Wafd Party leader Al-Sayed al-Badawy, member of the ruling military council's civilian Advisory Council, tendered his resignation from the council on Wednesday.
In his resignation, Badawy wrote: “I need to devote myself to the party in order to (...)
Daqahlia - The Mansoura Administrative Court on Tuesday halted the announcement of parliamentary election candidacy lists, saying the committee supervising the elections violated the constitution by indicating the religious status of candidates. The (...)
At a press conference on Monday, Wafd Party President al-Sayed al-Badawy announced that his party has fielded 332 list-based candidates in 46 electoral constituencies, and 96 individual candidates in 83 constituencies, for the upcoming parliamentary (...)
The Egyptian Bloc Coalition, which includes 21 political parties, in a meeting on Saturday, laid down criteria for candidates it intends to field in upcoming parliamentary elections.
The criteria are based on candidates' integrity, popularity and (...)
Wafd Party President al-Sayed al-Badawy and Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Morsy have decided that their respective parties will run in parliamentary elections on two separate and competing lists, according to Wafd sources. The news was leaked (...)
Informed sources have said that the military council is mulling, in consultation with the cabinet, the possibility of allowing party members to run as independents in upcoming parliamentary elections.
Article V of the recently amended elections law (...)
In its meeting on Sunday, the cabinet endorsed amendments to laws governing the People's Assembly, the Shura Council and electoral constituencies. It also increased the number of parliamentary seats allocated for list-based candidacy in upcoming (...)
The New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA), affiliated with the Housing Ministry, requested its branches provide information about any properties owned by seven leaders of the 6 April Movement.
The leaders are Ahmed Maher, Asma Mahfouz, Mohamed (...)
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has been in secret negotiations with various political forces on a range of electoral issues, according to political sources, and is reported to have reached agreement on a number of outstanding issues.
In a (...)
The Wafd Party has decided to accept as members two former National Democratic Party (NDP) members of parliament, namely Omar Refaei and Ahmed Shearawy, as well as the dean of Zagazig University's Medical School, Saad Sabry al-Esh, and Al-Azhar (...)
A German doctor who treated former President Hosni Mubarak while he was in power received anonymous letters threatening his life if he examined Mubarak again, Hosni Mubarak's lawyer Farid al-Deeb said on Monday.
The letters said that Mubarak should (...)
A number of political parties and human rights groups are attempting to destabilize Egypt by utilizing grants estimated at LE1 billion, which had been allocated by the United States and the European Union (EU) to support the country, an Egyptian (...)
The Democratic Coalition has called on the military council and the prime minister to form a new government capable of securing a peaceful power transition and organizing upcoming parliamentary elections.
In a statement issued by Wafd Party (...)
Wafd Party executive committee member Mohamed Sarhan said on Thursday that certain members of the committee object to a coalition with the Muslim Brotherhood group's Freedom and Justice Party, on the grounds that the previous committee decided (...)
The health condition of ousted President Hosni Mubarak has not changed, and the malignant tumor in his stomach has not expanded, said Health Minister Ashraf Hatem.
“His health condition is stable,” he said.
Mubarak's lawyer Farid al-Deeb had said (...)
The Waft Party and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) have agreed to enter the upcoming parliamentary elections on a unified candidacy list, and have invited other parties to join them.
Wafd Party Vice President Bahaa Abu Shaqa said that his party (...)
The National Association for Change (NAC) is collecting signatures on a letter requesting Prime Minister Essam Sharaf to delegate authority to the State Council to decide whether the constitution should be written before parliamentary elections.
The (...)
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Hailemariam Desalegn danced to a song chanted by an Ethiopian folkloric band about the Egyptian revolution and Tahrir Square on Saturday.
The performance took place during a dinner he held to welcome the Egyptian Popular (...)
The so-called "Egyptian People's Diplomatic Delegation", which comprises representatives of different political parties and movements, is to visit Ethiopia on Friday to discuss Nile water issues.
The delegation includes three presidential (...)
Nabil Bebawy, spokesman of the former ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), said the party had LE27 million funds.
He also said that former party members requested to take back the compulsory donation of LE10,000 each that was stipulated by Ahmed (...)
In what seems to be a possible solution to the Nile water quotas dispute between Egypt and upstream Nile Basin countries, Water Resources Minister Hussein al-Atfy has announced an initiative by the African countries to renegotiate the Nile Basin (...)
A member of the the formerly-ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), Mohamed Sheta, said the party is getting ready for the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for September.
Sheta told Al-Masry Al-Youm that he hopes it will win a high rate (...)
Irrigation Minister Hussein al-Atfy on Thursday said Egypt is awaiting the Ethiopian government's reply to its request for technical and environmental studies of the Great Millennium Dam. Ethiopia is building the dam on its borders with Sudan.
“We (...)
Informed sources claim the Wafd, Ghad and Democratic Front parties are forming a new coalition, and aim to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections with a unified candidacy list and a platform that reflects their liberal thoughts.
“We are also in (...)
Wafd Party President al-Sayyed al-Badawi has announced that the test broadcast of the party's first satellite channel is scheduled for 25 March.
“The Egyptian law prohibits political parties from satellite broadcasting,” he said. “That's why we (...)