Nagui al-Ashqar, head of the Finance Ministry’s technical office, said that a smart card system for subsidizing petroleum substances would save around LE36 billion annually. read more
Army and police forces sealed off Tahrir, Rabaa, and Nahda squares on Friday morning in anticipation of demonstrations which the National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy called for. The alliance has called for demonstrations on Friday to voice support for ousted … read more
A state panel said on Thursday that the leading Muslim Brotherhood members whose assets were frozen last month include the group’s spiritual leader Mohamed Badie and his deputies Mahmoud Ezzat, Khairat El-Shater, Rashad Baioumy and Gomaa Amin. read more
Two Swiss tourists have been found murdered in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada, Switzerland’s ATS news agency reported Friday. No immediate details of the crime were available from Swiss authorities, but ATS cited the foreign ministry confirming the … read more
An Egyptian football referee thought twice before signaling four minutes of additional time during a domestic league game, the Egyptian daily news website al-Ahram reported. Atef al-Alfi, who was the referee of Egyptian league match between Gouna and el-Entag el-Harby, … read more
A lieutenant and two soldiers were injured with birdshot east of Alexandria during clashes that occurred between supporters and opponents of the Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday evening. A medical source told Al-Masry Al-Youm two died during the clashes. The source … read more
Wannabe artist and renowned conspiracy theorist Ahmed Zebidar vowed to jail Abla Fahita during a verbal exchange with the well-known puppet late Wednesday, shortly after filing a complaint against Vodafone Egypt over an online ad that he says reveals details … read more
Unknown assailants attacked a natural gas pipeline in the Sinai on Tuesday, Egyptian security sources told Reuters, raising concerns of instability as the country pushes through with a roadmap for political transition to democracy. The blast took place in the … read more
By Amer Sultan The British government has confirmed that the Muslim Brotherhood has not been blacklisted in the UK, in contrast to the Egyptian government’s recent decision to declare the group a terrorist organisation. read more
From an old testament-like plague of locusts to a state-threatened WhatsApp ban, Egypt has witnessed its share of bizarre non-political events this past year. Ahram Online takes a look back at the highlights of these odd economy-related happenings of 2013: read more