WASHINGTON: Egyptian ambassador to the U.S, Sameh Shoukry, said the number of Egyptians abroad in the U.S. voting in the second phase of the parliament elections rose to 500 voters up until 1:00 P.M. today December 13. He pointed out the embassy (...)
CAIRO: An economic Turkish delegation, headed by Turkish Deputy Minister of Economy Bolant Igor, arrived in Cairo today December 12. The visit will last for five days including meetings with officials to discuss economic cooperation.
The (...)
CAIRO: Korean Ambassador to Egypt Yun Jong Kon has honored the sixth round winners of the Conversation in Korean competition, held at Ain Shams University's Faculty of Alsun Conference Hall.
In his speech, the ambassador spoke of Egypt and (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail welcomed chief of the External Relations Committee in the Congress, Senator John Kerry, during his visit. Abu Ismail considers communication between the U.S. Administration and Islamists (...)
CAIRO: Dr. Ali Sabri, the Minister of Military Production, said Sunday that the coming period would focus on executing the ministry's main mission, fulfilling the Armed Forces different needs, as well as supporting development efforts in several (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian presidential candidate Amr Moussa prefers the upcoming regime in Egypt to be a presidential regime, not a parliamentary one. He added the president should rule not more than four to five years, and to be extended only once. He (...)
CAIRO: Minister of Justice Adel Abdel Hamid highlighted he is keen to support the law, which is his first priority in the upcoming period. He stressed he won't permit tampering with sovereignty of law and he will exert effort to ensure the (...)
The vote counting process for the Egyptian parliamentary elections ended yesterday in the Egyptian embassy in Saudi Arabia. The results were sent immediately to the Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) in Cairo.
Ambassador Mahmoud Ouf and the (...)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan today announced 14 new ambassadors and recalled three back the Islamabad.
Youssif Reda Jilany today agreed to these changes and announced that an official statement will be released by the end of the week, Pakistani (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's ruling military council member Hamdy Badin said the security state of the committees are stable and they started working on time.
Badin said there is one problem some of employees are facing; when they went to the committees, they (...)
Security across Egypt is at the highest level and prepared to face any riots, said General Hamdy Badeen, a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), when commenting on security measures for runoffs in the first round of parliamentary (...)
BERN, Switzerland: An Egyptian judiciary delegate in Bern met Swiss officials to discuss the stolen Egyptian assets frozen in Switzerland.
They reviewed the progress of this matter and the ways of strengthening cooperation between Switzerland and (...)
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt: The Administrative Court in Alexandria established a legal concept saying that the Court of Cassation is responsible for reviewing cases filed by candidates in this week's People Assembly's elections in Alexandria's third (...)
CAIRO: Vice president of Egypt's ruling military council Samy Anan had a meeting with some presidency candidate and political and national forces symbols from the Ministry of Defense today December 3.
This meeting was made as part of an agreement (...)
CAIRO: Committees to receive the recently elected members of the People's Assembly, the lower house of Egypt's bicameral parliament, will begin working tomorrow in the Pharaonic Lobby.
Each parliamentarian will receive their membership card and (...)
NORTH SINAI: The Governor of North Sinai asserted that Egypt's eastern borders are safe and Al-Qaeda has no relationship with the Sinai Peninsula.
Commenting on the claims of Israeli leaders and officials, Abdel Wahab Mabrouk said that the Sinai (...)
No criminal reports concerning elections or violations were filed in Egypt's Mediterranean city of Alexandria yesterday, the first day of parliamentary elections, according to the governorate's security director.
“Not reporting any criminal (...)
SANA'A, Yemen: The Egyptian embassies in Kuwait and Yemen today extended the People's Assembly voting period for the second time for expatriate Egyptian communities.
The voting began last Wednesday and will finish tomorrow night, November (...)
RAFAH: The Rafah Port connecting Egypt with the Gaza Strip will close today to all traffic in honor of the Islamic New Year.
The Port will resume operations tomorrow, a source today reported.
The Rafah Port was reopened following the January (...)