Egypt Independent
Latest tripartite GERD meeting did not produce significant results: Egypt FM
Egypt
April 6, 2018
Latest tripartite GERD meeting did not produce significant results: Egypt FM
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry affirmed on Friday in the wake of a meeting held in Sudan to reach a…
Egypt engaged in relentless war against terrorism: Sisi to Arab Parliament
Egypt
April 5, 2018
Egypt engaged in relentless war against terrorism: Sisi to Arab Parliament
Egypt is now engaged in a relentless war to track and eradicate terrorism from its roots wherever it may be, President…
72 officials charged with theft after turning ancient archaeological site into parking lot
Archaeology
April 5, 2018
72 officials charged with theft after turning ancient archaeological site into parking lot
Egypt’s Administrative Prosecution court ordered on Wednesday 72 employees from the archaeological sector and a number of security officials from Monufiya…
MP calls on Minister of Communications to ban ‘dangerous electronic games’
Egypt
April 5, 2018
MP calls on Minister of Communications to ban ‘dangerous electronic games’
Member of Parliament Sherif al-Wardani, who is also the secretary of Oarliament’s Human Rights Committee, submitted an urgent request calling…
Photos: First photoshoot in Egypt to feature male contemporary dancer
Art news
April 5, 2018
Photos: First photoshoot in Egypt to feature male contemporary dancer
Dancing is usually looked upon as an almost female-exclusive form of artistic expression; especially within the Middle East. Men aren’t…
State TV to air Egypt’s World Cup matches
Egypt
April 5, 2018
State TV to air Egypt’s World Cup matches
Egyptians, and particularly football fanatics, will have cause to celebrate as Egypt’s matches during the World Cup will reportedly be…
20 people killed, 2 injured in car crash on Sohag-Assiut Road
Egypt
April 5, 2018
20 people killed, 2 injured in car crash on Sohag-Assiut Road
A major traffic accident at the Sohag-Assiut Road left 20 people killed and another two injured on Wednesday after a truck…
Salah’s counter-drug addiction campaign reaches 5 mn Facebook viewers in 3 days
Egypt
April 5, 2018
Salah’s counter-drug addiction campaign reaches 5 mn Facebook viewers in 3 days
Football star Mohamed Salah’s ad campaign ‘You Are Stronger Than Drugs’, launched by Egypt’s Fund for Drug Control and the…
British PM congratulates Sisi on his re-election
Egypt
April 5, 2018
British PM congratulates Sisi on his re-election
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a telephone call from British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday, congratulating him on his…
Egypt establishing 19 desalination plants to use Red and Mediterranean Seas’ waters
Egypt
April 4, 2018
Egypt establishing 19 desalination plants to use Red and Mediterranean Seas’ waters
Egypt’s Minister of Housing Mostafa Madbouli reviewed recently the ongoing establishment of 19 desalination plants in Egypt for the Red…
Egypt’s football team manager denies rumors on excluding Mo Salah from World Cup
Egypt
April 3, 2018
Egypt’s football team manager denies rumors on excluding Mo Salah from World Cup
Egypt’s national football team administrative manager Ehab Leheta denied rumors that FIFA threatened to exclude Mohamed Salah from participating in…
MP calls for appointing a female prime minister
Egypt
April 3, 2018
MP calls for appointing a female prime minister
MP Anisa Essam Hassouna called for the selection of a qualified female to be the prime minister of Egypt in…
Egypt establishes new council to mobilize state institutions, confront terrorism
Egypt
April 3, 2018
Egypt establishes new council to mobilize state institutions, confront terrorism
Egypt’s parliament approved unanimously on Monday a law to set up a Supreme Council to confront terrorism and extremism. The…
Egypt plans to increase cotton production to meet high export orders
Economy
April 3, 2018
Egypt plans to increase cotton production to meet high export orders
After a catastrophic year for Egypt’s cotton industry in 2016, a demand for the Egyptian white gold has emerged in…
Egypt’s net foreign reserves rise to $42.611 bn in March
Economy
April 2, 2018
Egypt’s net foreign reserves rise to $42.611 bn in March
Egypt’s net foreign reserves rose slightly to US$42.611 billion at the end of March, from $42.524 billion at the end…
7th edition of Gouna International Squash Open to commence in April
Health & Fitness
March 31, 2018
7th edition of Gouna International Squash Open to commence in April
The world’s best squash players will gather at Egypt’s Red Sea city, al-Gouna, to compete for the Gouna International Squash Open…
Mahmoud Abo el-Leil files lawsuit calling for suspension of political parties boycotting elections
Egypt
March 31, 2018
Mahmoud Abo el-Leil files lawsuit calling for suspension of political parties boycotting elections
A few days after preliminary results of Egypt’s presidential election showed that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is close to a…
Egyptian Noor Hussein wins gold at African Taekwondo Championship
Health & Fitness
March 30, 2018
Egyptian Noor Hussein wins gold at African Taekwondo Championship
Egypt’s national taekwondo player Noor Hussein swept up the gold medal in the 49kg category at the African Championship G4,…
Stolen endangered turtles returned to Mediterranean Sea by Environment Ministry
Science
March 29, 2018
Stolen endangered turtles returned to Mediterranean Sea by Environment Ministry
Head of the Environmental Affairs Agency Mohamed Shehab said that four turtles were released back into their natural habitat in…
Saudi German Hospitals to build ‘medical city’ in Alexandria by 2019
Health & Fitness
March 26, 2018
Saudi German Hospitals to build ‘medical city’ in Alexandria by 2019
The Middle East Healthcare Company, known as Saudi German Hospitals, is scheduled to commence operations of its US$500 million “medical…