Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat has referred charges against Bassem Youssef, presenter of CBC’s hugely popular show El-Bernameg, to the Cairo Appeal Prosecution for investigation. Youssef is charged with insulting the president and Egypt’s defense minister, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. read more
The family of an Egyptian kung fu champion says he has been banned from representing the country after he showed support for ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi during a tournament in Russia, although the government denied the accusation. In a … read more
Cairo’s criminal court excused itself on Tuesday from ruling in the case of Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and his deputy, Khairat al-Shater, who are accused of inciting violence. A prosecutor had referred Badie, Shater and other Brotherhood leaders … read more
Egypt has recorded 838 cases of mumps in September and October of this year, according to Dr. Amr Qandil, head of the Health Ministry’s Preventive Medicine Department. Qandil assured, however, that the spread of the inflections should not be a … read more
Anxious over months of turmoil in Egypt, military officers are pushing popular army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to run for president, after a 2011 popular uprising had inspired hopes for democratic change in a country long dominated by generals. Sisi … read more
A huge percentage of Egyptian factories, which are bankrupt, are currently seeking technical and financial support from a local industrial development agency, the trade and industry minister said on Sunday. Around 855 factories were affected by the political instability in … read more
A gradual reduction of custom fees on cars that were manufactured in Europe and exported to Egypt would reach zero by 2019, according to a statement from the Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade. Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade … read more
Three policemen were killed in Mansoura, Daqahliya governorate in the early hours of Monday when unknown assailants attacked a security checkpoint. Eyewitnesses said around four assailants on motorcycles opened fire at the checkpoint on the outskirts of the Nile Delta … read more
Egypt’s 50-member committee tasked with amending the suspended 2012 constitution adopted on Sunday a transitional article that will cancel existing restrictions regulating the building of new churches. According to Ahram Arabic news website, the committee also initially adopted an article … read more
The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, that groups supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi, has called for demonstrations this Friday to push for the independence of the judiciary. The alliance criticized in a statement on Saturday what it described as … read more