transportation
Airport shuttle damaged in storm to be replaced by French manufacturer
Business
December 20, 2010
Airport shuttle damaged in storm to be replaced by French manufacturer
Cairo Airport Company Chairman Hassan Rashed has decided to send the electric shuttle train intended to link Cairo International Airport’s…
Striking truck drivers destroy 9 vehicles; 80 strikers arrested
Business
December 19, 2010
Striking truck drivers destroy 9 vehicles; 80 strikers arrested
Egyptian trucker drivers, who have now been on strike for ten consecutive days, have destroyed nine vehicles
Ministry reverses planned tax increase following truckers’ strike
Business
December 14, 2010
Ministry reverses planned tax increase following truckers’ strike
The Egyptian Finance Ministry on Tuesday gave in to the demands of truck drivers--on strike since Friday--by reversing an earlier…
Crisis chief blames antiquated vessel for bitumen spill off Port Tewfik
Environment
November 21, 2010
Crisis chief blames antiquated vessel for bitumen spill off Port Tewfik
Mahmoud Ismail, head of the Environment Ministry’s crisis management department, has criticized the government for allowing antiquated vessels to sail…
Ex-minister: Road accidents claim dozens of Egyptian lives daily
Egypt
November 21, 2010
Ex-minister: Road accidents claim dozens of Egyptian lives daily
Road accidents in Egypt kill an average of 30 people every day, former transportation minister Essam Sharaf said at a…
Four countries endorse pan-Arab air transport agreement
Business
October 27, 2010
Four countries endorse pan-Arab air transport agreement
The 23rd session of the Arab Transport Ministers Council wrapped up in Alexandria on Wednesday after participants failed to reach…
Tuesday’s papers: redirected trains, two-headed babies and alleged Israeli carpetbagging
Egypt
October 19, 2010
Tuesday’s papers: redirected trains, two-headed babies and alleged Israeli carpetbagging
Today the front pages of state-owned papers Al-Ahram and Al-Akhbar share identical headlines, photographs and reports on President Hosni Mubarak’s…
Ex-minister: Road accidents claimed 7000 Egyptian lives in 2009
Egypt
October 18, 2010
Ex-minister: Road accidents claimed 7000 Egyptian lives in 2009
Some 30,000 road accidents took place in Egypt last year alone, killing 7000 people and injuring a further 30,000, according…
Villagers block Cairo-Aswan highway to protest road accident
Egypt
October 18, 2010
Villagers block Cairo-Aswan highway to protest road accident
Angry residents of the village of Beni Helal in Sohag blocked the Cairo-Aswan agricultural road on Sunday night after four…
Eleven killed, 23 injured in Fayoum microbus crash
Egypt
September 14, 2010
Eleven killed, 23 injured in Fayoum microbus crash
Eleven people were killed and 23 injured in a road accident on Qarun Lake Road near Fayoum's Shakshook Village, a…