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The military council has not yet responded to a suggestion to shorten elections to the Shura Council, Egypt’s upper house of parliament, and authorize main polling stations to count the votes, said Abdel Moez Ibrahim, head of the high...
A trial date for 1 February has been set for a case filed against General Abdel Moneim Kato, an adviser to the military's Morale Affairs Department, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) said on Tuesday. Kato is facing charges...
Veterinarian activists have called for establishing an independent syndicate after a candidate endorsed by the Muslim Brotherhood won leadership on Friday of the state-dominated Egyptian Veterinarian Syndicate. The syndicate, which advocates on...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cancelled a planned January visit in Cairo to negotiate a loan of US$3.2 billion, an official at the International Cooperation Ministry has said.
The IMF attributed the decision to Egypt’s credit rating,...
All foreign travel agents have canceled the Christmas bookings made for holidays in Egypt this year, fearing the volatile political situation, Elhamy al-Zayat, chairman of the Egyptian Tourism Federation, has said.
He added that...
A new report revealed that fishing of the coast of Damietta governorate is at risk due to pollution.
The report, which was prepared by Ahmed al-Ghobashy, a member in the Scientific Committee investigating petrochemical plants in Damietta, said that...
At a conference organized by the Canada Egypt Business Council on Wednesday, Lieutenant General Ahmed Shafiq, who is running in the upcoming presidential elections, said he is on very good terms with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF)....
Egyptian experts have dismissed the ruling military council’s warnings of a secret plot to destroy the state, calling it an attempt to scare demonstrators demanding an end to military rule.
The warning was issued against the backdrop of...
Police have arrested a man who allegedly took part in the burning of the Egyptian Scientific Institute and stole books from it. The police purportedly identified the man from a picture published in the papers showing him at the time of the incident...
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party has rejected an initiative called for by other parties and political movements for the military council to hand over power through presidential elections next January, and not in June as...
