Cairo International Airport authorities this week seized two pistols and a number of live bullets found on a Spanish diplomat arriving at the airport. The diplomat was carrying the weapons in one of her bags on her return to Cairo.
The authorities (...)
The Israeli Embassy in Cairo on Monday sent a security team to Cairo International Airport to examine passenger security and cargo inspection systems.
The team inspected the systems to prepare for resuming El Al flights between Cairo and Israel at (...)
The United States has violated Egypt's sovereignty by offering funding to Egyptian civil institutions, organizations and associations without properly consulting the government, said Egyptian Minister of Solidarity and Social Justice Gouda Abdel (...)
The Ministry of Social Solidarity will rely on revolutionary youth groups to help oversee the distribution of subsidized butane and bread among consumers.
A source at the ministry said the youth committees will verify that the appropriate amount of (...)
The Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation announced on Thursday that it had come to an agreement with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to assist in the development of Egypt's agricultural sector, with a focus on raising (...)
Egypthas sugar reserves for the next four months, said sources from the Ministry of Social Solidarity, adding that the recent sugar crisis has not impacted these reserves.
In statements to Al-Masry Al-Youm, the same source said the ministry expects (...)
Managing Director of the World Bank Mahmoud Mohie Eddin said the bank is willing to fund a number of major projects in the Arab World, including projects linking electricity networks.
At a press conference in the World Bank's Cairo office on (...)
The Ministry of Social Solidarity said authorities are developing a new strategy to encourage farmers to supply locally-grown wheat to its granaries in the upcoming season, starting in April.
A ministry source said the strategy will be discussed (...)
The number of Egyptian pilgrims to arrive in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for the annual Hajj has now surpassed 72,000, according to the Minister of Higher Education and head of pilgrimage operations Hani Helal.
Helal on Thursday told reporters in Mecca (...)
The government intends to pay a higher price for maize purchased from local peasants in order to cope with rising international rates, an official source told Al-Masry Al-Youm.
The source said maize supply for the Ministry of Social Solidarity has (...)
Since 2004 the US has earmarked US$93.8 million in financial aid to Egypt for assisting accredited civil societies in implementing democracy programs in collaboration with the Egyptian government, according to the Egyptian Ministry of International (...)
US International Development Agency (USAID) has decided to increase its aid allocation for Egypt by 20 percent, driving it up to US$250 million. It also plans to restructure its implementation system in order to increase efficiency.
USAID's new (...)
The World Bank (WB) and Japan announced they are preparing a plan to help Egypt develop its drinking and waste sewage systems, especially in poor and remote villages.
The Holding Company for Water and Waste Water said only 15 percent of rural areas (...)
The Ministry of Social Solidarity is preparing a new plan to stop black market sales of subsidized flour used for bread production, sources said.
Under the current system, owners of bakeries purchase one ton of flour--the market price of which is (...)
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Rachid Mohamed Rachid, revealed several state-administered plans to increase both local production and strategic reserves of wheat in an effort to offset surging commodity prices.
Before leaving for Ankara (...)
Egypt's National Democratic Party (NDP) members are submitting applications to party offices throughout the country, declaring their intentions to run in the upcoming People's Assembly elections.
A large number of government officials and ministers (...)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is preparing to disburse new grants and aid package to Egyptian civil society organizations which are registered by the government, a move that has been widely criticized by human rights (...)
The Ministry of Social Solidarity has decided to increase the quotas of subsidized flour and gas cylinders to high-consumption areas during Ramadan. High-consumption areas will be determined according to reports from food supply departments in (...)
The Egyptian government has started mixing a new stock of local wheat with the imported quantity to produce subsidized bread. The mix is 70 percent imported wheat and 30 percent local.
Al-Masry Al-Youm has learned that the Principal Bank for (...)
The government is considering excluding 1.8 million families from the ration card system by deeming them undeserving of subsidies.
Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif had asked his cabinet to make sure subsidies go to those families that deserve them (...)
Egypt's Minister of Social Solidarity, Ali Moselhy, announced yesterday that ten civil society organizations have pledged to provide three million food bags to people in need during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Each bag will include sugar, (...)
Agriculture Minister Amin Abaza, in a speech before the Food Security Conference, said that Egypt imports 40 percent of its total foodstuffs and 60 percent of its wheat.
"Yet the government is keen to offset rising global food costs by allocating (...)
The Global Environment Facility, under the auspices of the World Bank, has approved a grant valued at US$7.15 million to help finance an integrated management project to protect the Alexandrian coastal zone. The announcement of the grant was made by (...)
A committee investigating alleged misconduct at el-Tofoula el-Saeeda orphanage has uncovered serious financial and administrative violations on the part of the orphanage's management which, according to the committee's report, necessitate the (...)
The Egyptian government will postpone its plan to restructure subsidies for principle commodities due to the Ministry of Finance's refusal to provide more than LE70 millions required for the new plan, a senior government official has told Al-Masry (...)