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A nationwide train drivers strike continued into its second day on Monday, in protest against the “government neglect of their demands for higher salaries.”
An official source at the National Railway Authority estimated its losses at...
Several ports in Alexandria, Suez and Kafr al-Sheikh were closed on Monday due to inclement weather.
The Alexandria Port Authority halted all movement of ships in the Alexandria and Daqhalia ports due to low visibility caused by a sandstorm.
Ship...
Train drivers strike continued for the second day, in the state-run Egyptian Railway Authority, in protest to “government neglect of their demands for higher salaries.”
An official source at the National Railway Authority estimated its...
Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah ordered the detainment of former President Hosni Mubarak for 15 days pending investigations conducted by the State Security Prosecution on charges of seizing and facilitating the seizure of public money....
Egypt National Railway director Hussein Zakariya said he has taken legal action against striking train drivers, referring them to the Administrative Prosecution.
He said in statements on Sunday, reported by state-run news agency MENA, that...
Hundreds of Egyptians living in Libya protested alongside various Libyan political parties in front of the Egyptian Embassy in Tripoli to demand the extradition of Ahmed Qadhaf al-Dam, the former coordinator of Egypt-Libya relations under Muammar...
The Cairo Administrative Court dismissed Saturday a lawsuit demanding that Bassem Youssef’s show be banned.
The court based its decision on the lawsuit “having no direct personal interest,” which is a condition for cases to be...
Freedom and Justice Party head Saad al-Katatny has condemned the clashes in the city of Khosous in Qalyubiya Governorate as “sectarian strife” and called them “unacceptable and dangerous.”
Katatny said in a Facebook statement...
The US Embassy in Cairo issued a statement on Friday warning that violent clashes may break out during protests planned by the April 6 Youth Movement for Saturday, the anniversary of the group's founding.
April 6 is leading a coalition of...
More than 1,2000 local bread bakeries, or for 70 percent of bakeries nationwide, have adopted the government's new subsidies scheme, claimed Nassr al-Farrash, spokesperson for the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade.
Twenty-four governorates...
