossOver in Turkey, said that the company is working to hire the best Egyptian developers to prove the company’s confidence in the potential of the Egyptian market in terms of human resources that are considered highly efficient, according to Ata. He noted that Egyptians are not only famous for their ability...
Ukraine launches investigation into death of OSCE monitor
Ukraine has launched an investigation into the death of an American working for the European security watchdog OSCE, whose vehicle hit a landmine in the country’s conflict-hit east, the general prosecutor’s office (GPU) said on Monday.The paramedic was on an OSCE monitoring mission patrol near the village of Pryshybin, controlled by...
Exxon Mobil requests sanctions waiver for Russia projects
The Texas-based oil giant has projects lined up in the Black Sea alongside Russian state-owned Rosneft. A previous partnership in 2014 was broken over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and ensuing Western sanctions.American oil giant Exxon Mobil is seeking the green light from President Trump’s administration in order to resume drilling...
Russian tourists will not return to Sharm El-Sheikh before 2018: Hisham Ali
The head of the Tourism Investors Association in South Sinai, Hisham Ali, does not see a glimmer of hope that indicates the return of Russian and English tourists to Sharm El-Sheikh before mid-2018. He said that the Egyptian government has exerted great efforts to review the security at various Egyptian airports in order to resume Russian flights...
Russian delegation travels to Egypt to discuss Mistral equipment deal: TASS
A Russian delegation left for Egypt to participate in the next stage of negotiations on delivering communications and control equipment for the Mistral-class helicopter carriers, a source in the military-technical cooperation system between Russia and other countries said to the Russian news agency, TASS, on Tuesday.”Negotiations continue....
G7 states reach no deal on UK call for further Syria sanctions
Foreign ministers from Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized nations reached no agreement on a British suggestion that sanctions be tightened against Syria and Russia, Italy’s foreign minister said on Tuesday.British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had said ahead of the two-day G7 meeting that he wanted to discuss imposing fresh...
100 years later, debate goes on over Russia’s last tsar
Saint or playboy? Blood-stained autocrat or family man; incompetent leader or just a victim of circumstance? One century after he ended Romanov rule, Russia’s last tsar still prompts heated debate.Nicholas II abdicated on March 2, 1917, or March 15 by the current calendar, in the royal train in the northwestern town of Pskov. “There...
China says industrial policy not aimed at foreign firms
China on Saturday tried to downplay concerns it is reducing market access for foreign enterprises, days after a report by an EU group accused Beijing of trying to skew its business playing field towards domestic firms. The paper, released Tuesday by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, slammed the government’s “Made in...
Russian hackers use Dutch polls as practice
The Dutch government, like its German and French counterparts, fears that Russia is trying to influence the upcoming election through hacking schemes and by spreading fake news. Thessa Lageman reports.It shouldn’t really come as a surprise, but the audacity remains breathtaking: In the past six months, foreign countries, in particular...
