Egypt’s financial watchdog has approved new insurance rules for travel agencies in a bid to improve trust following a spate of accidents involving tourists in recent years. Sobhi Shehata, the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority’s media spokesman, told Ahram Online on … read more
A recent poll by the Center for Information and Decision Support said that 87.6 percent of those who intend to participate in the referendum will vote for the new draft constitution, a 5 percent increase from an earlier survey. More … read more
The National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy has called on its supporters to rally every day during the next week to fail the referendum. Voting on the newly-drafted constitution is expected to take place on 14 and 15 January inside Egypt. read more
Egyptian airport authorities have arrested an Egyptian-born American who belongs to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood on charges of taking part in violence against the state, security sources said on Thursday. The man, identified as 47-year-old Khaled Mahmoud Migahid, is accused … read more
The Egyptian authorities have completed the investigation into the case of two Czechs, a mother and her daughter, who died of poisoning in the Egyptian seaside resort of Hurghada in July 2013, Czech Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Johana Grohova confirmed to … read more
Ayman Nahed, a member of the defense team team in the presidential palace case, says he doesn not expect deposed President Mohamed Morsy to attend the third session of his trial on 1 February or the first session of the … read more
A military aircraft crashed in the Egyptian Nile Delta governorate of Daqahliya on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reports citing state news. The plane crashed in a rural area near Sinbellawain city following a technical failure during a training mission, the … read more
Interrogations of the crew of an Egyptian ship seized by Yemeni naval forces on Sunday in the Nashton Port of Mahra governorate are still underway. Yemeni authorities have yet to provide any information about the ship’s cargo but a committee … read more
Bassem Youssef, Egypt’s most popular satirist often compared to U.S. comedian Jon Stewart, says his team is preparing to bring back their widely watched television show poking fun at politics in a country still beset by turmoil following a July … read more
The US said Wednesday it is committed to its “longstanding relationship” with Egypt as it continues to voice alarm about the climate of freedom in the county. A State Department official said Washington was concerned about “polarisation in Egypt” following … read more