Nine Spanish tourists were rescued when their yacht sank in the Red Sea near Hurghada early on Friday, state news agency MENA reported. The chairman of the Society for the Rescue and Protection of the Environment in the Red Sea, … read more
The Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Cairo, Thomas H. Goldberger, announced that the recently issued travel warning from the US State Department regarding travel to Egypt, was ‘inaccurate’ content and was released without any coordination with Egyptian authorities. … read more
Tourism Minister Yehya Rashed met the president and vice president of the Italian Federation of Tourism Associations (FIAVET), Jacopo De Ria and Ivana Jelenic, in Cairo Wednesday. The minister discussed ways to stimulate tourism between the countries and cooperation between … read more
Out-of-action Egypt dropped one spot to 25th place in the FIFA global rankings this month, although the drop has not affected their position as the top-ranked African team. The Pharaohs’ last competitive game was against Tunisia in the 2019 Africa … read more
Egypt’s administrative prosecution has referred 35 government officials to an urgent disciplinary trial for “blatant neglect” after they reportedly ignored evidence of sexual abuse among children at a Cairo orphanage, state news agency MENA said on Tuesday. The defendants, who … read more
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) released a report this week ranking Egypt’s tourism market as the second-fastest growing in the world in 2017, right after Palestine. Despite UK and Russian flights ban to Egypt since 2015, international tourist arrivals … read more
Kuwait’s deputy prime minister, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, will arrive in Cairo on Monday to deliver a message to President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi from the Kuwaiti emir, MENA agency reported. The Kuwaiti envoy will arrive in Cairo from Riyadh, where … read more
Four Dutch tourists were injured in a car accident in Hurghada on Monday, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported. The incident reportedly happened when a tour bus collided with a limousine on the highway leading to the resort city’s airport. The four … read more
Egypt received the second out of four submarines, contracted to collect from Germany, on Tuesday in Kiel city port. Egypt and Germany signed the contract to receive the German-made submarine Type 42, model 209, on December 12, 2011. The construction of the … read more
Minya Criminal Court sentenced 12 defendants to death, 140 others to life imprisonment, including 9 in absentia, and two to 10 years for storming the Matay police station and killing Brigadier Mostafa al-Attar in August 2013, during riots that followed the … read more