Doctors in Hurghada have reported what they believe could be Egypt's first case of E. coli infection since the recent outbreak of the illness in Europe.
A German tourist in the Red Sea resort of Marsa Alam suffered severe stomach pains and was taken (...)
Security authorities in Egypt's Red Sea Governorate have warned of plans by elements of the ousted regime to provoke unrest during the Hurgada International Squash Championship, which is due to run from 12 May to 19 May.
The authorities warned that (...)
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has extended the state of emergency until after the parliamentary and presidential elections.
The Emergency Law will be applied to acts of sectarian strife, thuggery, vandalism of public and private property, (...)
The Red Sea Prosecution on Thursday heard the testimony of Mohamed Hashem, lawyer of the families of the victims of the al-Salam 98 ferry that sank in the Red Sea in 2006. The lawyer had submitted a request to the attorney general to reopen (...)
Scattered groups of desert locusts have been discovered in Egypt's southern regions of Halayib and Shalateen, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
The ministry's locust combat unit believes the insects arrived from Sudan and Saudi Arabia, where (...)
About 85 workers at Imperial Shams resort in Red Sea's Safaga suffered food poisoning on Saturday following lunch at a staff cafeteria.
They were taken to hospitals in Hurgada and Safaga where they underwent stomach pumping.
A report was filed at (...)
Hurgada--Around 400 people lay down in the streets near Safaga seaport because of mistakes made with reservations by a number of travel companies. Passengers were supposed to board the liner el-Muttahida.
The haphazard booking process prevented (...)
Massive oil spills appeared yesterday in the Red Sea, covering a distance of approximately 20km from el-Gouna in the north down to Sahl Hashish in the south. The source of the spill has yet to be identified.
Environmental authorities had received (...)
The first shipment of imported Ethiopian calves has reached Egypt, carrying 2,216 of the 15,000 calves that Egypt is to import from the East African country.
The shipment comes after an agreement concluded by Prime Minister Ahmad Nazif during his (...)