CAIRO: Chief Executive of the Federation of Egyptian Investors Union today sent a memo to Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri requesting the reopening of all factories in the country.
“The Federation asked all of its affiliated associations (...)
Egyptian ambassador to the United States Sameh Shoukry today said that the embassy decided to extend its working hours until midnight, Washington time, to continue receiving Egyptian ballots.
“Over 500 Egyptian citizens from the United States (...)
The Court of Misurata Libya acquitted 17 Egyptian fishermen from the charge of breach Libyan territorial waters on Monday December 12 according to the President of the Association for the Welfare of Fishermen in Burg Moghaizel in Kafr El-Sheikh, (...)
World Bank released a report revealing remittances to developing countries during the current year of 2011, which will rise to U.S. $351 billion and total remittances worldwide, including high-income countries, to U.S. $483 billion.
According to (...)
Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hisham Kandil will head to Uganda tonight.
The minister will be representing Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the leader of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, at the Great Lakes Summit, held (...)
The Independent Shabab Foundation will hold Luxor's First African Film Festival from February 21 to February 28.
According to the website, the event was the brainchild of screenwriter Sayed Fouad who felt that African films were not being (...)
CAIRO: The Townhouse Gallery will screen a documentary directed by Dutch filmmaker Leonard Retel Helmrich on Tuesday December 13 at 7:00 P.M. His documentary movie "Position Among the Stars" is about one family of three generations, confronting (...)
Egypt press reported the statements of the Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Abdel Fadil Elkoussy, who said, "Creativity cannot be bound by restrictions or censorship but by self-censorship that maintains a certain degree of morality." There are reports of (...)
The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade unions recently launched a website, a Twitter account and a Facebook page to spread news and updates about the federation and workers rights, in addition to monitoring workers' protests and strikes.
A (...)
QENA, Egypt: Three demonstrators protesting at the Nahda cement factory in Qena have announced they are to go on hunger strike after their demands were not met.
Their demands include justice in the appointment of staff at the plant and not (...)
CAIRO: Kefaya movement organized a march to celebrate its seventh anniversary for December 12 starting from in front of the High Court towards Mohamed Mahmoud Street in Tahrir Square, to stop at Maspero for a while then the movement will hold a (...)
Egyptian Minister of Local Development Chancellot Mohamed Attiya today said that the military council will meet with him tomorrow to discuss preparations for the second phase of parliamentary elections.
“We will discuss securing polling stations (...)
German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich today announced a formal approval to receive 900 political refugees over the next three years, mainly from Egypt, Libya and Syria.
“Germany will host the political refugees for three years,” the (...)
CAIRO: There is a need to discuss the stalled projects in the Suez industrial zone, said Heba Nassar, vice-president of Cairo University and professor of political economy.
New Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri recently decided to (...)
CAIRO: Dozens of Tahrir Square demonstrators yesterday night organized a march from the Square to the front of the Cabinet Headquarters to continue their protest.
Demonstrators chanted, “Down With Military Rule” on their way to the Cabinet (...)
New Israeli ambassador to Egypt Yacoub Amitai will arrive in Cairo on Monday, replacing former ambassador Yitzhak Levanon who left Egypt amidst a popular uprising at the Israeli embassy last summer, diplomatic sources in the Israeli Foreign Ministry (...)
CAIRO: The Cairo Opera House on Monday December 12 will host a concert celebrating the bicentenary birth of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886). The concert will feature performances by tenor Hisham El-Guindy, the Cairo Opera House acapella (...)
KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt: The families of 16 Egyptian fishermen detained in Misarata, Libya have appealed to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry to intervene and release their children. The men were detained for illegally entering Libyan territorial (...)
CAIRO: Youm7 conducted a poll asking its readers what should be the top priority of Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri's new cabinet.
86.57 percent of readers said economic revitalization should be the top priority, 8.76 percent said the trial of (...)
CAIRO: Recently elected parliamentarian Amr Hamzawy said he rejected the establishment of an advisory council which was announced by Egypt's ruling military council.
"I do not see the need for or purpose of this council and we don't want to (...)
CAIRO: U.S. Senator John Kerry arrived in Cairo on a private jet late yesterday from Muscat, the capital of Oman, for a visit to Egypt that will last several days.
Kerry will with a number of senior officials in Egypt to discuss ways of promoting (...)
CAIRO: The Cairo Symphony Orchestra will perform Rimsky-Korsakov's Dance of the Buffoons (from the opera Snowmaiden) and Capriccio Espagnol in addition to Dvorak's Symphony No.7 in D minor today.
The orchestra, conducted by Hisham Gabr, will (...)
Egyptian press reported the ongoing protests in Tahrir Square, statements by the new chairman of Lawyers Syndicate, Sameh Ashour, who said there are no disputes between political forces. Head of the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) administrative office (...)
Director of security in North Sinai Saleh el-Masry said on that security services in North Sinai seized 30 anti-aircraft mortars in a mountainous area in central Sinai on Thursday December 8. These were surplus from past wars and the weapons were (...)
The Egyptian Center for Women's Rights (ECWR) described the new ministerial cabinet formed by newly appointed Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri as "disappointing."
ECWR made this statement issued by the center considering the lengthy amount of (...)