A new study aiming at combating illegal emigration in Egypt specified 10 governorates as exporters of the largest number of illegal emigrants, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The northern governorates of Egypt (...)
CAIRO: U.S. ambassador to Cairo Anne Paterson announced the U.S. will donate 600,000 EGP (U.S. $100,000) to human aids for the political victims of violence in Egypt.
“U.S. citizens want to help the Egyptians who suffered from political (...)
CAIRO: “They are our brothers and sisters there. We have to save them,” was the reasoning Hassan and his friend gave for going to Tahrir Square. The two were using their motorbike to help evacuate injured protesters from Mohamed Mahmoud street, (...)
CAIRO: Protestors in Cairo's Tahrir Square set up their own institutions to cope with a violent crackdown by Egyptian security forces this weekend.
Other protestors set up a field hospital in Omar Makram Mosque, and another outside the massive (...)
CAIRO: Protestors in Tahrir Square called for the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to step down and distributed leaflets against a constitutional principles document drafted by Egyptian Prime Minister Deputy Ali el-Selmy as marches (...)
PRAGUE - The famous Czech dissident Jan Urban met a delegation of Egyptian journalists and activists last week to discuss his own experience during the Czech transitional period.
“The world will face a disaster if the Egyptian revolution fails, (...)
The American University in Cairo (AUC) hosted a celebration to welcome 54 new Egyptian students who got full scholarships from the U.S. through the Leadership for Education and Development (LEAD) program.
“You, the youths of this great nation, (...)
CAIRO: UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said a free and fair elections is not possible unless there is a certain limit of security available in the country.
He said that the people need to feel secure and free to vote for their choices, “this (...)
Diplomatic sources at the Swiss embassy in Egypt commented on the Swiss action to freeze $340 million in assets belonging to the two sons of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Gamal and Alaa Tuesday.
From these procedures, they stated Egypt (...)
BRUSSELS, Belgium: The editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram Online, Hani Shukrallah, said that the media's coverage of the Maspiro incidents Sunday is an example of the credibility dilemma in conventional mass media.
Shukrallah's declaration came Monday (...)
American Defense Secretary Leon Panetta discussed his meetings with Egyptian military figures Tuesday, pointing to discussions surrounding the security situation in the Sinai Peninsula and denying that he was negotiating a prisoner swap regarding an (...)
CAIRO: U.S. Congressman David Dreir said yesterday that he plans to introduce legislation calling for the establishment of an Egypt-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.
Dreir's comments came yesterday during a press roundtable held with Egyptian and (...)
CAIRO: The United Kingdom has no problem working with Islamist political parties, according to Irfan Siddiq, Head of the Arab Partnership Department at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
“We will work with the groups who are the successful (...)
CAIRO: Youm7 met with British Ambassador to Egypt James Watt last week. Ambassador Watt discussed visa regulations for Egyptians, British investments in Egypt, the difficulty of retrieving stolen Egyptian assets abroad, and the UK government's (...)
CAIRO: The Lord Mayor of London will accompany a group of businessmen to Cairo in October, British Ambassador to Egypt James Watt told Youm7. The delegation of 20 businessmen will travel to Cairo October 3-5.
The delegation will include (...)
CAIRO: U.S. Central Commander James Mattise left Egypt yesterday, Tuesday, after meeting with senior officials of the Egyptian armed forces, according to a statement from the U.S. Embassy.
The statement added that Mattise met with Field Marshal (...)
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: The Pyramids of Giza beat off stiff competition from Victoria Falls, the Serengeti National Park and Mount Kilimanjaro to win the Africa's Leading Attraction award at this year's World Travel Awards.
National airline Egypt (...)
CAIRO: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyeb Erdogan delivered a speech for Egyptians from the Cairo Opera House on Tuesday.
"You took a good step and you will get to vote and choose a new regime and Egypt will become a newborn after these (...)
CAIRO: Sharm el-Sheikh will host the World Travel Awards (WTA) for the first time under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism.
The Egyptian Tourist Authority (ETA) and Ministry of Tourism will provide all the required facilities to (...)
CAIRO: Muslim Brotherhood members made up a large contingent of the audience at Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's speech at the Egyptian Opera House Tuesday evening, according to attendants.
Some attendants criticized the disorder the (...)
CAIRO: Plainclothes Egyptian security forces stormed the Al-Jazeera office in Mubasher Misr in Cairo today to interrogate staff about office work permits, reported Ahmed Zein, a member of the Al-Jazeera staff.
The office applied for renewals on (...)
CAIRO: The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry today expressed his deep condolences for the families of the Egyptian soldiers who lost their lives on Egyptian–Israeli border on August 18.
“The UN (...)
Youm7 English Edition met one-on-one with Egyptian Minister of Tourism Munir Fakhry Abdel Nour on Tuesday, August 16. Minister Nour talked about Egypt's recovering tourism, plans for development and his fears of the implications on tourism if an (...)
European parliament members raised concern regarding the military trails of civilians in Egypt.
A cross-party alliance of MEPs have deplored these events and urgently asked EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in a letter to express the EU's (...)
CAIRO: The European Union is concerned with the recent Salafi demonstrations in Egypt, but is not worried about the Salifis coming to power, according to Bernardino Leon, the EU special representative for the southern Mediterranean.
During a (...)