Egypt’s House of Representatives
Egyptian MP calls for ban on e-cigarettes
Egypt
August 25, 2019
Egyptian MP calls for ban on e-cigarettes
An Egyptian Member of Parliament submitted an early day motion on Sunday demanding a ban on importing and trading electronic…
New NGOs law abolished freedom-restricting articles, minister
Egypt
May 17, 2019
New NGOs law abolished freedom-restricting articles, minister
Egyptian Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Waly said on Thursday following the cabinet’s approval of a draft law regulating the…
US Senator Edward Case visits Egypt’s House of Representatives
Egypt
May 15, 2019
US Senator Edward Case visits Egypt’s House of Representatives
On Wednesday Egypt’s House of Representatives witnessed a visit of the first of its kind in more than three years…
Egypt’s Health Minister objects to allocations in proposed state budget
Egypt
May 8, 2019
Egypt’s Health Minister objects to allocations in proposed state budget
Health Minister Hala Zayed on Tuesday objected to her ministry’s allocation in the draft state budget. In a meeting for…
Egypt’s Education Ministry needs LE11 bn increase or it may close: Minister
Egypt
May 7, 2019
Egypt’s Education Ministry needs LE11 bn increase or it may close: Minister
Education Minister Tarek Shawqi warned Monday that the education development project is facing difficulty most notably in necessary funds, pointing…
Egypt’s parliament extends state of emergency for 3 months
Egypt
May 4, 2019
Egypt’s parliament extends state of emergency for 3 months
Egypt’s parliament on Saturday approved extending the current state of emergency for an additional three months starting from Thursday, April…
88% of Egyptian voters favored constitutional amendments
Egypt
April 24, 2019
88% of Egyptian voters favored constitutional amendments
President of the National Elections Authority (NEA) Lasheen Ibrahim announced on Tuesday the results of the referendum on the constitutional…
Egypt’s parliament approves draft law articles protecting personal data
Egypt
April 15, 2019
Egypt’s parliament approves draft law articles protecting personal data
The Communications Committee of the House of Representatives on Sunday approved six articles of a draft law proposed by the…
Egypt’s parliament approves law protecting personal data
Egypt
March 19, 2019
Egypt’s parliament approves law protecting personal data
The Communications Committee of the House of Representatives on Monday approved a draft law proposed by the government to protect…
Rift in Egypt’s Wafd Party forms over constitutional amendments
Egypt
February 25, 2019
Rift in Egypt’s Wafd Party forms over constitutional amendments
Egypt’s Liberal Wafd party is suffering a rift over the proposed constitutional amendments, with some members wishing to back the…