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Due to its failure to issue a new law guaranteeing trade union liberties, the Egyptian state may again be on its way to being “blacklisted” by the International Labor Organization (ILO). If the long-anticipated Trade Union Liberties Law...
All of Egypt’s newspapers focus the vast majority of their coverage on the country’s new president — the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsy, who was also president of their political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party...
The presidential runoff elections are still witnessing low voter turnout rates in the south-central governorate of Minya.
Often referred to as the "Bride of Upper Egypt," the city of Minya is located about 250 km south of Cairo. Although...
The campaigns to boycott the presidential election and invalidate ballots may have been given a boost following the verdicts of the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) on Thursday, activists say.
The SCC verdicts, which dissolved the recently-...
After the two most polarizing candidates won the first round of presidential elections, a growing number of disillusioned and frustrated voters are opting to boycott the second round, scheduled to take place on 16 and 17 June.
While there were calls...
Tuesday’s newspapers focus their coverage on three chief developments: a million-person protest for a “Revolutionary Trial” to be held in Tahrir and other squares; Hosni Mubarak’s prison tales and reports of his imminent...
On 29 May, Egypt’s papers focus on their coverage on three election-related developments: the Presidential Elections Commission’s announcement of the final two candidates out of 13 original contenders; its rejection of appeals regarding...
MAHALLA — The city of Mahalla, which some call the "Industrial Citadel of the Nile Delta," conducted its first day of landmark presidential elections Wednesday amid a lower-than-expected voter turnout, witnesses and observers said....
One day prior to the first round of the presidential election, Egypt’s newspapers focus their coverage almost exclusively on what is being described as the country’s first free and fair presidential race.
Headlines and articles focus on...
Out of some 53 million eligible voters, tens of millions are expected to partake in Egypt’s upcoming presidential elections. An untold number of others are undecided, will not participate, or are actively boycotting the elections.
One of the...
