Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri could not hold back tears during a press conference Sunday after seeing an Egyptian citizen on satellite television asking the government to grant security for his children before providing a loaf of (...)
Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri announced that the first meeting of the newly appointed Egyptian cabinet would be in the coming days, but did not mention the location of the meeting.
Ganzouri said he discussed the future of the Egyptian-US (...)
Essam Sharaf, former Egyptian Prime Minister, presented a written apology on his personal page on Facebook for anyone who was disappointed by his government.
Sharaf asked all activists and bloggers to contact him regarding Egypt's future.
“I (...)
Dr. Kamal el-Ganzouri, Egypt's Prime minister, continued doing his job at the Ministry of Planning's headquarters over the holiday weekend, holding meetings Friday to discuss economics.
He held a meeting with the Minister of Planning and (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri today refused to form a Ministry of Medical Affairs of Injured and Martyrs' Families.
“A Supreme Council will be established instead of the ministry,” el-Ganzouri said today after leaving the (...)
CAIRO: Newly minted Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri today continued dialogue with various revolutionary, professional and youth forces today after returning from a meeting at the headquarters of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian Cabinet led by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf today convened an emergency meeting at 11:00 a.m to address the Tahrir Square clashes that resulted in hundreds of injuries.
Sharaf decided to allocate some funds from the January 25 (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian cabinet, headed by Essam Sharaf, held its 35th meeting today confirming the government will provide all the facilities and support needed for the police system to restore order to the Cairo streets.
Egypt's Minister of (...)
Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf will lead the third meeting of the Board of Governors following a reshuffle tomorrow.
The meeting also will discuss the teachers' protest and the beginning University classes in October, as well as (...)
Egyptian Minister of Information Osama Heikal announced this afternoon that all Emergency Law Articles are now reactivated.
He added that Egypt is bound by the obligations enshrined in international treaties to protect embassies in Egyptian (...)
The Egyptian government will stop issuing visas upon arrival, according to a statement released by the Egyptian cabinet Thursday.
The Egyptian cabinet decided to issue tourist visas on arrival only to group tours in all airports.
It also (...)
The Egyptian cabinet held their 25th meeting Sunday, headed by Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf.
For the first time, the governors of the North and South Sinai governorates attended the meeting.
The governor of the Egyptian Central Bank (...)
The Egyptian cabinet will hold 25 meetings tomorrow in order to discuss the urgent plan to cover the needs of Sinai residents.
The Egyptian cabinet will also discuss some projects such as renewing electoral regions for councils of the Shura (...)
Egypt will open the first international medical center specializing in care for road accidents.
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has met with German experts regarding establishing a specialized center to treat road accident victims.
Sharaf held a (...)
The Egyptian Cabinet of Ministries today decided to form a Supreme Commission to develop Sinai.
The Commission will have an independent budget and a mandate to develop integrated projects in the Sinai.
The Cabinet met today and decided to (...)
Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf today met representatives from the Revolution Youth, members of the political movements protesting outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo and Ahmed Shahat, the so-called “Flagman” who scaled the embassy building in (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian ministerial committee for emergency is responsible for following events in Israeli-Egyptian borders and decided to call back the Egyptian Ambassador from Israel.
The committee issued its first statement; "The Egyptian (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, approved yesterday the legislative amendments of the Law of Treachery and transferred the law to Egypt's ruling military council for approval.
The most controversial point about (...)
The new Egyptian cabinet held its first meeting after the most recent ministerial reshuffle today. The cabinet discussed the current situation in Egypt, particularly the rights of January 25 Revolution martyrs, and how to mete justice upon those who (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf asked the European Union to support the Egyptian economy. He met with the head of European Commission European investment bank, Jose Manuel Barroso, and his deputy and commission leaders.
Sharaf (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian cabinet has approved changes to rules governing the People's Assembly and the Shura Council, the lower and upper houses of parliament.
"The most important new rules are: more than one candidate can apply for election from the (...)
Forty percent of the news produced by the Egyptian press is incorrect, said Egyptian Minister of Finance Samir Radwan. “Most news sources are not confirmed,” he added.
Radwan held a conference in the Council of Ministers today.
A journalist (...)
“People with disabilities will get all their rights through constitutional and legislative articles," said Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf.
Sharaf said the law presented to him about people with disabilities will be transferred to civil (...)
The Egyptian government has decided to apply articles No. 86 and 87 of the Penal Code, which criminalize strikes that interfere with or disable production.
The decision has been made in the wake of continued labor and workers' strikes across (...)