Egypt’s annual urban consumer price inflation dropped to 21.9 percent in December, from 26 percent the previous month, the country’s official statistics agency CAPMAS announced on Wednesday. In an official statement, CAPMAS said the drop in the rate of urban … read more
Egypt’s education ministry has dismissed the principal of a school in Daqahliya governorate for allowing a theatre performance to be held at the school where students acted out last week’s deadly attack on a mosque in North Sinai, with the … read more
In a historic feat in the clean energy and sustainability fields, Egypt’s rank jumped 23 places in Bloomberg’s Climatescope 2017 annual report, becoming number 19 out of 71 countries assessed for the progress they made towards clean energy. This makes Egypt … read more
According to the spokesperson of the Pentagon, Col. Rob Manning, Friday’s al-Rawda mosque attack in North Sinai is an example of why the United States must remain involved in the Middle East. Manning said in a Pentagon statement that “the United States … read more
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Cairo Wednesday for talks with his Egyptian counterpart Sedki Sobhi and other Egyptian officials, state-run MENA news agency reported. The officials will discuss boosting military cooperation between the two countries in various fields. … read more
The death toll of the North Sinai mosque terrorist attack has risen to 309 after more injured victims passed away, according to a list published by the North Sinai Health Directorate. According to a source at the Directorate, eight injured … read more
n the latest escalation in the Egypt-Qatar rift, Qatar Airways announced it will be terminating its operations in Egypt, and ending all contracts for Egyptian employees, according to Qatar Airways workers. Workers reported that they had received letters from the … read more
The office of Egypt’s prosecutor-general on Sunday described as “groundless” the reasons given by the Swiss attorney general’s office for suspending their legal cooperation with Egypt over efforts to restore the family assets of former President Hosni Mubarak. In an … read more
The Alexandria Port Authority decided Wednesday to shut down the city’s ports for the second day in a row due to bad weather conditions, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported. According to the Port Authority’s official spokesman Reda El-Ghandour, the administration decided … read more
The Consumer Protection Agency (CPA) issued a warning for consumers against fraudulent promotions during Black Friday, calling on consumers to verify the validity of discount offers before purchasing, and to not buy excessively under the pretext of ‘offers or discounts’. The … read more