Van Gogh painting theft
Culture Ministry official gets 3 years hard labor in Van Gogh theft case
Egypt
October 12, 2010
Culture Ministry official gets 3 years hard labor in Van Gogh theft case
The Dokki Misdemeanors Court on Tuesday sentenced Mohsen Shaalan, head of the Culture Ministry's fine arts department, along with ten…
Egypt art theft was ‘inside job’
Egypt
September 27, 2010
Egypt art theft was ‘inside job’
Egypt's interior minister has said that an employee working in a Cairo museum was probably behind the theft of a…
Museum staff: Management ignored requests for security upgrades
Egypt
September 16, 2010
Museum staff: Management ignored requests for security upgrades
In testimony to prosecutors, security personnel employed at Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil Museum--from which a Vincent Van Gogh painting was stolen…
Wednesday’s papers: Poppy Flowers saga, Sharm peace talks, election demands
Egypt
September 15, 2010
Wednesday’s papers: Poppy Flowers saga, Sharm peace talks, election demands
Local newspapers today focus their front-page headlines on four chief issues: a ruling relating to the Madinaty residential compound, the…
Culture Minister: Van Gogh painting theft ‘no big deal’
Egypt
September 14, 2010
Culture Minister: Van Gogh painting theft ‘no big deal’
Culture Minister Farouk Hosni on Tuesday downplayed the importance of the theft last month of Vincent Van Gogh's "Poppy Flowers"…
Van Gogh theft trial postponed
Egypt
September 14, 2010
Van Gogh theft trial postponed
The Dokki misdemeanor court has postponed the trial of Deputy Culture Minister Mohsen Shalaan and ten other officials implicated in…
Courts to rule Tuesday on Egypt’s most talked-about cases
Egypt
September 13, 2010
Courts to rule Tuesday on Egypt’s most talked-about cases
Egyptian courts will have a busy day Tuesday, with verdicts being handed down in four legal cases that have been…
Intellectuals conference condemns culture minister’s comments
Egypt
September 12, 2010
Intellectuals conference condemns culture minister’s comments
The preparatory committee for the Independent Conference of Intellectuals has criticized recent statements by Culture Minister Farouk Hosni in which…
Deputy culture minister to face trial following Van Gogh painting theft
Egypt
September 6, 2010
Deputy culture minister to face trial following Van Gogh painting theft
Mohsen Shaalan, deputy culture minister and head of the ministry's fine arts department, along with ten others will soon stand…
Tuesday’s papers: Mubarak and Sarkozy get silly and more van Gogh fallout
Egypt
August 31, 2010
Tuesday’s papers: Mubarak and Sarkozy get silly and more van Gogh fallout
State flagship Al-Ahram tops its front page with what looks like President Mubarak and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy sharing…