The Egyptian government on Thursday announced its decision to close several more Egyptian museums following the theft of Vincent Van Gogh’s famous masterpiece, “Poppy Flowers,” from Cairo’s Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum earlier this week. Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said … read more
Cities across Egypt have been hit by daily blackouts during the past two weeks, sparking protests and calls for the electricity minister to be sacked. The power cuts – the worst in decades – come amid sweltering temperatures during the … read more
Egypt’s antiquities department announced Wednesday the discovery of a 3,500-year-old settlement in a desert oasis, showing the existence of vibrant desert trade routes that stretched from the Mediterranean down into Sudan from the early days of the Egyptian civilization. The … read more
Egypt’s ruling party said Wednesday that it will back 82-year-old Hosni Mubarak if he decides run for another term as president in 2011, even though Mr. Mubarak has yet to say whether he will seek another term. Egypt’s state-run MENA … read more
The state-run Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has denied reports that the government intended to buy back quantities of natural gas earlier exported to Israel in a bid to offset the country’s current electricity shortfall. The denial came in … read more
Two collisions between packed minibuses and trucks killed 24 people in Egypt on Wednesday, police said. In the first accident, a truck driver lost control of his vehicle after a tire blew out and slammed into a minibus on the … read more
The Egyptian president has decided to build the country’s first planned nuclear power plant on the west coast of the port of Alexandria. Hosni Mubarak said that the reactor would be located in el-Dabaa, according to the presidential spokesman Suleiman … read more
“We are very excited about the kick start of the internet ecosystem in Egypt,” Wael Fakharany, regional manager North Africa for Google, told Daily News Egypt. The number of internet users in Egypt has grown by 20 percent since 2004, … read more
The Popular Coalition for Supporting Gamal Mubarak launched a campaign to promote the nomination of the president’s son in next year’s elections. But millions of Egyptians have been wondering about the real force behind the movement. Last month marked the … read more
The Egyptian government has announced its intention to continue decreasing electric output pending the end of a heat-wave which saw temperatures climb to 40 degrees Celsius. Government spokesman Magdi Radi announced that an “emergency plan” prepared by the government would … read more