The government decision this week to remove subsidies on diesel designated for the tourism sector is a disaster, Khaled al-Mennawy, spokesperson of the Tourism Chambers Union, said Tuesday. Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ashraf al-Araby announced Monday that the … read more
Three were injured during an attack on a police station in the Mediterranean city of Marsa Matrouh on Tuesday. Families of several detainees from Marsa Matrouh’s Al-Negeila and Sidi Brani districts besieged the police station in which their relatives were … read more
New evidence in the trials of those accused of involvement in last year’s killings at a football match in Port Said was given to Port Said Criminal Court on Monday by the prosecutor-general, a judicial source told Al-Ahram Arabic news … read more
The Ministry of Interior anticipates that demonstrations on the two-year anniversary of the revolution this Friday will remain peaceful. New Minister of the Interior Mohamed Ibrahim, in a Sunday night interview on Dream TV, said he thought “the celebration of … read more
Sinai tribes will give the government until 30 January to cancel the defense minister’s decree banning land ownership in the eastern border area — otherwise, they will revolt, tribal sources said on Monday. The tribes threaten to block the international … read more
The Muslim Brotherhood will officially announce its plans for the upcoming second anniversary of Egypt’s 25 January Revolution at a press conference on Tuesday, according to group spokesmen. In an interview with Turkish news agency Anadolu, Brotherhood Vice-Chairman Mahmoud Ezzat … read more
Head of official Egyptian statistics agency CAPMAS Abu Bakr El-Gendi announced on Monday that 51.387 million Egyptian citizens would be eligible to vote in upcoming parliamentary elections. El-Gendi divided this figure between some 26.2 million male voters and some 25.1 … read more
An Egyptian security official says a speeding truck collided with a minibus on a highway in the country’s south, killing 14 people and injuring 13 others. The official says the accident took place on Monday morning on the Assiut desert … read more
The Health Ministry on Sunday said victims of the clashes that took place on Saturday in the densely populated district of Shubra al-Kheima north of Cairo are five dead and 12 wounded. The ministry said in a statement that two … read more
The legal representative of former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly on Sunday paid LE1 million that Adly took in the form of gifts from the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper when he was in office. The Public Funds Prosecution had a few days … read more