Egypt has recorded 838 cases of mumps in September and October of this year, according to Dr. Amr Qandil, head of the Health Ministry’s Preventive Medicine Department. Qandil assured, however, that the spread of the inflections should not be a … read more
Anxious over months of turmoil in Egypt, military officers are pushing popular army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to run for president, after a 2011 popular uprising had inspired hopes for democratic change in a country long dominated by generals. Sisi … read more
A huge percentage of Egyptian factories, which are bankrupt, are currently seeking technical and financial support from a local industrial development agency, the trade and industry minister said on Sunday. Around 855 factories were affected by the political instability in … read more
A gradual reduction of custom fees on cars that were manufactured in Europe and exported to Egypt would reach zero by 2019, according to a statement from the Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade. Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade … read more
Three policemen were killed in Mansoura, Daqahliya governorate in the early hours of Monday when unknown assailants attacked a security checkpoint. Eyewitnesses said around four assailants on motorcycles opened fire at the checkpoint on the outskirts of the Nile Delta … read more
Egypt’s 50-member committee tasked with amending the suspended 2012 constitution adopted on Sunday a transitional article that will cancel existing restrictions regulating the building of new churches. According to Ahram Arabic news website, the committee also initially adopted an article … read more
The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, that groups supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi, has called for demonstrations this Friday to push for the independence of the judiciary. The alliance criticized in a statement on Saturday what it described as … read more
The UAE and Egypt on Saturday signed an agreement to support the Egyptian development programme under which the UAE will give Egypt a $4.9 billion (Dh17.9 billion), to help it implement a number of projects, develop service sectors, and improve … read more
The twenty-five Ultras football fans arrested on 13 October in clashes with security at Cairo airport have been handed another 15 days detention by the prosecution, pending investigations. The die-hard football fan group had travelled to Cairo International Airport to … read more
Complaints streamed into the office of Egypt’s top prosecutor Saturday against a popular television satirist, less than 24 hours after he returned to air following a military coup that ousted the country’s Islamist president. Bassem Youssef, often compared to U.S. … read more