At a liberal opposition Wafd Party meeting on Monday, executive board member Mohamed Kamel called for holding President Hosni Mubarak responsible for reported fraud in recently concluded parliamentary elections.
However, Ali al-Selmy, president of...
At a meeting on Wednesday, the National Association for Change (NAC) reform movement announced its decision to establish a shadow parliament to be comprised of former MPs and representatives of various opposition forces.
The move comes following...
The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) has called on "dissidents" within the party not to run in 28 November parliamentary elections as independents, reminding them of the oaths of loyalty they took to the NDP.
Although only a few...
Reda Edward, the new chairman of popular independent daily Al-Dostour, sacked 11 reporters this week for exceeding the number of days off allowed under the terms of Egypt's labor law.
Edward only fired upper-management reporters, however, saying...
Al-Sayed al-Badawy, leader of the opposition Wafd Party, has accepted a recommendation by the party's executive board to allow Ibrahim Eissa, former chief editor of independent daily Al-Dostour, to write for the party’s daily newspaper, Al...
At a press conference on Wednesday, Wafd Party President Al-Sayed al-Badawy announced the party’s preliminary candidate list for next month’s parliamentary elections.
The party plans to field 176 candidates in 27 different governorates,...
Al-Dostour reporters on Tuesday staged an open sit-in at the Journalists Syndicate headquarters after the paper’s new board manager, Reda Edward, canceled a meeting with the syndicate’s head, Makram Mohamed Ahmed, for the second day in a...
President of the Wafd opposition party Al-Sayed al-Badawi on Sunday sold all his shares in independent daily Al-Dostour to Reda Edward, executive chairman of the newspaper's board of directors.
“I just wanted my money back,” said al-...
Egyptian opposition parties have expressed anger at the ruling National Democratic Party’s (NDP) use of public establishments to hold conferences and electoral colleges, contrary to the law.
They said use of these buildings should either be...
The crisis involving independent daily Al-Dostour escalated on Thursday with nearly 150 journalists and opposition figures staging a demonstration in front of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate's downtown headquarters to protest the sacking...