The Cairo metro service on the Giza line was suspended for ten minutes on Wednesday morning after two people were hit by a train at Cairo University Station. Yasmine Ramadan, a 20-year-old student who fell onto the track, and a … read more
An Egyptian misdemeanour court sentenced a television show host to 10 years in prison in absentia on Wednesday for “inciting the overthrow of the regime” and “spreading false news”, a judicial source said. Moataz Matar, a presenter at the Istanbul-based … read more
Egypt’s petroleum authority’s, Suez Canal’s and central bank’s tax arrears reached 35 billion Egyptian pounds, the tax authority’s head told the state news agency MENA on Wednesday. The aforementioned tax arrears prevented the tax authority from achieving expected revenues in … read more
Egypt’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Ashraf Salama, on Tuesday night in Abuja expressed confidence that Nigeria and Egypt would overcome their present security challenges and help in securing Africa’s future. Salama said this at a dinner to mark Egypt’s national … read more
A total of 11 million tourists are expected to have visited Egypt by the end of 2015; a 30 percent increase compared to last year, member of the Federation of Chambers of Tourism Hossam al-Shaer was quoted by Youm7 Tuesday. … read more
The anti-terrorism law project boosts motivation for extremism and terrorism, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) said in a Tuesday statement, signed by 17 renowned local NGOs. EIPR added that the law will lead to the destruction of the … read more
Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Waly dissolved 14 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on Tuesday in Minya, Beni Suef and Damietta for being associated with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, the Ahram Arabic news website reported. Twenty-one other NGOs in Qena, Fayoum and … read more
There is “surplus” in electricity production in Egypt due to periodical maintenance of existing power plants, increasing their efficiency, Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker said in a Monday meeting with President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, according to a presidential statement. Sisi … read more
Five people were injured on Tuesday morning when a bomb exploded near a court in Egypt’s Nile Delta governorate of Beheira, state news agency MENA reported. The bomb led to the destruction of two cars which were parked near Eitay … read more
By THE CAIRO POST A new Egyptian Satellite will be launched by 2017 per an agreement signed last week between the National Authority for Remote Sensing & Space Sciences (NARSS) and Germany. CAIRO: A new Egyptian Satellite will be launched … read more