Bomb squads aborted on Friday an attempt to blow up the Giza railway using five gas cylinders, Giza’s General Investigation Directorate said. The directorate received a report from Giza residents saying that an unidentified man driving a motorcycle has placed … read more
Denmark has modified its travel alert to Egypt and lifted the travel ban on Cairo, Alexandria, and Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt’s Tourism Ministry said on Friday. Tourism Minister Hisham Za’zou’ said he was optimistic about the travel ban lift, the Middle … read more
Security forces at the borders with the Gaza Strip are on high alert after a ground campaign Israel launched against Gaza on Thursday night. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his army to launch a ground campaign in Gaza. An … read more
On the Daily Show, a popular US political satire news program, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the Hamas leaders now feel “trapped” on the negotiating table after the ouster of their ally, the Muslim Brotherhood in … read more
A woman died Wednesday in Egypt’s Delta governorate of al- Sharqia over chronic heart failure after a hospital turned her away for not paying a treatment deposit of 4,000 EGP ($570), Youm7 reported. The incident comes days after Prime Minister Ibrahim … read more
Western consultants helping Egypt compile an economic reform plan say it needs at least $60 billion of investment to reach average GDP growth of 5 percent by 2018 and the same amount again to bolster its foreign reserves, senior officials … read more
The government will begin “strict procedures” to reduce the consumption of electricity in all governorates by 20 percent, Minister of Local Development Adel Labib said in Monday press release, several media outlets reported. “Egypt will depend during the coming years … read more
The Egyptian governorate of Luxor is considering investing EGP 22mn ($3mn) building a 2MW solar power plant. Governor Tarek Saad Eddin said the project will represent the beginning of a shift towards renewable to cover part of its power energy … read more
There are some 364 “unsafe” areas in Egypt and 1,099 unofficial markets, comprising 37.5% of Egypt’s urban cluster, Minister of Urban Development Laila Iskandar said in a Monday press conference. “The human condition is the hub of slum development, for slums are … read more
he Cabinet denied on Monday statements attributed to Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb that the power outage problem would be resolved in 45 days when the new power stations are operated. The Cabinet said the prime minister meant to say that … read more