Former president Hosni Mubarak will remain under house arrest after the emergency law is lifted in mid-November, interim Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi has said. A court ordered Mubarak’s release in August but El-Beblawi placed him under house arrest at Maadi … read more
It is the sole fixed-line provider in the country, the access point for all Internet traffic and most of the international calls going out of Egypt, and soon it will also be providing mobile phone services. Meet Telecom Egypt (TE), … read more
Egypt’s foreign reserves fell to $18.5 billion in October from 18.7 billion in September, the central bank said on Thursday. This content is from : Aswat Masriya read more
Faisal al-Sayyed, member of the Freedom and Justice Party’s legal committee, said prisoners affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood have grown to 10,000 in three months, the majority whom are being held under inhumane living conditions. Most of the prisoners were … read more
Could Egypt’s economy be on the road to recovery? Some indicators suggest this might be the case. According to Reuters: Egyptian business activity shrank for the 13th month in a row in October but at a much slower rate, suggesting … read more
A misdemeanor court charged businessman Ahmed Ezz and others on Wednesday with monopolizing the steel market. The court fined Ezz, the Mubarak-era tycoon, and Alaa Abu al-Kheer with 100 million Egyptian pounds and Sameer Raouf with 500 Egyptian pounds in … read more
The Egyptian armed forces killed three Islamist militants in a security operative in Sinai on Wednesday, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported. A military spokesman stated that it had also seized a number of weapons, including machine guns, RPGs and homemade grenades. read more
Egypt’s prosecutor-general ordered on Wednesday that 57 defendants be referred to the criminal court to stand trial on charges of vandalism and thuggery, said a prosecution statement. The defendants, who support the Muslim Brotherhood and its ousted President Mohamed Mursi, … read more
Hundreds of Al-Ahly fans marched Wednesday from the club to the High Court in downtown Cairo to demand the release of 25 Ultras Ahlawi detainees. The march, which finished in front of the court, was in support of detained comrades … read more
An appeal court in Cairo has dismissed an appeal against a ban on the Muslim Brotherhood and all its activities. Wednesday’s decision is expected to further heighten tensions between the group and the interim authorities, and to diminish chances of … read more