The Suez Canal Authority is committed to implementing the decision of banning the Qatari ships from entering ports within the Suez Canal’s economic zone, chairperson of the Suez Canal Economic Zone Mohab Mamish said in press statements on Friday. Mamish … read more
The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Khalid Abdel Ghaffar, warned high school students on Friday about scams from fallacious educational institutions. He pointed out that a judicial control committee from the ministry succeeded in tracking down 7 of these entities that … read more
Two Ukrainian tourists were killed and four others wounded by an attacker with a knife at an Egyptian Red Sea resort in Hurghada, Egypt’s Interior Ministry and security sources said on Friday. The assailant has been arrested and is being questioned to determine … read more
Sharm el-Sheikh Airport on Tuesday received 153 tourists from Copenhagen on a newly-launched direct flight to Sharm el-Sheikh by Air Cairo Co., said Yasser al-Ramly, Chairman of Air Cairo. Ramly added that Air Cairo is working to increase its air … read more
Egypt’s Minister of Education Tarek Shawki has certified the 2016/17 Thanaweya Amma exam results, which show a 72.4 percent pass rate nationwide, state-run news agency MENA reported on Wednesday. The pass rate for the previous year was 75.7 percent, Shawki … read more
The Egyptian Exchange Co., a subsidiary of Banque Misr, was robbed on Wednesday in the Abdin district of downtown Cairo, by unidentified gunmen. According to a security official, the gunmen stole LE 1.1 million. However, Mohamed al-Eterby, head of Banque Misr, … read more
Mansoura Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced a teacher from Shensha Preparatory School to 10 years in prison for the rape of a female preparatory student. The incident dates back to March, when the mother of the student discovered that her daughter, … read more
Around 7.7 percent of high school students in Egypt abuse drugs while 8.3 percent drink alcohol, Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity said Monday in a conference to inaugurate a counter-addiction and addiction treatment fund. The results were derived from a … read more
EgyptAir has announced the lifting of a US-imposed ban on electronics being carried in the cabins of flights from Egypt to the United States, the Egyptan national carrier said in a statement on Wednesday. However, the airline said a similar … read more
Hassan al-Tayeb, head of the Maritime Rescue Association in the Red Sea, rescued 22 tourists who were on board the Blue Dolphin tourist boat where a huge fire broke out, in the Sahl Hasheesh area south of Hurghada, he said … read more