Egypt
Industrial cities that were once beautiful
May 11, 2015
Industrial cities that were once beautiful
Mahalla, Kafr El-Dawar and Helwan were once beautiful industrial cities that were famous for the factories that were built in…
Egypt’s prime minister heads to Paris to look into cooperation
May 11, 2015
Egypt’s prime minister heads to Paris to look into cooperation
Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb is embarking on a trip to the French capital to look into cooperation between both…
Ayman Nour to attend Washington seminar on Egypt’s democratic future
May 11, 2015
Ayman Nour to attend Washington seminar on Egypt’s democratic future
Former presidential runner and al-Ghad Party chief Ayman Nour is attending a seminar in Washington DC this week on democracy…
ElBaradei: Justice is absent following justice minister remarks
May 11, 2015
ElBaradei: Justice is absent following justice minister remarks
Former vice president Mohamed ElBaradei has said that recent controversial remarks by the justice minister on the relevancy of social…
Newspaper: Army will control 60% of Egypt’s national entity for telecommunications
May 11, 2015
Newspaper: Army will control 60% of Egypt’s national entity for telecommunications
The Defense Ministry has given itself a majority stake in the new national entity controlling the national telecommunications infrastructure, according…
Ministry on alert amid price hike speculations before Ramadan
May 11, 2015
Ministry on alert amid price hike speculations before Ramadan
The Supply Ministry has said it is ready to confront widely-speculated price hikes during the holy fasting month of Ramadan,…
Government to revive Arbaeen road project
May 11, 2015
Government to revive Arbaeen road project
Transportation Ministry is preparing to revive the Arbaeen road, or Darb al-Arbaeen, project in the Western Desert to serve trade…
UPDATE: Justice Minister refuses to retract controversial remarks
May 11, 2015
UPDATE: Justice Minister refuses to retract controversial remarks
Justice Minister Mahmoud Saber has declined to retract the controversial remarks he made in which he suggested social status is…
Official: Middlemen get 5-10% of Umrah costs
May 11, 2015
Official: Middlemen get 5-10% of Umrah costs
Basel al-Sisi, head of the Egyptian Travel Agents Association’s religious tourism committee, said middlemen get between 5-10 percent of the…
Egyptian arrested in Algeria for recruiting IS fighters
May 11, 2015
Egyptian arrested in Algeria for recruiting IS fighters
An Egyptian citizen has been arrested in Algeria for allegedly recruiting fighters from North Africa for the Islamic State groups…