traffic
IDSC: 339,600 automobile license plates issued within year
Business
October 3, 2010
IDSC: 339,600 automobile license plates issued within year
Between June 2009 and June 2010, a total of 339,600 new personal license plates were issued by Egypt's Department of…
The Saft al-Laban Corridor: A solution to Cairo’s acute traffic congestion?
Egypt
August 17, 2010
The Saft al-Laban Corridor: A solution to Cairo’s acute traffic congestion?
Last Saturday, President Hosni Mubarak--in the presence of Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and several ministers--inaugurated the new Saft al-Laban corridor…
Wednesday’s papers: Bread prices, Ramadan traffic and Egypt’s fifth president
Egypt
August 11, 2010
Wednesday’s papers: Bread prices, Ramadan traffic and Egypt’s fifth president
In state-owned Al-Akhbar as well as Al-Ahram, bread prices top the front page of both papers.“No increase in the price…
Govt seeks private partners to boost transport system
Egypt
June 13, 2010
Govt seeks private partners to boost transport system
The Egyptian Cabinet has approved a plan to invest in road construction projects, Minister of Transportation Alaa Fahmy announced yesterday.…
Downtown reborn? The Ismaelia Consortium’s vision for urban regeneration
Features/Interviews
May 17, 2010
Downtown reborn? The Ismaelia Consortium’s vision for urban regeneration
Al-Masry Al-Youm continues its conversation with Karim Shafei, Chief Executive Officer of Al Ismaelia for Real Estate Investments, about the…
“If I owned downtown Cairo…”
Egypt
May 12, 2010
“If I owned downtown Cairo…”
Downtown: it boasts some of Cairo’s best-kept architecture, alongside some of it most battered buildings; some of the classiest establishments,…
Govt mulls moving ministries to Cairo outskirts
Egypt
May 10, 2010
Govt mulls moving ministries to Cairo outskirts
With Cairo suffering from daily traffic jams that paralyze its main thoroughfares, Housing Minister Ahmed el-Maghraby said the government was…