Egyptian telecom tycoon Naguib Sawiris has offered a 140,000 euro reward for information leading to the recovery of a stolen masterpiece by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, according to broadcaster Europe1. Sawiris is the first businessman to have publicly offered … read more
Two of the biggest opposition players in Egyptian politics have joined forces as unofficial campaigning kicks off for parliamentary polls later this year—though neither will be on the ballot. Mohamed ElBaradei, former head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog and … read more
The road west out of Cairo used to promise relief from the Egyptian capital’s chaos. Past the great pyramids of Giza, the desert stretched, 100 miles north-west to the Mediterranean. Now commuters driving from Cairo cross 20 miles of nothingness … read more
The Egyptian government on Thursday announced its decision to close several more Egyptian museums following the theft of Vincent Van Gogh’s famous masterpiece, “Poppy Flowers,” from Cairo’s Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum earlier this week. Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said … read more
Cities across Egypt have been hit by daily blackouts during the past two weeks, sparking protests and calls for the electricity minister to be sacked. The power cuts – the worst in decades – come amid sweltering temperatures during the … read more
Egypt’s antiquities department announced Wednesday the discovery of a 3,500-year-old settlement in a desert oasis, showing the existence of vibrant desert trade routes that stretched from the Mediterranean down into Sudan from the early days of the Egyptian civilization. The … read more
Egypt’s ruling party said Wednesday that it will back 82-year-old Hosni Mubarak if he decides run for another term as president in 2011, even though Mr. Mubarak has yet to say whether he will seek another term. Egypt’s state-run MENA … read more
The state-run Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has denied reports that the government intended to buy back quantities of natural gas earlier exported to Israel in a bid to offset the country’s current electricity shortfall. The denial came in … read more
Two collisions between packed minibuses and trucks killed 24 people in Egypt on Wednesday, police said. In the first accident, a truck driver lost control of his vehicle after a tire blew out and slammed into a minibus on the … read more
The Egyptian president has decided to build the country’s first planned nuclear power plant on the west coast of the port of Alexandria. Hosni Mubarak said that the reactor would be located in el-Dabaa, according to the presidential spokesman Suleiman … read more