A pickup truck fired birdshot pellets towards Prime Minister Hisham Qandil’s convoy as it was passing through Giza’s Nahda Square on his way home on Sunday night. Investigations revealed that the five arrested inside the car were on their way … read more
Hotels will be closed if staff are found to have sexually harassed tourists, Egyptian Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou has said. “Foreign travel agents have complained about the inappropriate behavior of some hotel staff towards tourists,” Zaazou told Al-Hayat 2 private … read more
The Railway Workers’ Union announces it will appeal the involuntary manslaughter and negligence ruling against rail workers involved in the Badrashin train accident in Upper Egypt that killed at least 19 police conscripts. Union President Mohamed Fouad abstained from commenting … read more
Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied recent media reports that Egypt’s acting ambassador in Syria has returned to Damascus, thus re-establishing diplomatic relations between Egypt and Syria. “When Egypt withdrew Ambassador Shawqi Ismail (in February 2012) from Damascus, the … read more
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has officially withdrawn all lawsuits filed by the presidency against the media, state-run news agency MENA reported Saturday. Morsi sent a letter on Saturday to Prosecutor-General Talaat Ibrahim Abdullah to drop the lawsuits filed by the … read more
Australian livestock exporters said on Saturday they were suspending live cattle exports to Egypt after a graphic video purportedly showed animal cruelty in Egyptian abattoirs and prompted Canberra to launched an investigation. Agriculture officials said they had taken the matter … read more
Three people were killed in Egypt after a Facebook overnight spat over President Mohamed Morsi turned into a bloody fight, state-run Al-Ahram news website reported Friday, APA reports quoting Xinhua. The bloody episode, which took place at a village in … read more
Businessman Naguib Sawiris and his family returned to Egypt on Friday after their names were lifted from Egypt’s travel ban list, the Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported. Orascom Construction Industries, a company owned by the Sawiris family, reached a … read more
France-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders added Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood to their list of ‘Predators of Freedom of Information’ for 2013 on Friday, which marks the World Press Freedom Day, accusing the group’s members and supporters of attacking journalists. “Members … read more
A recent UN survey suggested an astounding 99.3% of Egyptian women had experienced harassment of one form or another. Sixty percent of those asked said they had been touched inappropriately. Of course, the problems started within Egyptian society long before … read more