Hurghada
Students block Hurghada road over exam difficulty
Egypt
June 27, 2012
Students block Hurghada road over exam difficulty
Dozens of secondary school students and their parents on Wednesday blocked the road and paralyzed traffic outside the education department…
Shafiq’s Hurghada campaign offices vandalized
Egypt
June 25, 2012
Shafiq’s Hurghada campaign offices vandalized
Demonstrators celebrating Mohamed Morsy’s victory in the presidential elections vandalized rival candidate Ahmed Shafiq’s Hurghada campaign headquarters on Nasr…
Along Egypt’s coastlines, kiteboarding surges in popularity
Life & Style
June 11, 2012
Along Egypt’s coastlines, kiteboarding surges in popularity
When visiting Egypt’s many beachside towns along the Red Sea coastline, it is difficult to look past the recent outbreak…
Thousands demonstrate in different governorates against Mubarak verdict and Shafiq
Egypt
June 5, 2012
Thousands demonstrate in different governorates against Mubarak verdict and Shafiq
Thousands of people in various Egyptian governorates staged demonstrations on Tuesday demanding the retrial of deposed President Hosni Mubarak and…
Short circuit sets Morsy’s Hurghada campaign office on fire
Egypt
June 5, 2012
Short circuit sets Morsy’s Hurghada campaign office on fire
The Hurghada office of the presidential campaign of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsy caught fire Tuesday due to a short…
Marine scientists criticize ‘destructive’ news report on rare fish discovery
Environment
May 15, 2012
Marine scientists criticize ‘destructive’ news report on rare fish discovery
Egyptian marine scientists have criticized a recent news report that a rare sunfish had been found and bought in Hurghada,…
Oil leaks for eighth time since September in Gamsha Bay
Egypt
May 13, 2012
Oil leaks for eighth time since September in Gamsha Bay
Environmental teams and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation declared a state of emergency after another oil spill in Gamsha Bay,…
Three British nationals arrested in Hurghada for smuggling weapons to be prosecuted in Cairo
Egypt
May 11, 2012
Three British nationals arrested in Hurghada for smuggling weapons to be prosecuted in Cairo
Three British nationals caught trying to smuggle large numbers of automatic weapons' ammunition, sniper rifles, laser and wireless devices, bulletproof…
Environmental teams clean up Gamsha Bay oil spill
Environment
May 9, 2012
Environmental teams clean up Gamsha Bay oil spill
Teams from the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation and the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency on Wednesday contained and cleaned up after…
Stuck in heaven: Petrol crisis leaves four stranded by the Red Sea
Life & Style
April 24, 2012
Stuck in heaven: Petrol crisis leaves four stranded by the Red Sea
The ongoing petrol crisis in Egypt left its impact this Easter/Sham al-Nessim holiday on Sinai- and South-bound holiday travelers, who…