Date of source: Friday, July 23, 1999
If the situation was not extremely embarrassing I would not have dared to write these lines. The situation is embarrassing for the non-governmental organizations because they have lost confidence in the governmental system.
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 1999 to Wednesday, July 7, 1999
In the second installment of her two-part interview with Al-Ahram Weekly, Minister Mervat Tellawi [the interviewee] tells Mariz Tadros [the interviewer] how it is possible to build a corporate culture of compassion.
Date of source: Saturday, June 26, 1999
Two representatives of an organization called "Freedom House" in the USA claimed that they came to Egypt to make a report about the persecution of Copts in Egypt. A representative of this organization visited Egypt and met Boutros Ghali, the minister of the Egyptian economy, in order to give him...
Date of source: Thursday, June 24, 1999
Pope Shenouda confirmed in the recent press conference that the reputation of Egypt is important for the Coptic Church. He also said that Copts care about the success of the visit of Mubarak to the USA because he is the greatest symbol of this country. Pope Shenouda also insisted on the President...
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 1999
The stormy debate over the new NGOs law has not abated. It is claimed that the new law, which was endorsed by the People’s Assembly before it went into recess a few days ago, was maliciously designed by the government to firmly control NGOs. It is alleged that the law was put forward after some...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 23, 1999
The season of the American campaigns against Egypt has started. The opening headlines of one of the biggest newspapers - "New York Times" - started its campaign against Egypt last month by criticizing the new law of the civil associations and describing it as "a law that aims at keeping the...
Date of source: Monday, June 21, 1999
President Mubarak starts a "critical" visit to the United States next Saturday. The mutual relations between the two countries have priority in the agenda of the president. There are a number of reasons that have helped in raising the degree of tension in the Egyptian-American relations. On the top...
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 1999 to Wednesday, June 9, 1999
In the early hours of last Thursday, following a day-long debate, the People’s Assembly approved, by a hefty majority, a new bill designed to regulate the activities of some 15,000 registered non-governmental organizations (NGOs). However, the bill did not go down well with 11 opposition deputies...
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 1999 to Wednesday, June 9, 1999
The People’s Assembly’s Culture Committee was the scene of stormy debates this week over the Culture Ministry’s plans to organize a celebration marking the advent of the next millennium. Among other questions that the Culture Minister Farouk Hosni was asked, was this one: "The celebration will be...
Date of source: Monday, June 7, 1999
Claims made in the western press about the rape of Christian girls in Egypt, and forcing them to become Muslims with the allegation that this takes place with the blessing of the police stirs and angry response from the authorities and Christians.