Egypt
Govt begins wide-scale reconciliations with investors, former officials
December 8, 2014
Govt begins wide-scale reconciliations with investors, former officials
A number of ministries and state agencies started intensive negotiations to conduct reconciliation on a wide scale with a number…
UPDATED: Canadian Embassy In Cairo Closed Due To Security Concerns
December 8, 2014
UPDATED: Canadian Embassy In Cairo Closed Due To Security Concerns
Canada's embassy in Cairo was closed on Monday until further notice because of security concerns, an official answering its emergency…
ANHRI slams entry ban on Palestinian filmmaker
December 8, 2014
ANHRI slams entry ban on Palestinian filmmaker
A human rights organization has slammed Egyptian security for denying entry to a Palestinian cinema professional last Thursday, denouncing the…
Military buys two marble plants
December 8, 2014
Military buys two marble plants
Armed forces’ National Service Project Organization purchased two marble plants in the cities of Badr and New Beni Suef, within…
Agriculture Minister: Bird flu endemic in Egypt
December 8, 2014
Agriculture Minister: Bird flu endemic in Egypt
Government officials have decided to apply strict measures to prevent spread of birds flu, launching committees to ensure safety rules…
Pope Tawadros prefers separating boys, girls in preparatory, secondary stages
December 8, 2014
Pope Tawadros prefers separating boys, girls in preparatory, secondary stages
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria said he prefers to separate boys and girls in the preparatory and secondary stage, a…
Rights group denounces jail sentence for Bahraini activist
December 8, 2014
Rights group denounces jail sentence for Bahraini activist
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), an Egypt-based human rights network, condemned on Sunday the three-year prison sentence…
Minister, Italian ambassador to inaugurate Queen Nefertari exhibition
December 8, 2014
Minister, Italian ambassador to inaugurate Queen Nefertari exhibition
Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh al-Damaty and the Italian ambassador to Cairo Mauricio Massari will inaugurate Monday an exhibition under the…
Egypt sentences four Brotherhood members to death
December 7, 2014
Egypt sentences four Brotherhood members to death
An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced to death four members of the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood over the killing of protesters…
Egypt’s net foreign reserves loses $1.03 billion in November
December 7, 2014
Egypt’s net foreign reserves loses $1.03 billion in November
Egypt's net international reserves (NIR) declined by 6.1 percent to $15.9 billion at the end of November,2014 the country's central…