Last week, Egypt became the first African country and the third in the Middle East to see Amazon, the world's biggest online retailer, operating in its local online retail sector.
Amazon.eg replaced Egypt's top online retailer Souq.eg four years (...)
Unused to paying parking fees — in Egyptian cities parking meters are unheard of, and the sayes, an unofficial parking attendant holds sway — motorists were shocked to hear last week that the government now intends to charge them for parking their (...)
Throughout the past year anyone wishing to travel was at a loss, especially those travelling to destinations requiring full coronavirus vaccinations, or wishing to avoid days of unnecessary quarantine.
Sherine Khaled, who will soon be travelling for (...)
Sudan's Irrigation Minister Yasser Abbas said on Wednesday that his country "is not ready" to participate in the negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) under the same methodology adopted in previous talks, which Abbas described (...)
"The Decent Life initiative for rural development will be an unprecedented achievement" for Egypt, said President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi when launching the first phase of the countryside-focused Decent Life initiative national project at the Cairo (...)
Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia should agree on a time frame to reach a deal on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Regional Spokesman for the US State Department Samuel Werberg said.
During a phone-in with Sada El-Balad satellite channel on (...)
Egypt is producing the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine through the state-owned Egyptian Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA), and aims to manufacture 80 million doses by the end of 2021. The Sinovac vaccine was approved by the (...)
Egyptian Parliament Speaker Hanafy Gebaly stated on Sunday that Egypt has never stood against its brothers' right to development, however, it rejects any infringement of its Nile water rights.
Gebaly was referring to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance (...)
The coronavirus vaccine is similar to the seasonal influenza vaccination that doesn't provide life-time immunity, known as solid immunity, and it needs to be repeated at least every year, presidential health advisor Mohamed Awad Tag El-Din said on (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stated on Saturday that the situation within the United Nation Security Council is "complicated" due to political considerations, alignments and interlocking interests.
Shoukry was referring to the Security (...)
Chairman of Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie said on Wednesday that a settlement was reached with the Evergreen Marine Corporation concerning its Ever Given ship, which had blocked navigation through the Suez Canal for nearly a week in (...)
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stated on Wednesday that the 30 June Revolution was not just a passing moment in which Egyptians expressed anger, but rather conveyed their most established and noble constants.
El-Sisi's statement came in a written (...)
The Decent Life initiative is the largest development project in Egypt's modern history, says Aya Omar, official spokesperson of the initiative and chair of the Decent Life Foundation's board of trustees.
"Stakeholders include state institutions, (...)
To avoid the damage — drought and flood — that Sudan encountered during last year's filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam's (GERD) reservoir, Sudan's Foreign Minister Mariam Al-Sadiq hinted this week that Khartoum may be willing to accept a (...)
Egypt is exercising enormous statesmanlike restraint in its pursuit to find a solution to the issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) General Kenneth McKenzie has said.
McKenzie paid a (...)
Tunisian Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi affirmed on Tuesday his country's full readiness to defend the Egyptian and Sudanese rights in the River Nile waters.
Jerandi's remarks came during his speech at the Arab League's (AL) extraordinary meeting (...)
Egypt's coronavirus case numbers are falling. The average number of daily cases dropped from 1,200 in mid-May to 800 in the first week of June, leading to hopes the third wave of the pandemic is receding.
Restrictive measures introduced on 6 May (...)
Egypt and Sudan have to stick to reaching a binding agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), even amid reports that Addis will perform the second-year filling with less amount of water than previously planned, experts says.
With only (...)
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St Mark proposed on Tuesday designating 1 June a national holiday to mark the day the Holy Family entered Egypt.
The entry of Christ and the Holy Family into the land of Egypt "is one of the (...)
Chairman of Egypt's Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) Abdel-Moneim El-Tarras expressed his gratitude on Wednesday for a visit by an African broadcasters delegation to the AOI, which he described as an opportunity to highlight the (...)
United Media Services (UMS), the five-year-old media conglomerate whose activities span media production, advertising, and newspaper publishing, unveiled its future plans during a press conference early this week.
In addition to overhauling its (...)
Egypt's foreign and irrigation ministers say that although a negotiated agreement over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) remains their goal Cairo is ready for all scenarios. While their statements had a reassuring effect on public opinion, (...)
Egypt reported its highest daily record of Covid-19 infections since January at the weekend, exceeding some 1,200 cases. Experts say that the country is climbing the curve of its third coronavirus wave and is expected to witness the peak starting (...)
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Sunday Egypt will spare no effort to reach Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire amid deadly confrontation between Israel and the Palestinians.
Speaking online to the UN Security Council, Shoukry stressed the need for (...)
Egyptian authorities on Sunday opened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip and received a number of Palestinians injured in an ongoing Israeli aggression on the coastal enclave, state-run news agency MENA reported.
The opening of the (...)
