Personal recollections added an emotional touch to the ceremony, with Tim Vaughn, grandson of WOII Tom Ansell (REME), sharing excerpts from "The Forgotten Army." Joan Bolton-Frost, daughter of Sgt. Bernard Hargreaves, reminisced about her father's wartime experiences through moving letters.
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) celebrated the 10th anniversary of its CBE Noor service, which offers interest-free banking according to Sharia laws.
Egypt and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are in the final stages of discussions concerning the continuation of the country’s loan programme, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva revealed on 2 February. "We are in this very last stretch when we are working on the details of implementation... We are very close. So we are not talking
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced a two percent increase in interest rates on Thursday, 1 February, marking the first hike since August 2023. The overnight lending and deposit rates now stand at 22.5 percent and 21.25 percent, respectively. Despite persistent inflation, rates had remained unchanged for several months, with the average inflation rate
Egyptian state-owned bank, Banque Misr, released a new debit card that allows US dollar transactions up to USD 20,000 (EGP 618,058) per month, according to an Ahram Online report published on 30 January. The Visa Platinum card, which also works domestically, allows for a daily limit of USD 1,000 (EGP 30,902) and is valid up
The US Dollar is set to break the EGP 60 mark in Egypt’s black market, which stood at EGP 57 per 1 USD, according to an Ahram Online at the start of the week. The official exchange rate, maintained around EGP 30.80 per 1 USD since the Central Bank of Egypt's last devaluation in January
the papers this morning. both of our guests have already been busy. david cameron has told the sunday telegraph that the uk had no choice but to strike the houthis in yemen. on the front of geordie's paper keir starmer accuses iran of sponsoring terrorism. the sunday mirror marks 100 days since the war between israel and hamas began. more on the post office — sunday times reports that paula vennells, the former boss, was given a cbe despite warnings being raised. and in the last half hour, news agencies are reporting that four migrants have died trying to cross the channel to get to the uk — we'll bring you more details when we have them. right, something important has happened around the world this week, with american and british military strikes, do you think this is going to change the tone of the conversations are?- to change the tone of the conversations are? there is definitely — conversations are? there is definitely a _ conversations are? there is definitely a scramble - conversations are? there is definitely a scramble for. conversations are? there is - definitely a scramble for leadership and what happens with these very,
marc ashdown is here. to give you the nuts and bolts of how the new year's honours system works, people are nominated from all walks of life, it is then vetted, it goes to the pm and the monarch bestows the honour. paula vennells received her cbe in 2019 when theresa may was in office. we know, though, that around 500 or so subpostmasters were about to bring a group action to the high court and a judge was about to issue a damning indictment of the horizon computer system saying it was defective. the sunday times newspaper spoke to people there is about what and how close that larva will get to grindavik.