Hurghada
Diving 101: Where to go and how to get addicted to diving
Life & Style
November 7, 2012
Diving 101: Where to go and how to get addicted to diving
Vacationers have varied concepts about what constitutes time off. For some, it’s a few days isolated on a beach; for…
10 dead as bus overturns on Safaga-Qena road
Egypt
October 23, 2012
10 dead as bus overturns on Safaga-Qena road
Ten people died and six others were injured after a bus overturned on the Safaga-Qena road late Monday. The…
Communities: Hurghada, Russian tourist escape or haven for Russian women?
Life & Style
August 28, 2012
Communities: Hurghada, Russian tourist escape or haven for Russian women?
On a typical evening at the Spicy Cafe in Hurghada, camera phones snapped shots of an unlikely pair: a local…
Four dead, 36 injured in tour bus accident
Egypt
July 20, 2012
Four dead, 36 injured in tour bus accident
A tour bus overturned on the Ras Gharib-Hurghada highway near the Red Sea on Friday morning, killing four people and…
Students block Hurghada road over exam difficulty
Egypt
June 27, 2012
Students block Hurghada road over exam difficulty
Dozens of secondary school students and their parents on Wednesday blocked the road and paralyzed traffic outside the education department…
Shafiq’s Hurghada campaign offices vandalized
Egypt
June 25, 2012
Shafiq’s Hurghada campaign offices vandalized
Demonstrators celebrating Mohamed Morsy’s victory in the presidential elections vandalized rival candidate Ahmed Shafiq’s Hurghada campaign headquarters on Nasr…
Along Egypt’s coastlines, kiteboarding surges in popularity
Life & Style
June 11, 2012
Along Egypt’s coastlines, kiteboarding surges in popularity
When visiting Egypt’s many beachside towns along the Red Sea coastline, it is difficult to look past the recent outbreak…
Thousands demonstrate in different governorates against Mubarak verdict and Shafiq
Egypt
June 5, 2012
Thousands demonstrate in different governorates against Mubarak verdict and Shafiq
Thousands of people in various Egyptian governorates staged demonstrations on Tuesday demanding the retrial of deposed President Hosni Mubarak and…
Short circuit sets Morsy’s Hurghada campaign office on fire
Egypt
June 5, 2012
Short circuit sets Morsy’s Hurghada campaign office on fire
The Hurghada office of the presidential campaign of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsy caught fire Tuesday due to a short…
Marine scientists criticize ‘destructive’ news report on rare fish discovery
Environment
May 15, 2012
Marine scientists criticize ‘destructive’ news report on rare fish discovery
Egyptian marine scientists have criticized a recent news report that a rare sunfish had been found and bought in Hurghada,…