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Endangered dugong found dead on Marsa Alam beach
Environment
September 28, 2020
Endangered dugong found dead on Marsa Alam beach
The Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA) has reported the discovery of a dead dugong, a rare and endangered…
El Gouna Film Festival’s 4th edition set to open under precautionary measures
Cinema/TV
September 28, 2020
El Gouna Film Festival’s 4th edition set to open under precautionary measures
The El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) is preparing to start its fourth edition in October with precautionary measures in place to…
Air Moldova and Enter Air resume flights to Sharm el-Sheikh, Hurghada
Egypt
September 28, 2020
Air Moldova and Enter Air resume flights to Sharm el-Sheikh, Hurghada
The Hurghada International Airport welcomed its first Enter Air charter flight with 165 passengers aboard coming from the Polish capital…
Egypt’s Education Ministry sets 30 coronavirus-related health measures ahead of academic year
Egypt
September 28, 2020
Egypt’s Education Ministry sets 30 coronavirus-related health measures ahead of academic year
The Egyptian Ministry of Education issued 30 health-related recommendations for schools to follow during the 2020-2021 academic year to protect…
Egypt’s Railway Authority announces ticket prices for sleeper trains
Egypt
September 28, 2020
Egypt’s Railway Authority announces ticket prices for sleeper trains
The Egyptian Railway Authority has announced its ticket prices for overnight sleeper trains, which have the highest prices among all…
Ahead of winter season, Housing Minister reviews Egypt’s counter-rain plans
Egypt
September 27, 2020
Ahead of winter season, Housing Minister reviews Egypt’s counter-rain plans
Egypt’s Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Assem al-Gazzar issued strict instructions to the mayors of new cities to…
Seven suspects detained over riots and inciting protests in Egypt
Egypt
September 27, 2020
Seven suspects detained over riots and inciting protests in Egypt
The Supreme State Security Prosecution on Saturday detained seven suspects over charges of assembling, rioting, inciting people to protest, and…
Doctor: deaths in Daqahlia brings Egypt’s total COVID-19 doctor death toll to 33
Egypt
September 27, 2020
Doctor: deaths in Daqahlia brings Egypt’s total COVID-19 doctor death toll to 33
The Daqahlia Doctors Syndicate announced the death of Doctor al-Sayed Nasr, the former director of Shubrahor Hospital hours after the…
Media is the true tool of enlightenment: Sisi
Egypt
September 27, 2020
Media is the true tool of enlightenment: Sisi
During a Sunday speech made at the inauguration of several petroleum projects in Mostorod, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he…
New Administrative Capital costs LE380 billion over 7 years, says Sisi
Egypt
September 27, 2020
New Administrative Capital costs LE380 billion over 7 years, says Sisi
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced Sunday that the New Administrative Capital project will cost roughly LE380 billion by the…
President Sisi reviews progress of Sinai development projects
Egypt
September 27, 2020
President Sisi reviews progress of Sinai development projects
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a Saturday meeting reviewed the executive steps being taken in Sinai’s development, particularly regarding land…
Mashat meets with South Korea’s Cairo ambassador to discuss cooperation
Business
September 27, 2020
Mashat meets with South Korea’s Cairo ambassador to discuss cooperation
Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Rania al-Mashat met with the new South Korean ambassador in Cairo Hong Jin-wook on Saturday…
Egypt launches first campaign to promote nature reserves and ecotourism
Environment
September 26, 2020
Egypt launches first campaign to promote nature reserves and ecotourism
The Ministry of Environment launched the “Eco Egypt” campaign on Friday, the nation’s first initiative promoting its natural reserves, encouraging…
Egypt’s prosecution orders arrest of 3 suspects in Fairmont rape case pending investigations
Egypt
September 26, 2020
Egypt’s prosecution orders arrest of 3 suspects in Fairmont rape case pending investigations
Egypt’s Public Prosecution on Saturday ordered that three suspects in the Fairmont Nile hotel rape case, extradited from Lebanon to…
Al-Azhar urges citizens to stand against attempts to destabilize Egypt
Society
September 26, 2020
Al-Azhar urges citizens to stand against attempts to destabilize Egypt
Al-Azhar, the Islamic world’s top Sunni religious institution, on Saturday urged all Egyptians to stand against any attempts to destabilize…
Egypt to finalize electric train project by 2021
Egypt
September 26, 2020
Egypt to finalize electric train project by 2021
Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir stressed the importance of finishing Egypt’s electric train project before October 2021. This came as part…
Egyptian TV show ‘Bi 100 Wesh’ heads to the big screen with upcoming film
Cinema/TV
September 25, 2020
Egyptian TV show ‘Bi 100 Wesh’ heads to the big screen with upcoming film
Following its high rates of viewership during the 2020 Ramadan season, the producer of hit Egyptian TV series ‘Bi 100…
Photos: Egypt’s ministers, 30 foreign ambassadors participate in Sharm el-Sheikh bike marathon celebrating World Tourism Day
Egypt
September 25, 2020
Photos: Egypt’s ministers, 30 foreign ambassadors participate in Sharm el-Sheikh bike marathon celebrating World Tourism Day
Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Khalid Anany, and Egypt’s Minister of Aviation, Mohammed Mannar Manaa, along with 30 ambassadors…
Egypt’s Mayar Sherif makes history as first female tennis player to qualify for Olympics in 2021
Egypt
September 25, 2020
Egypt’s Mayar Sherif makes history as first female tennis player to qualify for Olympics in 2021
Egyptian tennis player Mayar Sherif became Egypt’s first female tennis player to qualify for the Olympic Games on Wednesday, after…
Three suspects in Fairmont gang rape case handed over to Egypt
Egypt
September 24, 2020
Three suspects in Fairmont gang rape case handed over to Egypt
Three Egyptian men accused of raping a woman in Cairo’s Fairmont Nile City Hotel have returned to Cairo, after their…