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Draft law suggests harshening penalty for domestic abuse to up to 5 years in prison
Egypt
January 25, 2021
Draft law suggests harshening penalty for domestic abuse to up to 5 years in prison
MP Amal Salama, a member of the Media and Culture Committee in Egypt’s House of Representatives has completed preparing new…
Egypt’s top court to examine Mortada Mansour’s appeal against elections results
Egypt
January 2, 2021
Egypt’s top court to examine Mortada Mansour’s appeal against elections results
The Supreme Administrative Court decided on Saturday to refer Mortada Mansour’s parliamentary election case appeal to Egypt’s Court of Cassation,…
Voters attend electoral committees across Egypt to pick senate candidates
Egypt
November 8, 2020
Voters attend electoral committees across Egypt to pick senate candidates
Electoral committees in Cairo, Qalyubiya, Monufiya, Sharqiya, Gharbiya, Daqahlia, Damietta, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, the Red Sea, North Sinai and…
Egypt has 1,100 informal markets in need of LE44 billion for development: Parliamentarian
Business
November 1, 2020
Egypt has 1,100 informal markets in need of LE44 billion for development: Parliamentarian
The Head of the Egyptian Parliament’s Local Administration Committee Ahmed al-Segeny on Sunday announced that there are a total of…
5 children hit, one killed at Egyptian parliament campaign rally in Beheira
Egypt
October 30, 2020
5 children hit, one killed at Egyptian parliament campaign rally in Beheira
A video clip of a vehicle running over five children and killing one of them at a campaign rally in…
Parliamentary candidate in Upper Egypt’s Qena survives assassination attempt
Egypt
October 22, 2020
Parliamentary candidate in Upper Egypt’s Qena survives assassination attempt
House of Representatives hopeful Ashraf Aboul Fadl has survived after a being shot at by a group of unidentified assailants…
NEA kicks off parliamentary elections with online voting portal for Egyptian expats
Egypt
October 19, 2020
NEA kicks off parliamentary elections with online voting portal for Egyptian expats
Egypt’s National Elections Authority, headed by Judge Lashin Ibrahim, Vice President of the Court of Cassation, released on Monday, via…
Parliament member urges govt to implement CBE initiative to help tourism sector recovery
Travel
September 13, 2020
Parliament member urges govt to implement CBE initiative to help tourism sector recovery
Parliament member Mohammed Hany al-Henawy on Sunday urged Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khalid Anany…
Egypt to hold parliamentary elections on October 24-25: official
Egypt
September 11, 2020
Egypt to hold parliamentary elections on October 24-25: official
Egypt will hold parliamentary elections on October 24-25, elections commissioner Lasheen Ibrahim told a televised press conference on Thursday. Egypt…
Climbing up Egyptian antiquities without license now punishable with 1 month imprisonment
Archaeology
September 3, 2020
Climbing up Egyptian antiquities without license now punishable with 1 month imprisonment
Egypt’s House of Representatives on Wednesday amended law #177 of 1983 on the protection of antiquities to punish people climbing…