CAIRO: Pro-military council protest in Abbasseya district started their demonstration after the Friday prayers by singing the Egyptian national anthem, asking Allah for mercy upon Egypt.
They chanted, "The peoples and the army, one hand," and (...)
CAIRO: Responding to a million-man demonstration against continued military rule staged Friday, the Lovers of Egypt Union and the Silent Majority Coalition called for another million-man demonstration in the eastern Cairo neighborhood of Abbasseya (...)
CAIRO: Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies conducted an opinion poll on the Egyptian presidential candidates with Amr Moussa, Omar Suleiman and Ahmed Shafiq being the frontrunners.
According to the poll, Former Secretary General (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian Museum opened today despite the planned million-man demonstration in Tahrir Square today, nicknamed the Friday of ‘No Emergency Law.'
The museum, located at the edge of Tahrir Square, put a sign saying the Museum is open from (...)
CAIRO: Former Vice-President and Presidential nominee Omar Suleiman will pray for Eid al-Fitr in Alexandria, where he will discuss his presidential platform, one his relatives said.
His relative added that Alexandria is one of Suleiman's favorite (...)
CAIRO: Officials at the Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE 57357) refused donations from supporters of ousted President Hosni Mubarak after the supporters attempted to furnish a room bearing Mubarak's name.
Consequently, a row has emerged (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian governorate of Luxor witnesses a state of stability and security after two months of chaos and instability, said the chairman of the Chamber of Tourism Commodities and Bazaars, Ihab Qedis.
The governorate witnessed instability (...)
CAIRO: Civil hospitals in Cairo's Tahrir Square received around 230 cases of fainting since demonstrations began this morning due to the heat and the overcrowded square.
Today's million-man demonstration is called the ‘Friday of (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian Tourism Support Coalition will meet with the vice-president of the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Freedom and Justice Party, Essam el-Erian, to discuss the tourism situation and the party's proposals to improve tourism.
They (...)
CAIRO: The hospital set up in Cairo's Tahrir Square received 16 people on hunger strike today, all of whom are in critical condition. They began their hunger strike five days ago.
Ahmed Yahia, a doctor in the hospital, said they abstained (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's tourism goods sector has reached a deficit of 5 million EGP over the past five months, according to the chairman of the Chamber of Tourist Bazaars and Goods, Mohammed al-Qattan.
Al-Qattan added that the situation of the tourism (...)
CAIRO: Ashes from the Eritrea volcano that erupted in the South of Egypt on Wednesday will significantly affect charter flights, and could paralyze aviation, said experts in tourism.
Touristic visits to monumental places will not be affected by (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian tour guides and tourist workers called on all bazaar owners to set fixed prices for tourist goods to prevent any arguments between tourists and sellers.
The tour guides said that not having fixed prices makes tourists feel they (...)