The Egyptian pound was unchanged at a central bank dollar sale on Sunday and slightly stronger on the black market. The bank offered $40 million at the sale and said it had sold $38.4 million at a cut-off price of … read more
The Muslim Brotherhood launched calls on Friday and Saturday for protests ahead of 25 January, which will mark the fourth anniversary of the 2011 revolution, according to their representative Freedom and Justice Party (FJP). The FJP reported Saturday that numerous … read more
Foreign Minister Sameh Shokry flew Sunday morning to Paris to attend a silent march called for by the French presidency to condemn the bloody armed attack that killed 12, mainly journalists, last Wednesday. French President Francois Hollande had called for … read more
Residents of North Sinai’s Sheikh Zuweid found on Saturday the bodies of two decapitated youths, police sources said. The sources, who preferred to remain anonymous, said the decapitated youths belong to a renowned tribe in Sheikh Zuweid. The bodies were … read more
An explosion occurred on the Beheira railroad early Saturday, temporarily halting traffic yet causing no casualties. Unidentified assailants planted an explosive device on the railroad, causing a metre-deep hole and consequently damaging the rail track, reported state-run news agency MENA. … read more
Four conscripts and a police officer were injured late Friday when unknown assailants shot at a police patrol on the ring road connecting Egypt’s capital city Cairo, according to an interior ministry statement. Greater Cairo’s ring road connects the governorates … read more
Egypt’s petroleum ministry said on Friday that it signed six oil and gas petroleum exploration agreements in the Western Desert and Gulf of Suez. Petroleum Minister, Sherif Ismail, signed the agreements with Netherland’s Shell; Italy’s Eni; United Kingdom’s British Petroleum; … read more
Egypt’s next parliamentary elections are to take place in two stages, splitting up different governorates, in March and April, the Supreme Elections Commission stated on Thursday. Fourteen governorates are to vote in the first stage while 11 are due to … read more
An improvised explosive device exploded near a police station in Fayoum on Wednesday night and injured a policeman, the state-owned Al-Ahram reported. In an investigative campaign, the Ministry of Interior found 180 cases of illegal possession of weapons, 101 drug … read more
Egypt’s stock of wheat for its subsidised bread programme will last until the first week of May, well into the start of the local harvest, after it bought 180,000 tonnes this week, Supplies Minister Khaled Hanafi said on Friday. Hanafi … read more