The trial of Egypt's former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly will be broadcast live on Monday, according to Egypt's state-run TV news department head, Ibrahim al-Sayyad.
Adly is facing charges of ordering the murder of pro-democracy protesters during (...)
The National Information Council has approved the launch of an official television channel to report statements and news from the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
The channel is to be called Al-Masdar [The Source], and will also broadcast (...)
The families of Egyptians detained in Libya demonstrated before the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, demanding that officials intervene with the Libyan authorities to release their relatives and bring them back home.
The demonstrators tried to break the (...)
The Ministry of Interior on Thursday released 42 prisoners associated with Egyptian Jihadist and Salafist groups two days after the release by authorities of 109 prisoners associated with other Islamist groups.
Meanwhile, well-informed sources said (...)
Egypt today began broadcasting four new radio stations directed at Nile basin countries in a bid to improve mutual relations, after five signed an agreement to redistribute Nile water this May.
Essam Eddin Farouq, head of the directed radio stations (...)
Sharm el-Sheikh--Initial findings of the scientific report produced by the Egyptian research team examining the reason behind a recent spate of shark attacks in Sharm al-Sheikh that left one German tourist dead and another four European tourists (...)
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism decided on Friday to extend the closure of Sharm al-Sheikh's beaches for another 24 hours as divers continue their search for sharks.
Three Russian tourists were attacked and seriously injured by two sharks a few (...)
The Egyptian Environment Ministry announced this week that air pollution in Cairo had been reduced by 78 percent.
Ministry officials attributed the improvement to several recent anti-pollution measures, including the removal of 100,000 cubic meters (...)
Mahmoud Ismail, head of the Environment Ministry's crisis management department, has criticized the government for allowing antiquated vessels to sail in Egypt's territorial waters.
His criticisms come in the wake of the sinking last week of a cargo (...)
The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) predicted that thick fog will settle on Cairo and other provinces today. Citizens were advised to call off any travel via highways.
EMA experts said they expect a temporary drop in temperatures, leading to (...)
State Minister for Environmental Affairs, Maged George, has decided to form a joint commission with the ministry's branch at the Red Sea governorate to investigate environmental breaches in Hurghada, where two tourist resorts used heavy machinery to (...)
The Ministry of Environmental Affairs has finalized a new "national strategy" to combat the use of ozone-depleting materials in the industrial sector. The plan will instead encourage eco-friendly alternatives.
Ministry officials say they are careful (...)
The Egyptian Cabinet has allocated special funds to the improvement of garbage collection service in Greater Cairo, said the Minister of Environmental Affairs Maged George.
Five sites have been selected for the creation of sanitary landfills, added (...)
Minister of Information Anas el-Fiqqi announced yesterday a set of unified standards and principles to govern media coverage of the Shura Council and People' s Assembly elections, decided on by the media performance appraisal committee headed by (...)
Around 400 foreign pro-Gaza activists protested on Friday in front of the Israeli Embassy in Giza. The protesters condemned the policies of Israel and the blockade on Gaza. They also called for boycotting Israeli goods. Security elements forced the (...)