CAIRO: The Ministry of Finance has approved the Ministry of Education's request to amend the contracts of 1,900 employees working on temporary contracts in the education cabinet.
The decision means the employees' contracts will change from part (...)
CAIRO: A truck carrying electoral papers for the second round of parliamentary elections has turned over on the Cremat road, where ballots scatter all over the road.
Eye witnesses said the accident happened at 5:30pm, where the truck collided (...)
CAIRO: Deputy of the Court of Appeal Ashraf Zahran said, “The judges supervising the elections in the Sharqia governorate are protesting outside the head of Zagazig's primary court office.”
Zahran said judges are threatening not to monitor (...)
CAIRO: A diplomatic source has said new Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Yakov Amitai will meet the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Kamel Amr on Wednesday, December 14, to submit a copy of his credentials.
Amitai will also submit his credentials (...)
CAIRO: General Secretariat of the Freedom and Justice Party in Cairo Mohamed el-Beltagy denied the plan for a penalty applied against females who do not wear the veil, because there are issues that need Islamic Sharia to be taken in to (...)
CAIRO: Advisor of the Egyptian Nuclear Program Ibrahim el-Essari announce their readiness to start organizing training courses for junior scientists inside the institute of nuclear stations during the coming days.
The training courses are being (...)
CAIRO: Chairman of the Egyptian al-Ghad Party Ayman Nour today filed a lawsuit before the Administrative Judiciary Court against the head of the Supreme Electoral Committee and the Minister of the Interior.
The suit demands that the decision to (...)
SOUTH SINAI, Egypt: The main Ras Gara petrol line, owned by Belayim Petroleum Company (PETROBEL), has been subjected to a crack which has led to the leakage of huge amounts of crude oil on the Tur-Sharm el-Sheikh road.
South Sinai Governor Khaled (...)
CAIRO: Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri has announced the formation of a national council for families of martyrs and injured on Tuesday, December 13.
The council will determine the exact number of martyrs and injured in all 27 (...)
CAIRO: The Supreme Electoral Council released a statement assuring its respect for judicial verdicts, adhering to principles of implementing all judicial verdicts concerning the electoral process.
The statement mentioned three judicial verdicts (...)
CAIRO: Forty judges in the State Council announced their recusal from supervising the elections during the second round, scheduled to begin Wednesday.
The judges protested against the Supreme Electoral Committee's unsuitable distribution of (...)
Employees at the cabinet in the Mediterranean city of Marsa Matrouh blocked the main gate of the building Monday, preventing the governor from entering his office.
They protested outside the main gate, saying they have not received bonuses for (...)
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in Congress, John Kerry, visited the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, raising controversy surrounding relations between Muslim Brotherhood and U.S. after the (...)
General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Antiquities released a decision to newly appointed Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim take over the Ministry of Antiquities, concerning their consent to hold the Tutankhamen exhibition in (...)
A state of calm prevails the halls of the VIP Lounge at Cairo Airport, where preparations are taking place to receive the new Israeli ambassador Yakov Amitai. There aren't any cars to receive the ambassador, although the repeated news by the media (...)
Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri decided to withdraw land, estimated at 21 million square meters (8.1 square miles) from a development project in the Northwest of the Gulf of Suez.
Ganzouri announced his decision during a meeting with Suez (...)
RAFAH: An Egyptian soldier was shot and injured by smugglers while he serving in North Sinai governorate.
Mohamed Ragab Mansour, 20, of the Central Security Forces was transferred to Rafah Central Hospital.
Mansour was serving at International (...)
Deputy Chairman of the Asala Party, Mamdouh Ismail, said Egypt is experiencing a historic crucial stage for the first time through the People's Assembly's elections.
Ismail assured Islamists would not be a “bridge” for any political trends to (...)
Egypt's General Department of Culture, in cooperation with the General Department of Talents at the Institute of Cultural Palaces, will host a lecture titled, “Democracy and Freedom of elections.”
The lecture will be given by Mansour Abdel (...)
DAKAHLIA, Egypt: During a conference held by the salafist al-Nour Party, Islamic preacher Hazem Shoman stressed the necessity for Egypt to be ruled by people who know the law of God.
Shoman said everyone will be questioned regarding their support (...)
CAIRO: Dar Al-Iftaa said today that collusion with the greedy during the crisis of butane gas cylinders is a betrayal of trust.
The Fatwa said the collusion of the owners of cylinders' stores with the greedy by using the people's need for profit (...)
CAIRO: Thugs near Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square attempted to close the square to traffic after demonstrators reopened it earlier today. They carried knives to force drivers to stop, forcing the cars to stop.
This led to clashes in the square. The (...)
Egypt's press today focused on issues including former head of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Mahdi Akef's statements on the overwhelming Islamic trends in the elections, thousands of people calling for the protection of tourism and compensating its (...)
CAIRO: The Coalition of Workers in Tourism and Hotels called on all political forces, trends and investors in the tourism sector to participate in a societal dialogue to discuss plans and programs to supporting and developing tourism.
The (...)
CAIRO: The cold weather in Tahrir Square forced the demonstrators to start a fire in the square for heating, which led to the rise of black smoke over the square.
They also kicked out many cars from the square that had entered amid the state of (...)