After accusing the government of working against the interests of labourers, several Egyptian political parties and movements issued a statement on Tuesday calling for mass protests this Friday – on the occasion of the January 25 Revolution’s two-year anniversary – … read more
Military personnel have not been deployed to secure the state broadcasting building in Cairo’s Maspero district ahead of planned Friday demonstrations, Egyptian military spokesman Ahmed Ali announced Wednesday evening. Quoted in Al-Ahram’s Arabic-language news website, Ali explained that, ever since … read more
What is your assessment of two important periods in Egypt’s modern history: one, the transitional period in which the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) was in power and, two, the past six months in which Egypt has had … read more
President Mohamed Morsy’s office said Tuesday that it expects to soon begin a joint project with Saudi Arabia to build a bridge between the two countries across the Gulf of Aqaba. Saudi officials expressed a desire to begin implementing the … read more
Hundreds of hardcore football fans of Zamalek’s Ultras White Knights demonstrated on Tuesday in front of the Alexandria court complex against the arrest of a 14-year-old member of the group on Sunday. The young protesters chanted against the Ministry of … read more
Vodafone announced decided Tuesday that it would backtrack on the increase of 15 percent price increase on prepaid cards, saying it would continue granting customers extra credit for a limited period after recharging. The company issued a statement saying that … read more
The government decision this week to remove subsidies on diesel designated for the tourism sector is a disaster, Khaled al-Mennawy, spokesperson of the Tourism Chambers Union, said Tuesday. Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ashraf al-Araby announced Monday that the … read more
Three were injured during an attack on a police station in the Mediterranean city of Marsa Matrouh on Tuesday. Families of several detainees from Marsa Matrouh’s Al-Negeila and Sidi Brani districts besieged the police station in which their relatives were … read more
New evidence in the trials of those accused of involvement in last year’s killings at a football match in Port Said was given to Port Said Criminal Court on Monday by the prosecutor-general, a judicial source told Al-Ahram Arabic news … read more
The Ministry of Interior anticipates that demonstrations on the two-year anniversary of the revolution this Friday will remain peaceful. New Minister of the Interior Mohamed Ibrahim, in a Sunday night interview on Dream TV, said he thought “the celebration of … read more