Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Abdullah Ghorab criticized on Monday the continued government policy of energy subsidies at the expense of improving health and education in Egypt.
“Unfortunately we still provide subsidies for energy (...)
The families of those killed during Egypt's recent uprising distributed a statement in front of the state television building Friday, demanding the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak and other officials.
They charge Mubarak was responsible for (...)
Presidential hopeful Amr Moussa has reiterated his call for postponing parliamentary elections until after presidential elections.
During his meeting with Gezira Club members on Tuesday evening, Moussa said that Egypt's political arena had not yet (...)
Ayman Nour, a likely presidential candidate and chairman of Ghad, Egypt's most prominent liberal opposition party, called on Egyptians to donate their annual zakat (alms) to presidential candidates.
"It is permissible to give zakat to the (...)
Giza Governor Ali Abdel Rahman on Wednesday pledged to restore the Virgin Mary Church in Imbaba - damaged during sectarian clashes in the neighborhood on Saturday - within three or four weeks.
The Arab Contractors Co. presented an estimate of the (...)
Minister of Manpower Ahmed Hassan al-Borei on Wednesday said his ministry is considering implementing a special minimum wage for Upper Egypt. Wages in Upper Egypt are relatively low compared to the rest of the country, in particular the Delta (...)
Residents of Giza's Faisal district have threatened to stage sit-ins before Giza municipal headquarters if officials failed to solve ongoing sewage leaks.
Raw sewage has flooded the streets of the district and threatened local residents, especially (...)
Egypt's share of Nile water will not be endangered if Southern Sudan separates from the north, said Sudanese presidential adviser Mostafa Othman Ismail. A referendum on Southern independence is slated for January 2011.
“Do not worry about Egypt's (...)
Demonstrations resumed on the sidewalk in front of the People's Assembly on Sunday, as approximately 300 female Health Ministry employees staged a sit-in to protest low wages and other grievances. Security forces eventually ordered protesters to (...)
Nearly 100 protesters from Geziret Mohamed and Tanash clashed with security forces yesterday on the Cairo ring road. Several suffered from breathing difficulties after security forces used tear gas to disperse the crowd.
The demonstrators reportedly (...)
The Court of Administrative Justice's recent ruling requiring the government to set a minimum wage for Egypt's workers has raised many questions and caused a great deal of controversy, even as the ruling is intended to offset the effects of (...)
The Governor of Luxor Samir Farag said the city's development is a work in progress, and that the government "will remove anything that stands in the face of development, even if it is a mosque or a church." He added, "we are working according to a (...)
Ahmed Ezz, steel tycoon and senior member of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), accused the independent press of deliberately denigrating the achievements of the government, during a meeting at the Lions Club on Wednesday.
"They like to (...)