(Aswat Masriya) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said there is no longer room for dictatorship in Egypt, in an interview with Portuguese TV network RTP Tuesday night. When confronted by the interviewer that he may sometimes be dubbed “a dictator,” … read more
The CEO of the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Nevine Loutfy was found murdered at her home in the 6th of October suburb on the outskirts of Cairo on Tuesday. An investigation and forensic team arrived at the murder scene shortly after … read more
Cairo’s governor has increased the tariffs of the city’s white taxis by 25 percent in the wake of hikes in fuel prices earlier this month, part of a package of government economic reforms. Taxi meters will now start from EGP … read more
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Tuesday overturned a June 2015 life sentence against ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in the case of espionage with the Palestinian group Hamas and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, ordering a retrial. The court’s ruling covered … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The Tourism Promotion Authority said in a statement Monday that Luxor airport received the first Japanese flight on a Boeing 338 b777 aircraft, carrying 230 passengers to visit the cities of Luxor, Aswan and Cairo. The flight is the … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) has declared that the number of Egyptian children below the age of 18 years has reached 33.3 million children, representing 36.6 percent of the total population by the end … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm First Lady Intisar al-Sisi led a campaign on Sunday to collect donations for the “Tahya Misr” (Long Live Egypt) Fund to support the financing of projects carried out by the fund. The first lady was accompanied by Minister … read more
A child was killed and another was seriously injured on Saturday after a football rigged with an explosive device detonated in an apartment in Cairo’s Manshiyat Nasser, Egypt’s interior ministry said in a statement. The ministry said the improvised explosive … read more
The German Embassy in Cairo on Saturday launched “German Week in Upper Egypt” in Luxor with the attendance of German ambassador in Cairo Julius George Luy and Local Development Minister Ahmed Zaki Badr. The launch began with the inauguration of … read more
AP Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has praised U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump, saying that his inflammatory statements from the campaign trail do not necessarily reflect the actions he will take as president. Sisi, in an interview with Portuguese news agency … read more