Economic meetings were at the top of the list of activities on President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s first day in Washington. He met with the president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, and executive directors of the General Electric (GE) … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The Government has approved the draft law for comprehensive health insurance and referred it to the State Council for review ahead of its submission to Parliament, Health Minister Ahmed Emad said. With this bill, the Government will fully … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm According to meteorologists, temperatures are expected to increase markedly on Tuesday. Mild weather will prevail to the north during daytime. Visibility will be reduced due to mist on northern coasts, in the Delta, Cairo and in the canal … read more
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced on Sunday the Islamic radical preacher Wagdy Ghoneim to death, simultaneously referring his case to the Grand Mufti. The final verdict will be issued on 29 April, according to state-media. Ghoneim, a supporter of the … read more
Egypt Independent The remains of a 13th Dynasty pyramid were discovered on Monday by an Egyptian archaeological mission working in the Dahshur Necropolis at an area north of King Senefru’s Bent Pyramid. The discovered remains are in a very good … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek al-Molla met Saturday with John Christmann, the Chief Executive Officer of Apache; James House, Senior Region Vice President for Apache; and David Chi, Regional Vice President and General Manager, APACHE Egypt … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The Egyptian Popular Diplomacy delegation met with the US Congress judicial committee on Saturday to assess a new bill that would label the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation, under the Trump administration. In the meeting, Ahmed al-Fadaly, … read more
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry discussed the latest developments in Libya with his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault in a telephone call Thursday morning, according to an official statement by the Egyptian foreign ministry. Shoukry discussed with Ayrault the … read more
The German Embassy in Egypt welcomed the signing of an agreement for the return to work of German institutions in Egypt by the commissioner of the German foreign ministry for Middle East affairs, Philipp Ackermann, and Egypt’s ambassador, Badr Abdel-Ati, … read more
Cairo Court for Urgent Matters ruled on Sunday that the country’s High Administrative Court, which ruled in January that the two Islands of Tiran and Sanafir belong to Egypt, had no jurisdiction over the matter. The April 2016 decision by … read more