Egypt
Government to allocate LE250 mn in state budget to fight drug addiction
May 10, 2015
Government to allocate LE250 mn in state budget to fight drug addiction
The Cabinet has allocated an additional LE250 million in the new 2015-2016 state budget to fight drug addiction. It has stated…
Tour guides demand 2011 law on pay raise be enforced
May 10, 2015
Tour guides demand 2011 law on pay raise be enforced
Egyptian tour guides have demanded that a 2011 decree that would set their minimum salary at LE300 a day be…
Sisi requests budget deficit decreased by LE40 billion for 2015/16
May 10, 2015
Sisi requests budget deficit decreased by LE40 billion for 2015/16
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is reviewing the budget for the 2015/16 fiscal year and has requested the deficit be reduced by…
Sources: Mubarak’s recent verdict deprives family of privileges
May 10, 2015
Sources: Mubarak’s recent verdict deprives family of privileges
Judicial sources have determined that the verdict sentencing former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years hard…
Defendants in EMPC assaults: Humiliating prison conditions
May 10, 2015
Defendants in EMPC assaults: Humiliating prison conditions
Defendants involved in the violence outside the Egyptian Media Production City (EMPC) in 2013 have alleged humiliating conditions while in…
Minister: Parliamentary election in September
May 10, 2015
Minister: Parliamentary election in September
Trade and Industry Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour has announced that the House of Representatives' elections will be held in early…
UPDATE : Egypt’s annual core, urban inflation slow in April
May 10, 2015
UPDATE : Egypt’s annual core, urban inflation slow in April
Egypt's annual urban consumer inflation and core inflation both slowed in April, a reprieve from rising prices after two straight…
Egypt’s state television channels resume broadcasting
May 9, 2015
Egypt’s state television channels resume broadcasting
Egyptian state television channels resumed broadcasting on Saturday after what security officials said was a disruption caused by a power…
Administrative Court: Favoritism to sons of senior public officials is a crime
May 9, 2015
Administrative Court: Favoritism to sons of senior public officials is a crime
The Alexandria Administrative Court refused on Saturday to enrol a senior official's son in the technical secondary school of the Drinking Water…
Warm weather in Cairo and the Delta on Sunday
May 9, 2015
Warm weather in Cairo and the Delta on Sunday
Warm weather is expected in Cairo and the Delta on Sunday, with hot temperatures in Upper Egypt. There will be low-…