Information Minister
Prime minister to replace information minister
Egypt
December 4, 2011
Prime minister to replace information minister
Kamal al-Ganzouri, the newly appointed prime minster, has demanded that Egypt’s de-facto leader, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, replace Information Minister…
Minister suspends state TV director over football broadcast
Egypt
November 8, 2011
Minister suspends state TV director over football broadcast
Information Minister Osama Heikal has ordered the suspension of television director Ahmed al-Hun, who directed the broadcast of the Ahly…
Information minister vows to investigate errors in Maspero coverage
Egypt
October 17, 2011
Information minister vows to investigate errors in Maspero coverage
Egypt's information minister met on Monday morning with Pope Shenouda III and vowed to investigate state TV coverage of the…
Information minister praises state TV coverage of Maspero violence
Egypt
October 16, 2011
Information minister praises state TV coverage of Maspero violence
Information Minister Osama Heikal praised state television's coverage of the violence that broke out last Sunday at Maspero. The blood…
Information minister alleged to have incited killing of protesters
Egypt
October 13, 2011
Information minister alleged to have incited killing of protesters
An Egyptian lawyer on Thursday filed a complaint with Attorney General Abdel Maguid Mahmoud which accused the Minister of Information…
Information Minister: We are not sure army soldiers were attacked by protesters
Egypt
October 10, 2011
Information Minister: We are not sure army soldiers were attacked by protesters
There is no definite information that the people who attacked soldiers during the violence in Cairo on Sunday were Coptic…
Court sentences 2 former regime officials to prison
Egypt
September 28, 2011
Court sentences 2 former regime officials to prison
The Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced former Information Minister Anas al-Fiqqi and former Egyptian Radio and TV Union chief…
Court sets 28 Sept as verdict date in case of former information minister
Egypt
September 19, 2011
Court sets 28 Sept as verdict date in case of former information minister
Cairo Criminal Court set the verdict date in the trial of former Information Minister Anas al-Fiqqi to 28 September, judicial…
Recent changes at Maspero don’t eradicate Mubarak-era mindset
Egypt
August 27, 2011
Recent changes at Maspero don’t eradicate Mubarak-era mindset
In early April, 22 year-old reporter Salma Amer was told by her superiors at Nile TV that her freelance contract…
Sinai security is a purely Egyptian concern, says military council
Egypt
August 21, 2011
Sinai security is a purely Egyptian concern, says military council
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces issued a statement on Sunday, insisting that "the security of Sinai is a…