Employees of Egypt's Trade and Industry Ministry have reportedly sent a notice to Attorney-General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces alleging that the ministry used to pay 72 high-ranking officers associated with the (...)
Egypt's poor weather will continue from 17 to 19 January, the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) said on Saturday.
EMA's head, Mohamed Eissa, said that Cairo, Lower Egyptian provinces, Sinai, and northern regions of Upper Egypt will witness (...)
Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif has assigned Minister of Social Solidarity Ali Moselhi to set up a body to organize the production and distribution of subsidized bread.
Nazif also called for determining needs and monitoring all stages of production and (...)
Egypt's Supreme Council for Energy said it will proceed with its plan for rationing electricity consumption.
The council, chaired by Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, said the scheme will continue until Egypt's heatwave is over, but power cuts will not (...)
Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif will chair a meeting of the Supreme Nile Water Commission in Alexandria on Thursday to discuss investment opportunities for Egyptian companies in states of the Nile Basin.
The meeting is expected to be attended by 11 (...)
Egypt's cabinet has decided that Daylight Saving Time (DST) will not be used in Egypt during Ramadan, but will be resumed after the holy month ends.
In a statement released yesterday, the cabinet clarified that clocks will move back by one hour at (...)
A report issued by the United Nations on Sunday devoted to Human Development in Egypt points to the growing awareness among Egyptian youth of the difficulties associated with public participation. The report notes that university students often (...)
Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Nasr el-Din Allam will present a report summarizing Egypt's participation in the recent Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) conference in Addis Ababa to the Egyptian Council of Ministers on (...)
Egypt needs a plan to develop its irrigation system and optimize its water sources, Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said yesterday in a meeting attened by the ministers of finance, agriculture, and irrigation, as well as the head of the ruling National (...)
Egypt has expressed its commitment to maintaining dialogue with Nile Basin countries to resolve pending disagreements over cooperative use of the river's waters, but in a way that protects its annual water shares stipulated by the international (...)
Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif is scheduled to meet today with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga for talks about cooperation among Nile Basin countries.
Minister of Agriculture Amin Abaza will head the mission of honor accompanying Odinga. (...)
The cabinet of ministers approved yesterday a bill proposed by President Hosni Mubarak that will raise the social bonus as well as pensions for the military and civil servants by ten percent. The new allocations will be part of the state budget for (...)
The Coptic Church has relinquished membership in the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) after being accused of "treason" by Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos at the last council meeting held in Jordan on 19 April.
Coptic Pope (...)
The Sudanese authorities on Monday arrested two men suspected of killing two Egyptian soldiers that had been part of international peacekeeping forces stationed in Darfur.
According to Magdi Radi, spokesman for Egypt's Council of Ministers, a (...)
At a ministerial meeting on Wednesday, Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif called for 'maintaining' the rights of workers employed by loss-making companies.
According to Cabinet Spokesman Magdi Rady, Nazif asked the ministers of manpower, investment and (...)
At a meeting of parliament's national security committee on Wednesday, committee head Mohamed Abdel Fattah Omar urged the Egyptian public to "entirely submit" to the will of President Hosni Mubarak.
"Even if Mubarak chooses dictatorship, we still (...)
The Council of Ministers convened Tuesday to discuss a comprehensive development plan for the North Sinai province. The plan aims to encourage investment in the province with a view to both creating job opportunities and improving living standards (...)
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, at a press conference Wednesday with Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Nazif, said his government rejected "any foreign interference in Egypt's internal affairs," pointing out that Beirut was keen on maintaining the (...)