An Egyptian court granted Alaa and Gamal Mubarak release pending trial in the “presidential palaces case” Thursday, signaling a possible complete release as they are not detained pending other trials. Lawyer Farid El-Deeb said his defendants are expected to leave … read more
Egypt’s cabinet has designated Sunday, 25 January 2015, as an official holiday commemorating the fourth anniversary of the January 25 Revolution, announced cabinet spokesperson Hossam El-Qaweish Wednesday afternoon. In 2009, former president Hosni Mubarak, ousted 11 February 2011, designated 25 … read more
A bomb exploded on Thursday damaging the house of the judge presiding over the “prison break” trial in which ousted president Mohamed Mursi is a defendant, security sources and eyewitnesses said. The eyewitnesses told Aswat Masriya that in the early … read more
Egypt‘s pound weakened to 7.34 per dollar from 7.29 the previous day at a central bank auction on Wednesday, the weakest level it has been allowed to reach since auctions began in December 2012 and the fourth official depreciation this … read more
Procter & Gamble <PG.N> expects Egypt’s economic growth could return to levels seen before the country’s 2011 popular uprising within three years, but the government needs to make life easier for investors, the company’s general manager for the region said. … read more
A person has been killed on Tuesday as he threw himself on the railways of the metro in front of the coming train at the Gamal Abdel Nasser stop. Egyptian National Authority for Tunnels Spkesperson Ahmed Abdel Hady said in … read more
Recent reforms by the Egyptian government tackling sexual and gender-based violence in the country fall short of realising long-awaited justice, according to a new briefing by Amnesty International. “‘Circles of hell’: Domestic, public and state violence against women in Egypt” … read more
Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Waly announced Sunday that the number of street children nationwide stands at 20,000, a number deemed by children’s rights organisations as far from reality. The National Centre for Social and Criminological Research (NCSCR), the National … read more
Swiss food giant Nestle plans to invest about 1 billion Egyptian pounds ($137.93 million) in Egypt in the next few years and believes economic reforms could deliver results, its regional CEO said on Monday. Political and economic instability triggered by the uprising … read more
A child was injured after an improvised bomb exploded in Alexandria, Egypt’s second city, on Monday evening, reported local website Aswat Masriya. Alexandria’s director of security told the website that the bomb went off in front of a bank in … read more