The strategic reserves of Egypt's basic commodities are enough for the next four months, said an official source on Sunday.
Ahmed Fatahy Abdel Aziz, head of the Control and Distribution Sector at the Solidarity and Social Justice Ministry, said the (...)
Egypt's foreign debts remain within the safe limits of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank standards, Planning and International Cooperation Minister Fayza Abouelnaga said Monday.
In a press statement, Abouelnaga said the total of (...)
The Qatari government has allocated US$500 million to support Egypt's general budget and decided to increase its investments in Egypt with US$10 billion, announced the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Fayza Abouelaga on (...)
Thousands of Egyptians filled Tahrir Square on Friday morning to protest the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces' (SCAF) recent changes to the law regulating parliamentary elections and demand the council transfer power to a civilian authority. The (...)
Minister of Agriculture Salah Youssef has prohibited construction on reclaimed agricultural land. The law, effective immediately, exempts service facilities for farms, which could be built over 2 percent of the total land area.
“We shall take legal (...)
The Egyptian community in Spain plans to stage a protest next Sunday in front the Spanish Justice Ministry in Madrid to demand the extradition of Egyptian businessman Hussein Salem to Egypt.
Salem is accused of seizing public money and profiting (...)
Starting early September, after the end of the eid holiday, 75 archaeological missions will resume excavation projects in Egypt, announced Mohamed Ismail, Director of the Permanent Committee and Foreign Missions Affairs at the Supreme Council of (...)
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has resolved a crisis at the Supreme Council of Antiquities by appointing Mohamed Abdel Fattah as secretary general.
The council was temporarily headed by Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, who had no decision-making powers.
Abdel (...)
To paraphrase scholar and geographer Gamal Hemdan's masterpiece "The Personality of Egypt", antiquities from the Ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman through to the Coptic and Islamic eras can be regarded as the country's living memory.
This morning, (...)
The Egyptian Military Operations Authority on Tuesday discovered the nameplate of King Apries in the Tal Defna area in Ismailia, which is located to the west of the Suez Canal.
The plate is made up of two pieces of red sandstone with two cartouches (...)
Four antiques from the time of King Amnehotep III will be returned to Egypt by the UK within days, said Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mohamed Abdel Maksoud in a statement on Saturday.
They were seized when an American (...)
Egyptian newspapers today reported on a number of issues, including an allegation from an appellate court judge claiming that former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly assigned a police officer to protect his dog, and the announcement by Central Bank (...)
Egypt Press reported important issues concerning the Egyptian public, including the complete list of the properties owned by businessman, Hussein Salem, the state of confusion and anxiety within Essam Sharaf's government and the forthcoming (...)
The name of the “Nile Award” will not be changed back to the “Mubarak Award", said Culture Minister Emad Abu Ghazi. The award, which recognizes achievements in the fields of art, literature and social science, was originally named after former (...)
A panel comissioned by the Egyptian government to take stock of artifacts at presidential palaces has said no pieces are missing.
Late in May, Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass ordered the formation of a panel to record the contents of (...)
Ashraf Reda, head of the Ministry of Culture's plastic arts department, has provoked outrage among members of Egypt's art community by allegedly removing the details of Ahmed Basiony, a martyr of the 25 January revolution, from a catalogue that (...)
A pharaonic artifact that was smuggled out of Egypt, taken to Germany, and is now in an Israeli institution must be returned, Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass announced Saturday.
The piece was discovered in Egypt in 1910, west of Khufu Pyramid. (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood will stop coordinating with leftist labor groups, according to its labor affairs official, Saber Abul Fotouh, who said that any form of collaboration with leftists will now be unacceptable.
Abul Fotouh accused leftist labor (...)
The Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) is considering how to commemorate Labor Day on 1 May after Egypt canceled official celebrations.
ETUF's caretaker chairman, Ismail Fahmy, said the federation may mark the event by paying a visit to the tomb (...)
The International Labor Organization (ILO) called on Egypt to set a minimum wage based on the average prices for the basket of commodities needed by workers.
An ILO delegation on Wednesday wrapped up its visit to Egypt, during which it held (...)
Minister of Manpower Ahmed Hassan al-Borei said the new rules on allowing foreigners to work in Egypt would be announced next week. “A foreigner would not be assigned what an Egyptian worker can do,” he said.
Al-Borei denied the new rules contradict (...)
The International Labor Organization (ILO) mulls dropping Egypt from its black list in light of the 25 January revolution that succeeded in ousting former President Hosni Mubarak.
Egypt was on the list for years due to its violations of (...)
Egypt could be taken off the International Labor Organization (ILO) blacklist thanks to the 25 January revolution and ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak's regime, Al-Masry Al-Youm has learned.
Egypt has been blacklisted in past years due to (...)
Several companies are currently witnessing workers' strikes.
More than 400 workers at a spinning machinery factory in the governorate of Helwan are striking. They are calling for an increase in annual bonuses and demanding that delayed promotions be (...)
Labor protests erupted in five separate locations in Cairo on Monday and Tuesday, in which demonstrators called for improved wages and better working conditions.
About 4000 workers from the Egyptian Coal Company said they intended to stage protests (...)