President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi issued a decree to force former head of the Judges Club Zakaria Abdel Aziz into retirement, according to state-run Al-Ahram. The decree No. 255 was published in the state’s official magazine on Sunday. The president’s decision … read more
Official statistics show that the number of tourists who entered Egypt in April declined by 54 per cent compared to the same month last year. The figure plunged from 923,900 in April 2015 to 425,000 in April 2016, the state-run Central … read more
Reuters British Airways has announced that it will resume flights to Sharm el-Sheikh on September 15, pending approval from the UK government. Sherif Barsoum, British Airways regional customer service manager, said that the company was still awaiting permission from the … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The Immigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs Minister, Nabila Makram, has revealed plans to create an up-to-date database on the number of Egyptians abroad through registering all work permits of nationals working overseas. During a meeting of the cabinet … read more
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi headed on Sunday a National Defence Council meeting where they discussed the army’s 2016-2017 budget as well as a number of pending domestic and regional issues, state news agency MENA reported. Article 203 of the constitution … read more
By Reuters French scientists equipped with a special telescope have joined the Scan the Pyramids project that was launched last year to discover the secrets of Egypt’s ancient structures. The telescope was developed by the French Alternative Energies and Atomic … read more
Egypt’s population is set to reach 91 million people as of Sunday evening, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS). In a press release, CAPMAS said Egypt’s population increased by 1 million people over the past … read more
Hend El-Behary As Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reaches the two-year milestone of his presidency in the coming week, the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera) has conducted a poll to measure the Egyptian people’s satisfaction with his performance. … read more
Reuters Business activity in Egypt shrank for the eighth straight month in May but at a lesser extent than previous three months, a survey showed on Sunday. The Emirates NBD Egypt Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for the non-oil private sector … read more
