In a confidential letter to all ministries and government authorities, the cabinet has banned officials from talking to the media without official permission from ministers.
Sources said this instruction is a replica of that issued by former Prime (...)
Hundreds of Egyptian and Arab activists staged a protest Friday in Tahrir Square to support the revolutions of Libya, Syria and Yemen against the violent repression of peaceful protesters. They denounced the passive stance of the Arab (...)
Bedouin tribal chiefs held a conference on Friday to announce the establishment of a new political party. Al-Ihyawat tribe hosted the conference in Ismailia. Disputes arose because Marsa Matrouh tribes objected to the presence of Amr Moussa.
Some (...)
Egypt's new Prime Minister Essam Sharaf headed to Tahrir Square on Friday to speak to protesters who were celebrating the removal of Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq's transition government and calling for the implementation of the rest of the demands of (...)
The Ministry of Electricity and Energy is discussing borrowing US$1 billion to finance the forthcoming five year plan, reliable sources in the ministry said. The projects in the 2012-2017 plan should generate more than 14,000 megawatts to meet the (...)
The government plans to invite international bids for the establishment of an Egyptian-Saudi power grid link in February, Egyptian Electricity Minister Hassan Younis has said.
In statements to the press, Younis said the marine company assigned with (...)
Head of the nuclear reactors department at the Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) Samer Mekheimar said he has resigned in protest against “the haphazard management of the atomic authority.”
Mekheimar accused the president of the AEA and some of its (...)
Electricity Ministry officials have announced an invitation for local and foreign investors to proffer tenders to build four wind power stations in the Suez Gulf area.
The power stations will have a total capacity of 1000 megawatts and the project (...)
The Ministry of Electricity and Power has postponed the tender for Egypt's first nuclear station at Dabaa to mid-January in an effort to allow the state council to review its terms.
Ministry spokesperson Aktham Abul Ela on Thursday said ministry (...)
Hundreds of employees of state-run information centers staged a protest on Monday in front of their trade union headquarters--despite heavy security--to demand that the government make good on earlier promises of salary raises and benefits.
This (...)
Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, has announced his intention to boycott the 8th Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue conference. The three-day event is scheduled to begin on (...)
The Ministry of Electricity is inviting tenders for the construction of an Egypt to Saudi Arabia power grid link, at an estimated cost of US$1.5 billion. Each country will carry the costs of construction on its own territory.
A source from the (...)
The Supreme Council for Energy has demanded that the Ministry of Petroleum provide enough natural gas to supply new power stations planned to be completed within the next year. The new stations are being built as Egypt faces a huge electricity (...)
A power outage in seven governorates across Upper Egypt two days ago has led to massive losses in the tourist sectors of Hurghada, Safaga and Sahl Hasheesh after large quantities of stored food, vegetables and frozen meat went bad.
Aktham Abul Ela, (...)
Egypt's Atomic Energy Authority is preparing a feasibility study in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Russian experts to determine the economic value of Egypt's Anshas nuclear reactor.
A government source, speaking (...)
Approximately 2,500 people gathered along Alexandria's Corniche to protest the alleged torture and killing of Alexandrian Khaled Saeed. The protesters then marched to Saeed's home.
Police maintained a remarkably limited presence during the (...)
Minister of Electricity Hassan Younis has instructed heads of electric power distribution companies to provide technical support to local authorities to help them implement a cabinet decision to halve electricity usage at government institutions and (...)
Sinai Bedouin tribal leaders have said that the Egyptian government is still holding up to 3000 Bedouin detainees despite recent waves of release.
During a conference, entitled “The Sinai Problem and its Solution,” organized by the Freedoms (...)
Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younis announced that from 19 companies and consortia, ten have been shortlisted for the task of establishing Egypt's first thermal power stations.
The government plans to establish two power units in (...)
The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) has announced the preparation of "Freedom Flotilla Two", a new flotilla that will travel to Gaza during the upcoming weeks, challenging Israelis recent military actions. Campaign sources say (...)
Around 250 workers from the Amonsito Company organized a protest yesterday in front of the Supreme Court and filed two reports to the attorney general demanding the enforcement of an agreement they had reached with Minister of Manpower Aisha Abdel (...)
The Africa-France summit scheduled to begin tomorrow will not include any formal discussions of the ongoing dispute over the distribution of Nile water, though the topic could ocome up during meetings on the environment or political stability, (...)
The Group of 45 has continued its protests in front of ruling National Democratic Party's headquarters, after being forcibly prevented from protesting in front of parliament. They are demanding the implementation of court rulings allowing them to be (...)
Anger is mounting among workers protesting in front of the Egyptian parliament. A group of laborers from the Amonsito Textile Company, who say they have gone 26 months without receiving back pay, tore off their clothes yesterday in an attempt to (...)
Parliamentary Speaker Fathi Sorour has declined to discuss the new law regulating Lawyers Syndicate elections.
In response to a request by parliament's legislative committee yesterday--submitted by MP Alaa Abdel Moneim--to debate the issue, Sorour (...)