Egypt’s administrative prosecution referred 18 health ministry officials to trial, over negligence for improperly storing children’s vaccines worth $443,000 back in 2015. The prosecution received a complaint from the health minister’s financial aide that over 155,000 pentavalent vaccines, part of … read more
The Egyptian government and the National Electoral Commission (NEC) are set to begin preparing for Egypt’s upcoming presidential elections, which are set for May 2018. On 28 July, Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail held a meeting with the ministers of … read more
The Long Live Egypt Fund distributed five tons of sugar, donated by the Egyptian community in Austria, Friday to families in need, in cooperation with the Beheira Governorate local authorities. Beheira governor Nadia Abdou, Major General Sayyed Saeed and a number of … read more
Cairo International Airport said on Friday it has finished preparations for ‘pilgrimage season’ to the Muslim holy land of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The first flights for the season begin on August 9. Majdi Ishaq, chairman of the Cairo Airport … read more
Egypt’s permanent mission to the UN sent a memo on Thursday to the president of the UN Security Council rejecting claims by Qatar that Egypt is using its position on the Security Council to attack the Gulf state. In the … read more
Israel is preparing to build a 3-kilometer-long underground barrier along the Israeli-Egyptian border to counter underground tunnels dug from Sinai into Israel by the Islamic State. The barrier is expected to be completed within a year and a half, at … read more
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will visit France in the fall of this year upon an invitation from his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, France’s ambassador to Cairo Stéphane Romatet announced on Wednesday. Romatet told journalists that Paris appreciated Egyptian Ambassador Mohsira … read more
Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail signed off on Wednesday to raise drinking water and sewage fees starting August by as much as 50 percent for consumers of all consumption tiers. The new prices for residential use range between LE0.45 to LE2.15 per … read more
Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry said on Thursday that he discussed with Sudanese Prime Minister Bakri Hassan Saleh improving cooperation between Cairo and Khartoum. The Egyptian FM said in press statements that he conveyed to the Sudanese PM the regards … read more
Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Animal, Poultry and Fish Resources Mona Mehrez said on Friday that by 2022 Egypt will produce 2.2 million tons of fish per year. The total annual fish production is currently 1.64 million tons, of which 1.2 … read more