(Aswat Masriya) – The number of tourists visiting Egypt increased in October by 7 percent compared to the month before, Egypt’s official statistics agency said on Wednesday. The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) said in a statement … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Cairo Governor Atef Abdel Hamid has launched a new initiative called “Capital without Carts”, which is being discussed with the Social Solidarity Fund. The Regional Union of Private Associations in Cairo (RUPAC) would participate to help drivers of … read more
Egypt’s Doctors Syndicate announced in a statement on Tuesday that its deputy head and former chairman Mona Mina has been summoned to appear before the general prosecution on Saturday for undisclosed reasons. Mina is an outspoken proponent of better wages … read more
The committee tasked with recovering stolen funds began on Monday to pursue legal measures to achieve reconciliation with the ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s former minister of industry and trade Rashid Mohamed Rashid, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram reported. The details of the … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The bad weather is expected to get worse on Thursday, according to meteorologists. Heavy rains and thunder will continue to fall on northern coasts; Cairo and the Delta; north of Upper Egypt, Halayeb, central and northern Sinai. Floods … read more
(Aswat Masriya) – An Egyptian MP said that late Nobel Prize laureate Naguib Mahfouz should have been put on trial for violating public morality, amid discussions to amend a law related to publishing crimes on Monday. Parliament member Aboul-Maaty Mostafa was among … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The South Atlantic News Agency “MercoPress” has reported that the Swiss decision, which froze assets of former President Hosni Mubarak for a value of US$570 million, will end in February. At this date, the Swiss government will see … read more
An Egyptian judge was referred on Saturday to an Alexandria criminal court along with five other defendants over abuse of power and bribery charges. According to the state security prosecution, the judge is accused of receiving a bribe of EGP … read more
Four people were injured and 15 houses were damaged when unknown assailants attacked Al-Naghmeish, a Coptic village in Sohag, on Friday, according to Nader Shoukry, editor-in-chief of Copts United news website. The attack started after the Friday prayers in rejection … read more
(Aswat Masriya) – A Cairo court rejected on Saturday a request for a stay of execution of the two-year sentence handed down to novelist Ahmed Naji. Naji is currently serving a two-year sentence on charges of publishing “sexually explicit” excerpts from his … read more