Italy inflation edges up in April '25    EGP closes high vs. USD on Wednesday    Germany's regional inflation ticks up in April    Taiwan GDP surges on tech demand    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    UNFPA Egypt, Bayer sign agreement to promote reproductive health    Egypt to boost marine protection with new tech partnership    Eygpt's El-Sherbiny directs new cities to brace for adverse weather    Cabinet approves establishment of national medical tourism council to boost healthcare sector    CBE governor meets Beijing delegation to discuss economic, financial cooperation    Egypt's investment authority GAFI hosts forum with China to link business, innovation leaders    Egypt's Gypto Pharma, US Dawa Pharmaceuticals sign strategic alliance    Egypt's Foreign Minister calls new Somali counterpart, reaffirms support    "5,000 Years of Civilizational Dialogue" theme for Korea-Egypt 30th anniversary event    Egypt's Al-Mashat urges lower borrowing costs, more debt swaps at UN forum    Egypt's Al-Sisi, Angola's Lourenço discuss ties, African security in Cairo talks    Two new recycling projects launched in Egypt with EGP 1.7bn investment    Egypt pleads before ICJ over Israel's obligations in occupied Palestine    Egypt's ambassador to Palestine congratulates Al-Sheikh on new senior state role    Sudan conflict, bilateral ties dominate talks between Al-Sisi, Al-Burhan in Cairo    Cairo's Madinaty and Katameya Dunes Golf Courses set to host 2025 Pan Arab Golf Championship from May 7-10    Egypt's Ministry of Health launches trachoma elimination campaign in 7 governorates    EHA explores strategic partnership with Türkiye's Modest Group    Between Women Filmmakers' Caravan opens 5th round of Film Consultancy Programme for Arab filmmakers    Fourth Cairo Photo Week set for May, expanding across 14 Downtown locations    Egypt's PM follows up on Julius Nyerere dam project in Tanzania    Ancient military commander's tomb unearthed in Ismailia    Egypt's FM inspects Julius Nyerere Dam project in Tanzania    Egypt's FM praises ties with Tanzania    Egypt to host global celebration for Grand Egyptian Museum opening on July 3    Ancient Egyptian royal tomb unearthed in Sohag    Egypt hosts World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Somabay for 3rd consecutive year    Egyptian Minister praises Nile Basin consultations, voices GERD concerns    49th Hassan II Trophy and 28th Lalla Meryem Cup Officially Launched in Morocco    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    A minute of silence for Egyptian sports    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Shoukry reviews with Guterres Egypt's efforts to achieve SDGs, promote human rights    Sudan says countries must cooperate on vaccines    Johnson & Johnson: Second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19    Egypt to tax bloggers, YouTubers    Egypt's FM asserts importance of stability in Libya, holding elections as scheduled    We mustn't lose touch: Muller after Bayern win in Bundesliga    Egypt records 36 new deaths from Covid-19, highest since mid June    Egypt sells $3 bln US-dollar dominated eurobonds    Gamal Hanafy's ceramic exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must go    Italian Institute Director Davide Scalmani presents activities of the Cairo Institute for ITALIANA.IT platform    

Articles of the author Aswat Masriya
Messi postpones Egypt visit after Barcelona defeat
Cairo - Barcelona star Lionel Messi has postponed a medical tourism campaign visit to Egypt following his side's 4-0 defeat against Paris St-Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday. Five-time world footballer of the year was scheduled to arrive (...)

15 - 02 - 2017
Dozens of Egyptian lawyers gather in demonstration Saturday against VAT law
Dozens of lawyers gathered on Saturday in a demonstration in front of Egypt's High Court in protest against the recently-passed value-added tax (VAT) law. Head of the lawyer's syndicate Sameh Ashour said in a statement on Tuesday that the syndicate (...)

02 - 10 - 2016
Egypt closed 53 forex bureaus since beginning of year: CBE
A total of 53 foreign exchange bureaus have been closed since the start of the year, deputy governor at the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Gamal Negm said on Friday. The CBE has closed a large number of the countries' foreign exchange offices, which it (...)

19 - 08 - 2016
Egyptian boat capsizes in Sudan, dozen fishermen missing
A fishing boat carrying 14 Egyptian fishermen capsized in Sudanese territorial waters Saturday, the Egyptian foreign ministry has said. Sudanese authorities were able to rescue two of the 14 fishermen, but 12 are still missing, according to a (...)

31 - 01 - 2016
Lawyer demands lifting of media gag on Hesham Geneina's case
An Egyptian lawyer has filed a lawsuit with the Administrative Court on Saturday demanding a media gag order on an investigation of corruption claims by Central Auditing Organisation head Hesham Geneina be lifted. Last month, Geneina told Egyptian (...)

24 - 01 - 2016
Egypt courts acquit 29 alleged Muslim Brotherhood supporters
Two Egyptian courts acquitted Tuesday 29 alleged Muslim Brotherhood supporters charged with inciting violence. Twenty- two of the defendants were charged with inciting violence and damaging public and private property in Suez during events that date (...)

20 - 01 - 2016
Egypt's Sisi appoints Mubarak-era minister head of the Suez Canal's economic zone
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi appointed on Saturday former minister Ahmed Darwish the head of the Suez Canal Economic Zone Authority for a three-year term, as he launched what has been dubbed as a mega development project east of Port (...)

29 - 11 - 2015
Administrative court rejects appeals against Cairo election results
Egypt's Administrative Court rejected Saturday all 56 appeals contesting the results of round one of the second phase of parliamentary elections in Cairo. Phase two of the House of Representatives elections covered 13 governorates including Cairo, (...)

28 - 11 - 2015
Garments export crisis exacerbated as EgyptAir suspends shipping on passenger flights
EgyptAir's decision to suspend the shipping of commercial cargo on passenger flights bound for New York and Canada created a crisis in the export of Egypt's spinning, weaving and garments sector, with Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) exporters being (...)

27 - 11 - 2015
Muslim Brotherhood, 6th of April, and Revolutionary Socialists banned from student union elections
The Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education will start accepting candidacy applications on Monday for student union elections after announcing the exclusion of students belonging to the banned Muslim Brotherhood, the 6th of April Youth Movement, and (...)

02 - 11 - 2015
Egypt's Shokry, Putin envoy agree on 'activating political solution in Syria'
Egypt's foreign minister and the special envoy of the Russian president held "extensive" talks on Saturday reflecting the "compatibility" of their visions on the Syrian crisis. Foreign Minister Sameh Shokry and Mikhail Bogdanov, the special (...)

17 - 10 - 2015
'Agricultural market is unable to absorb' workers available in Egypt: World Bank report
The land available for work in places like Egypt, India and Southeast Asia "remains relatively scarce," a World Bank report on global youth unemployment said on Tuesday. Globally, "youth account for roughly 40 percent of the world's unemployed and (...)

14 - 10 - 2015
Landmine kills one Egyptian, wounds another in Suez desert
One person was killed and another was wounded in a landmine explosion in the Red Sea province, 334 km southeast of Cairo Thursday, police reported to the local emergency operations room. The mine exploded in the desert area between Zafarana and Ras (...)

09 - 10 - 2015
Early campaigning for parliament, minor clashes mark Eid celebrations
Egyptians celebrated on Thursday the beginning of Eid al-Adha holidays, marking the end of the pilgrimage season for Muslims. Minor clashes occured between security forces and alleged supporters of Islamist groups took place after Eid prayers in (...)

24 - 09 - 2015
Factory fire kills 1 in Egypt's Damietta
A huge fire in a paint factory killed 1 worker on Monday and injured 9 others in the Northern Egyptian city of Damietta, the state news agency MENA reported. The fire has been extinguished and the injured were taken to hospital. Another factory fire (...)

31 - 08 - 2015
Sisi issues decree raising military pensions by 10 pct - state agency
A presidential decree stipulating a raise in pensions for retired military personnel by 10 percent was published in Egypt's official Gazette on Sunday, the state news agency reported. There will be no minimum or maximum caps on the increase and for (...)

29 - 06 - 2015
Carter Center confirms it will not observe Egypt's parliamentary elections
The Carter Center reiterated on Monday its decision not to monitor Egypt's upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled for March and April. "The Carter Center has no current plans to be involved in observing the upcoming elections in Egypt," (...)

13 - 01 - 2015
Conscript commits suicide in Aswan television headquarters: Security director
A conscript tasked with securing the state television's headquarters in Aswan committed suicide inside the building on Monday, said Aswan's security director. Security Director Mohamed Mostafa told Aswat Masriya that the 23 year-old conscript shot (...)

05 - 01 - 2015
Presidential decree appoints board of trustees of "Tahya Misr" fund
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued a presidential decree on Monday appointing members of the board of trustees for the "Tahya Misr" (Long Live Egypt) fund. The decree stipulates that six experienced public figures are to be appointed as (...)

22 - 12 - 2014
439 referred to military judiciary over post-Rabaa dispersal violence
The Egyptian prosecution referred on Saturday 439 defendants to the military judiciary over violence which followed the deadly dispersal of two pro-Mohamed Morsi camps in August 2013, Reuters' Aswat Masriya reported. Egypt's top prosecutor referred (...)

13 - 12 - 2014
Private security companies to guard 9 universities
Minister of Higher Education Sayed Abdel Khalek hired a private security company to guard nine public universities during the coming academic year, the cabinet announced on Wednesday. The cabinet discussed measures to be adopted in preparation for (...)

25 - 09 - 2014
Ethiopia hands Egypt safety studies of main dam: Ministry of Water Resources
Irrigation ministers of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia have adopted the criteria and conditions under which an international consultancy will be formed to conduct the two studies recommended by the committee of experts in May 2013, Egypt's ministry of (...)

23 - 09 - 2014
Egypt summons EU ambassadors over "negative" statement
Egypt summoned on Tuesday European Union (EU) ambassadors commissioned to Cairo in expression of displeasure over the EU's statement on the situation in the country before the 27th regular session of the United Nations' Human Rights Council, said an (...)

17 - 09 - 2014
Unidentified gunmen kill army conscript in North Sinai
Unidentified gunmen killed an army conscript in North Sinai's al-Arish city on Friday, a security source told Aswat Masriya. The conscript was on duty at Al-Zohour military camp when armed men driving a car shot him dead on the spot, the source (...)

12 - 09 - 2014
Tens of prisoners injured in Port Said jail fight
Tens of prisoners in the Portsaid general prison sustained superficial injuries after a fight broke out between pro-Muslim Brotherhood inmates and a number of criminal prisoners on Thursday. The altercation took place during the prisoners' (...)

12 - 09 - 2014
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