The governorate of Ismailia was crowded on Saturday after dozens of Coptic families arrived from Al-Arish City, North Sinai, fearing for their lives after threats by militants increased. Following the rise of militant operations that targeted Coptic citizens inside the … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has decided to postpone the decision to raise the fees for visas to Egypt until July, instead of March. Ramy Rizkallah, a member of the Committee to Promote Tourism to Sharm el-Sheikh Resort, welcomed … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Presidentialspokesperson Alaa Youssef has welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s scheduled visit for March 2, saying the visit will tackle the development of bilateral ties in all fields, which makes German the most important EU partner to Egypt. Youssef highlighted Egypt’s interests … read more
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told his British counterpart on Saturday that the UK’s continued suspension of direct flights to Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh resort city was “unjustified and incomprehensible.” Shoukry made the comments during a meeting with the UK’s Foreign … read more
Hend El-Behary On occasion of the World Day of Social Justice, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) released a set of data, in form of several graphs, showing how inequality between the rich and the poor in Egypt has … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Business tycoon Naguib Sawiris has been dismissed from the Free Egyptians party, which he founded, five days after he was referred to the party’s disciplinary committee for investigations following a press conference he held with members of the Board of … read more
Two Coptic citizens were found killed on Wednesday inside the North Sinai’s city of Al-Arish. Their copses had been thrown behind a state-run language school inside Al-Arish, a member of parliament (MP) representing Al-Arish city, Hossam El Refaay, told Daily … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Argentinean superstar and FC Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi arrived in Egypt on Tuesday evening to launch the campaign Tour’n’Cure, a medical tourism program for the low-cost treatment of Hepatitis C patients in Egypt. Former antiquities minister and famed … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Mild weather is predicted to prevail in the north on Thursday, according to meteorologists. Visibility will be reduced in the morning on north coasts, the Delta, Cairo, canal provinces, central Sinai and northern Upper Egypt. Low- and medium-level … read more
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar issued on Thursday 16/02/2017 a decision regulating entry, exit and residence of foreigners in Egypt as well as new fees for visas. The decree stipulates raising fees to EGP 400 for single-entry visas and EGP … read more