Egypt's Permanent Mission at the United Nations participated in the 19th meeting of the Advisory Board of the UN Counter-Terrorism Center (UNCCT) at the body's headquarters in New York to review its plan for 2020.
The UN secretary-general wished (...)
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has been awarded the Semper Opera Ball's Dresden Medal of St. George in recognition of his efforts to serve peace in Africa, Germany's DPA news agency reported Saturday.
A German delegation will hand over the medal to (...)
Al-Azhar, the highest institution of Sunni Islamic learning, will organize an international conference on renewing Islamic thought under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
The conference, due to be held on Monday and Tuesday, is (...)
A consultative meeting of the technical and legal delegations from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Khartoum concluded on Thursday.
The two-day meeting aimed at resuming talks on the rules of filling and (...)
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Thursday marked the 68th annual National Police Day, which falls on 25 January.
The Egyptian president laid a wreath on the tomb for martyrs from the police forces at the Police Academy in New Cairo.
El-Sisi laying (...)
President Abdel-Fattah Fattah El-Sisi ordered the implementation of several social protection programmes in support of poor families, head of parliament's Social Solidarity Committee Abdel-Hadi El-Qasbi said on Monday.
During a meeting with a youth (...)
Egypt's Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat said on Monday she wants to bolster Egypt's partnership with the UK's Development Finance Institution (DFI), CDC Group.
Al-Mashat made her remarks during a meeting with the CEO of CDC (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is set to participate in the UK-Africa Investment Summit, due to kick off on Monday in the British capital London, state-owned MENA said.
The summit will be attended by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, (...)
Egypt's Al Azhar is keen on staying in touch with all religious institutions all over the world as part of its goal to establish peace and security, Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyeb said Sunday.
El-Tayyeb's remarks came during his meeting with (...)
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit headed for Germany on Saturday to take part in Berlin Summit on Libya which was called for by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Addressing the summit, which will kick off on Sunday, Abul Gheit will (...)
EgyptAir received on Saturday a new Airbus A220-300 to join the company's fleet.
This is the eighth A220-300 aircraft to be delivered to Egypt as part of a deal with Airbus Company to purchase 12 aircraft of the same family by June.
The new (...)
Movement and navigation at Alexandria and Dekheila ports on Saturday are going on normally despite medium rain.
In a statement, spokesman for Alexandria Port Authority Reda el Gandour said that shipping activities are going on as usual.
Alexandria (...)
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi headed for Germany on Saturday to participate in an international conference on Libya which will kick off on Sunday.
The conference will be attended by representatives of the five permanent members of the UN Security (...)
Egypt, Greece and Italy have discussed the impacts of Turkey's recent decision to send forces to Libya.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Thursday made phone calls with his Greek and Italian counterparts to review the latest developments in (...)
Egypt's Ministers Sameh Shoukry of Foreign Affairs and Mohamed Abdel Atti of Water Resources and Irrigation agreed to continue negotiations for the third straight day on Wednesday in Washington on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the (...)
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Italian Prime Minster Giuseppe Conte agreed on intensifying joint efforts to support endeavours for a political settlement to the Libyan crisis, one day after talks on a possible truce agreement between (...)
Egypt's House of Representatives declared official mourning with flags to be flown at half-mast for three days in honour of Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman, who passed away on Friday, aged 79.
Earlier, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi declared (...)
Up to 17 hot-air balloon flights took off in Luxor on Saturday, carrying 480 tourists of various nationalities.
The flights, operated by several travel agencies, flew over the city's archaeological sites.
Hot-air balloon rides over the ancient (...)
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Saturday directed the government to increase its support to people with special needs as part of the state's efforts to boost community engagement.
El-Sisi made his directives during a meeting with Prime Minister (...)
The Ministry of Health said Thursday that as many as 6.5 million school students nationwide were vaccinated against meningitis during the current academic year.
The vaccination campaign comprised travelers to meningitis-hit countries, pilgrims and (...)
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director in Egypt Sherry Carlin on Thursday announced the lunching of a new research initiative worth USD 90 million to support Cairo's efforts to transfer into the knowledge-based economy. (...)
Egypt extended its deepest condolences to Indonesia over the victims of the floods that hit the Southeast Asian country, leaving scores of people dead and injured.
"The government and people of Egypt condole with the government and people of (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi had a meeting on Wednesday with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian in Cairo.
The two sides discussed bilateral relations and ways to promote partnership between the two countries, (...)
The Egyptian government shed light on Wednesday on the major achievements made by the antiquities sector during 2019, including the key projects implemented, new discoveries made, and the restoration of archaeological sites.
In an info-graph issued (...)
Figures released by the World Tourism Organization (WTO) shows that Egypt's tourism sector has recovered after the number of tourists who visited the country in 2019 hit about 13 million, according to the economic adviser at the WTO and member of (...)
