CAIRO: Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri said he will begin his duties from the Interior Ministry to check on the country's security situation and the ministry's requirements.
He also said in a statement to state TV that no action can be (...)
CAIRO: Newly-appointed Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri said he continued consultations to complete forming a new government on Saturday. The government is expected to be completed tomorrow, Sunday, with the oaths of office taken either Sunday or (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian Prime Minister and President of the Caretaker Government Essam Sharaf held a meeting on Thursday with the Deputy Prime Minister Ali el-Selmy and the rest of the cabinet members to finish outstanding files prior to forming the new (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf held a meeting including Deputy PM Ali el-Selmy and minister of interior Mansour al-Issawy with Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi representatives discussing el-Selmy's basic constitutional principles (...)
Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf said that the government ultimately approved in its last meeting expatriate Egyptians' right to vote, and presented the decree to the military council to approve it.
Sharaf said that the political corruption (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf said today that he does not wish to stay in power. Sharaf said he is aware that his responsibility is to hand authority over to a legitimately elected authority.
Sharaf is Egypt's first prime minister (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's Council of Ministries, headed by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, today approved amending law No. 96 regarding the Supreme Press Council. Official spokesman for the Council of Ministries Mohamed Higazy said this law will be (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf issued a call to create a forum for religious unity, called the "The Egyptian Family House." The project will be co-headed by Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar, and Pope Shenouda III, head of (...)
In an emergency meeting Monday, the Egyptian cabinet decided to form a fact-finding committee that will conduct its work immediately to study the clashes at Maspiro and their consequences.
The committee will announce its findings as soon as (...)
Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf said that the only party benefiting from the incidents at Maspero is the enemies of the January 25 revolution.
He urged citizens to control their temper, be responsible for their own country, and to pass this (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf today said that the state appreciates the role of teachers and considers the development of education a primary project on the road to Egyptian prosperity.
Sharaf urged teachers to start a new era of (...)
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has established a liaison committee between the government and Egyptian scientist abroad in order to benefit from those scientists.
Sharaf met a delegation from the Egyptian Scientists Association in North America, (...)
Yehia al-Gamal submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Essam Sharaf. Al-Gamal said in a press statement that Sharaf approved his resignation under intense pressure by him.
Al-Gamal also sent his resignation letter to the Military Council, but (...)
CAIRO: Prime Minister Essam Sharaf signed a loan agreement with the Saudi Fund for Development to finance a power station project in Banha.
He also signed a memorandum of understanding with the Saudi Fund for Development as a Saudi Arabia (...)
CAIRO: Minister of Finance Samir Radwan said the government won't touch the journalists' allowance in response to rumors claiming the government would abolish the journalist allowance.
During a press conference at the Council of Ministers, Radwan (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian cabinet, headed by Essam Sharaf, approved today a draft decree-law creating a committee to reclaim smuggled money. The Minister of Justice will be called on to form this committee.
Prime Minister Sharaf emphasized that the (...)