Author Archives: Expat Cairo

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, ministers of defence, interior, justice, and finance, and heads of the Egyptian General Intelligence and Administrative Control Authority (ACA) on Saturday to discuss security conditions and the prices of medications, according … read more

By Aswat Masriya CAIRO, Jan 12 (Aswat Masriya) – Egypt’s cabinet decided to keep 800 square metres in the vicinity of vital facilities as a “safe zone,” where no protests are allowed. The decision, which was published in the official gazette … read more

AP Egypt has blasted the EU and Britain for criticizing a recent court decision to freeze the assets of three rights activists, accusing them of double standards and telling them to mind their own business. An Egyptian court on Wednesday … read more

US republican senator Ted Cruz, along with two other senators, reportedly filed a bill last week to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation. The bill demands the US secretary of state to designate the group as a terrorist … read more

Egypt Independent Forbes magazine reported Tuesday that business mogul Naguib Sawiris is Egypt’s biggest winner in 2016 as his net fortune increased by US$700 million to reach US$3.7 billion in total. According to a report published on Tuesday by Forbes, … read more

By Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) – Annual consumer price inflation in Egypt’s cities soared to a second straight eight-year high in December, hitting 23.3 percent on the back of the government’s decision to float the pound, effectively halving its value. Core … read more

By Aswat Masriya CAIRO, Jan 11 (Aswat Masriya) – Cairo Criminal Court upheld on Wednesday decision to ban three non-governmental organisation directors from dealing with their assets. The defendants include director of Nazra for Feminist Studies Mozn Hassan, director od … read more

South Sinai’s Security Directorate has decided to expand security measures by requiring all travellers heading to the governorate to present proof of hotel bookings at security checkpoints, the body’s head Ahmed El-Tayyel confirmed on Tuesday to Ahram Online. According to … read more

Egypt’s president and head of British secret intelligence service stressed importance of enhancing security cooperation to combat high rate of terrorist attacks Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met on Monday with head of the Britain’s secret intelligence service Alex Younger. … read more