Two Coptic citizens were found killed on Wednesday inside the North Sinai’s city of Al-Arish. Their copses had been thrown behind a state-run language school inside Al-Arish, a member of parliament (MP) representing Al-Arish city, Hossam El Refaay, told Daily … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Argentinean superstar and FC Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi arrived in Egypt on Tuesday evening to launch the campaign Tour’n’Cure, a medical tourism program for the low-cost treatment of Hepatitis C patients in Egypt. Former antiquities minister and famed … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Mild weather is predicted to prevail in the north on Thursday, according to meteorologists. Visibility will be reduced in the morning on north coasts, the Delta, Cairo, canal provinces, central Sinai and northern Upper Egypt. Low- and medium-level … read more
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar issued on Thursday 16/02/2017 a decision regulating entry, exit and residence of foreigners in Egypt as well as new fees for visas. The decree stipulates raising fees to EGP 400 for single-entry visas and EGP … read more
King Abdullah II of Jordan arrived on Tuesday afternoon in Cairo in an official one-day visit, aiming to discuss several regional issues and cooperation with Egypt. Abdullah was received by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi at Cairo International, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram … read more
Hundreds gathered on Wednesday at Aswan’s Abu Simbel Temple to watch the bi-yearly phenomenon of the sun illuminating a statue of King Ramsses II — this month, to mark the pharaoh’s birthday — Ahram Arabic news website reported. The 3,200-year-old … read more
Three days have passed since the swearing in of five new Egyptian governors, with Beheira’s Nadia Abdo appointed as Egypt’s first female governor. Although Abdo’s post as the governor is only two working days old, she is well seasoned for … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Central Bank of Egypt governor (CBE) Tarek Amer approved an agreement with investors to restructure their debts owed to banks in US dollars. A bank chairman who attended the meeting on Monday told al-Masry al-Youm on condition of … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Pharos Holding Investment Bank projected four factors to decide the future of the Egyptian pound exchange rate against the US dollar in the short term. A research paper by the company said the weeks heading up to the … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm EFG-Hermes on Sunday projected the US dollar exchange rate to further decline to LE14.5 over the next few weeks. Ahmed Shams el-Din, head of research at EFG-Hermes, said Sunday that he expects the US dollar exchange rate to … read more