Aswat Masriya
Egypt’s tourism drops 41.9 pct in July year-on-year: CAPMAS
Business
August 29, 2016
Egypt’s tourism drops 41.9 pct in July year-on-year: CAPMAS
Egypt suffered a 41.9 per cent drop in the number of incoming tourists in July compared to a year earlier,…
Egypt’s agriculture minister reinstates zero ergot policy in wheat
Business
August 28, 2016
Egypt’s agriculture minister reinstates zero ergot policy in wheat
Egypt will no longer permit wheat shipments with even trace levels of ergot, and will apply the decision retroactively, the…
State Council reviews church building law after cabinet approval
Egypt
August 28, 2016
State Council reviews church building law after cabinet approval
The State Council's legislation department began its review of the church building and renovation draft law on Saturday, head of the…
Egypt court recuses panel presiding over Tiran and Sanafir case
Egypt
August 27, 2016
Egypt court recuses panel presiding over Tiran and Sanafir case
Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court accepted on Saturday a request to recuse the panel reviewing an appeal against the annulment of…
Egypt’s prosecution challenges verdict clearing Mursi of espionage with Qatar
Egypt
August 17, 2016
Egypt’s prosecution challenges verdict clearing Mursi of espionage with Qatar
Egypt’s public prosecution appealed on Tuesday against a court decision clearing former president Mohamed Mursi of the espionage charge, in…
Trump vows to work with Sisi to fight ‘radical Islam’
Egypt
August 16, 2016
Trump vows to work with Sisi to fight ‘radical Islam’
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump vowed to work with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, among a number of other…
Egypt boycotts screening process for LGBT expert on UN Human Rights Council
Egypt
August 12, 2016
Egypt boycotts screening process for LGBT expert on UN Human Rights Council
Egypt's representative on the UN Human Rights Council boycotted on Thursday the screening process of candidates for the new position…
Egypt approves 5-year extension of military protection for public facilities
Egypt
August 10, 2016
Egypt approves 5-year extension of military protection for public facilities
Egypt's parliament approved on Tuesday the extension of the law allowing the military to contribute in protecting public facilities for…
Egypt court lifts travel ban, asset freeze on Mubarak-era prime minister
Egypt
August 9, 2016
Egypt court lifts travel ban, asset freeze on Mubarak-era prime minister
The Giza Criminal Court annulled on Monday a decision preventing former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, his wife and children from…
Sisi speaks with British PM Theresa May on resuming flights
Egypt
August 4, 2016
Sisi speaks with British PM Theresa May on resuming flights
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discussed the current suspension of UK flights to Sharm el-Sheikh with British prime minister Theresa…