After 10 days of 128 feature films and 74 short films, the 2020 Sundance Film Festival announced the winners of top awards during a ceremony held last week. A total of 28 prizes went for feature filmmaking honourees who represented new achievements (...)
The nominations for the 40th annual Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies) were announced on Monday. The parody award chose the worst in cinema over the past year and coincided with their more illustrious cousin, the Academy Awards, which were announced (...)
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival (HRWFF) will return to London from 12 to 20 March, featuring empowering documentaries and dramas celebrating courageous people from 14 countries. Eleven of the 14 films selected for this 24th edition are directed (...)
Within Egypt's ambitious plan to promote the textile industry, the tenth edition of the Stitch and Tex exhibition will launch its two sessions from 27 February to 1 March, and from 5 to 8 March 2020.
The first part of the exhibition will be devoted (...)
The first confirmed case of the new Coronavirus was detected in Egypt in a foreign national on Friday, a joint statement by the health ministry and the World Health Organisation said.
Hala Zayed, Minister of Health, said that the patient tested (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry participated on Saturday in the session on regional security in North Africa, on the sidelines of the 56th Munich Security Conference (MSC), in Munich, Germany.
At the session, Shoukry reviewed the (...)
Egypt's unemployment rate reached 8% in the fourth quarter (4Q) of 2019, up from 7.8% in the 3Q 2019, the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced Saturday.
However, in year-on-year (YoY) terms, unemployment decreased (...)
Celebrating the big red day is only a few hours away. Escaping the long tiring week for a Friday break with your beloved one is just the perfect idea for commemorating the Valentine's Day. Daily News Egypt takes you on a tour into two fascinating (...)
Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad chaired on Tuesday a meeting of the joint committee for projects related to transforming wastes to energy, in accordance with Law No.41 of 2019 regarding the electricity feed-in tariff.
The meeting comes a few days (...)
Minister of Health Hala Zayed announced on Tuesday that 52,404 citizens in South Sinai registered for the new comprehensive health insurance system since the registration began in October.
Zayed made a follow up visit to the Wadi Tal Family Health (...)
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, signed an agreement with Egypt's microfinance organisation Tanmeyah, to help boost its sustainability and outreach to underserved groups across the country, according to (...)
Egyptian security forces killed 17 militants in a raid on their hideout in Arish, North Sinai.
Security forces were informed that a group of terrorists were using the hideout in the Obeidat district to carry out attacks targeting police and army (...)
Chief of Staff of Armed Forces Mohamed Farid headed a meeting of the Chief of Staffs of the G5 Sahel African Countries of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, which was headed by Farid, with the participation of representatives of the (...)
A committee formed by Egypt's cabinet tasked with legalising the status of unlicenced churches approved on Tuesday the legalisation of 82 churches and service buildings that had been operating without a permit.
According to a statement by the (...)
Health Minister Hala Zayed presented a national family planning programme proposal at the weekly cabinet meeting on Wednesday chaired by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly. The programme aimed to develop an integrated strategy to ensure a dignified (...)
Egypt is to be this year's guest of honour at the 19th Meknes International Animated Film Festival (FICAM), which will take place 20-25 March in Morocco.
The festival, which is organised by the Aicha Foundation in partnership with the French (...)
For the first time, the Blue Man Group will perform next month in Egypt. The international troupe's remarkable performances are always filled with humour, physical interaction, and vibrant colours. With performances dubbed mind-blowing, the group (...)
The novel coronavirus killed about 811 people in China and two outside mainland China surpassing the number of death cases caused by the SARS epidemic of 2002-2003, according to official data released on Sunday by the Chinese health authorities.
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The Egyptian House of Representatives approved on Sunday the draft law introduced by the government and Fayka Fahim, a member of the parliament, to modify articles in law number 117 of 1983 related to protecting antiquities.
Speaker of the (...)
The Dutch capital Amsterdam will host the Integrated System Europe (ISE 2020) exhibition from 11 to 14 February, in the presence of 1,300 international companies.
Ahmed El Gohary, an expert in AV and systems integration, said the exhibition is the (...)
Regus Egypt, a global workplace provider, has announced the redesigning of its business lounge in Cairo located in Nile city towers, with an area of 1400 sqm.
Regus, which is an operating subsidiary of the International Workplace Group (IWG), said (...)
A delegation from Enterprise Singapore – a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry – visited Cairo upon an invitation from Singaporean ambassador to Egypt Dominic Goh. The delegation met with Singapore-based internet technology (...)
The Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) financial wealth could be depleted in the next 15 years, said the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Thursday report titled "The Future of Oil and Fiscal Sustainability in the GCC Region."
Holding the current (...)
The 70th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) announced all its competitions' juries last Friday.
Once again, a multitalented international jury will decide who will take home the Golden and Silver Bears at the Berlinale 2020. This year, (...)
The parliament approved on Monday amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Law No 94 of 2015 defining the terrorism financing, and sent them to the State Council for reviewal.
The draft law defined funds or material assets that can be used in financing (...)
