Egypt criticised on Tuesday Turkey’s “blundering” regional policies hours after Ankara said that it rules out reconciliation with Cairo. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that a thaw with Egypt’s “oppressive regime” is not likely any time soon, adding that … read more
An Egyptian nun was killed on Tuesday after she was caught in the crossfire in a shootout on the Cairo-Alexandria road, the Coptic Orthodox Church announced in a statement. The Mary Girgis Monastery said that nun Anastasia was travelling with … read more
Coca-Cola plans to implement investments worth $500m in the Egyptian market over the next three years. Ghada Makady, public affairs and communication manager at Coca-Cola Middle East and North Africa, said that Coca-Cola is committed to implement the investment plan announced … read more
Fifty-one-year-old elephant Karimah passed away at the Giza Zoo on Tuesday, Ahram Arabic news website reported, citing sources within the agriculture ministry. Karimah was the oldest and most popular elephant and a major attraction at Egypt’s largest zoo. Born in … read more
GlaxoSmithKline is intending to pump investments reaching EGP 400m into Egypt until 2017, according to Minister of Investment Dalia Khorshid. Khorshid met on Monday with a delegation from GlaxoSmithKline, headed by vice president and area head of Egypt and the … read more
(Aswat Masriya) – The policewoman, Colonel Nashwa Mahmoud, tasked with combating crimes of violence against women in Cairo Security Directorate called on women to live their lives “normally and celebrate” the upcoming Eid al-Fitr celebrations. Eid al-Fitr celebrations, which mark … read more
Egypt’s national airline EgyptAir urged its customers to arrive at airports four hours prior to the scheduled departure times for international flights and two hours early for domestic flights due to the cancelation of daylight savings time in the country, … read more
Egypt’s cabinet agreed on Monday to abandon the daylight saving time, which has for years seen clocks put forward one hour in the summer. “The cabinet decided to scrap the daylight saving time that was scheduled to be applied starting … read more
The John Lethbridge vessel rented by the Egyptian government to search for debris and human remains of the crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 has finished collecting all human remains from the crash site, according to an official statement by the investigation … read more
In a meeting with the electricity minister on Sunday, Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi demanded that an electricity-use awareness campaign targeting citizens be prolonged. Sisi said that “rationalising consumption is in the interest of citizens too, in terms of reducing the … read more