President Adli Mansour issued a decree on Sunday, increasing the salary of the country’s president. “The salary of the republic’s president will now be 21,000 Egyptian pounds per month in addition to a representation allowance of 21,000 pounds,” the decree … read more
The preliminary count of Egyptian expat votes Thursday to Saturday at embassies across the world reached 230,000, Tarek Shebel, member of the general secretariat of the Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) and member of the general committee supervising expat voting, told … read more
At least four people were injured on Saturday when a bomb was thrown at an election rally in support of Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in the Ain Shams district of Cairo. The candidate was not present at the event. A security source … read more
At least four people were injured on Saturday when a bomb was thrown at an election rally in support of Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in the Ain Shams district of Cairo. The candidate was not present at the event. A security source … read more
Presidential candidate Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s campaign will start distributing 300,000 electricity saving lightbulbs to Egyptians on Saturday, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported. Former military leader El-Sisi said in his first ever TV interview two weeks ago that his electoral plan to save … read more
Giza prosecution is investigating clashes that occurred last week at Cairo University between protesting pro-Muslim Brotherhood students and the security forces. The prosecutor has requested State Security Agency investigations into the incident. According to the investigations, supervised by South Giza Prosecutor Yasser al-Tallawy, … read more
Egyptian companies could suffer a fall in profits as the incoming government phases out energy subsidies, Egypt‘s finance minister Hany Kadry Dimian said on Friday. “Corporate profits may fall but they will continue to make profits … Companies are producing at … read more
Prominent figures in Egypt’s tourism sector, in coordination with the Egyptian Travel Agencies Association (ETAA), convened Thursday for a rally at the Giza Pyramids in support of presidential candidate Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. Over 100 tourist buses gathered in the morning at … read more
The first day of voting in the presidential election for Egyptians abroad saw a large turnout in Belgium. Ahmed Salah, press officer at the Egyptian Embassy, said preliminary indications project a turnout four times the referendum on the constitution last … read more
A jailed Al-Jazeera journalist, who has been on a hunger strike for more than 100 days, said the Egyptian authorities are to blame if his health worsens, in footage released on Wednesday. Abdullah El-Shamy has been held in Egypt for … read more