Egypt is seeking billions of dollars in investment to upgrade its telecommunications infrastructure as part of efforts to attract multinationals and restore growth after three years of political upheaval, the telecoms minister said. Political unrest, protests and militant violence since the … read more
“If anyone tells you they know for fact when the parliamentarian elections will be held then they are lying because no final date is set yet – there are certainly tentative options but the range is rather wide; extending from … read more
Egypt’s minister of health ordered on Monday the suspension of the director of a hospital in Beheira which allegedly refused to admit a patient in labour. Minister Adel El-Adawi also suspended the doctors at the Kafr al-Dawar hospital’s Obstetrics and … read more
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Tuesday will attend the main part of a military exercise in Alexandria, the country’s biggest in nearly 20 years. The exercise, dubbed Badr 2014, began on 11 October and will last until 6 November. It … read more
Power has been restored to most of areas Fayoum and Beni Suef after a transmission tower was damaged by an explosion on Monday night, an official has said. The blast in Demo town, Fayoum, was caused by a “terrorist … read more
Germany has toned down its travel warning for citizens taking Nile cruises between Aswan and Luxor, now allowing trips to ancient touristic sites south of the Nile Valley. A press statement by the Egyptian embassy in Berlin attributed the decision … read more
Students at the British University in Egypt chanted slogans against the administration at a campus demonstration on Sunday, demanding the return of several colleagues expelled for participating in previous protests. The demonstration was organised by the student union in response … read more
A former Egyptian police officer and parliamentary candidate has reportedly conducted a suicide attack for ISIS in Iraq. An article published on pro-ISIS news website Haq, which spread rapidly among Egyptian Twitter users over the weekend, said Ahmed El-Darawi … read more
The State Council’s legislation section approved on Saturday a draft law adding a new division to the police authority entitled the “community police.” The draft law, which comes as an amendment to the law governing the police authority, laid out … read more
Egypt signed contracts with six international firms on Saturday to carry out dredging of the new Suez Canal, the flagship project in President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s programme to revive an economy battered by years of political turmoil. The companies are … read more