Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) ruled on Saturday that women who take extended unpaid maternity leave should still receive full annual pay increases. The verdict was issued in a case brought forward by employees of Nasser Social Bank who were … read more
An Egyptian criminal court ordered on Thursday the release of prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader and businessman Hassan Malek on EGP 20,000 bail pending trial on charges of harming the country’s economy and financing the banned Brotherhood group. The prosecution can … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The Religious Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives approved on Thursday the draft law regulating the general fatwa, which determines the parties mandated to issue fatwas and legislates sentences of no less than 6 months in prison … read more
Egyptian border guards and prosecutors arrested in Alexandria on Friday two migrant traffickers who admitted to organising illegal migration trips to Europe, state news agency MENA reported. Authorities seized three fishing boats used by the men to carry migrants to … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm An official source with the Ministry of Petroleum said that the Iraqi shipment of Basra crude oil, which began shipping operations in Iraqi ports on Thursday, will arrive in Egypt within two weeks. The source added, in statements … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The Egyptian-Russian deal for the purchase of Ka-52K helicopters is in the final stage, state-owned Russian news agency TASS reported on Friday. Russian Helicopters Group CEO Andrei Boginsky said on Friday that Egypt is expected to decide this … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Meteorologists expect a gradual increase in temperatures, to be hot in the northern parts up to northern Upper Egypt on Sunday. In southern Upper Egypt, hotter temperatures will prevail during the day, turning colder at night across all … read more
Reuters French investigators say they found no traces of explosives on the bodies of French victims of Egypt Air flight MS 804 that crashed into the Mediterranean last year en route from Paris to Cairo, a French newspaper reported on … read more
This article was published yesterday under the headline “Egypt cabinet sets proposed fee for one-year permit to foreigners at $100,000” and contained several errors. The cabinet’s new measure increases the value of the property a non-Egyptian must hold from $50,000 … read more
Egyptian prison authorities executed Wednesday a 22-year-old man convicted of raping and murdering a five-year-old girl in Upper Egypt’s Minya governorate in March 2014. Investigations in the case revealed that the convict kidnapped the girl, before taking her to an … read more