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Articles of the author Nadine Awadalla
Al-Sisi forms North Sinai Development Committee headed by Mehleb
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi appointed Ibrahim Mehleb, former prime minister and current advisor to the president on national and strategic projects, as head of a new North Sinai developmental committee on Tuesday. According to the presidential (...)

27 - 07 - 2016
State Council rules in favour of setting minimum wage for journalists
The State Council ruled Wednesday in favour of calling on the prime minister and the minister of planning to set a minimum wage for journalists in Egypt. The case was filed three years ago by Mostafa Abido, a journalist at the state-run newspaper (...)

27 - 07 - 2016
27th Arab Summit: between vague prospects for cooperation and prioritising Palestine
In spite of the ongoing political turmoil facing Arab countries, expectations were so high ahead of the 27th Arab League Summit in Mauritania that it was dubbed the "summit of hope". The summit saw the transfer of the presidency of the Arab League (...)

26 - 07 - 2016
Presidency quashes report that assassination plot is behind Al-Sisi's absence from Arab Summit
Presidential spokesperson Alaa Youssef denied that a suspected assassination plot is the reason President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi did not attend the Arab Summit in Mauritania. Youssef told Daily News Egypt on Monday that the report published by private (...)

25 - 07 - 2016
Palestine, security concerns top leaders' agenda at 27th Arab Summit
The 27th Arab Summit commenced on Monday, with Mauritania hosting a number of Arab leaders and representatives of regional organisations to discuss some of the chronic regional conflicts. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi was markedly absent (...)

25 - 07 - 2016
Police vehicle explosion injures 4 in Al-Arish, clashes kill 5 militants in Sheikh Zuweid
Four police personal died after suffering various injuries in an explosion early Wednesday in North Sinai , a security source told Daily News Egypt. There are unconfirmed reports of one civilian death in what is believed to be a terrorist attack, (...)

20 - 07 - 2016
Parliament Labour Force Committee, government reach compromise over minimum pension increase
The Labour Force Committee within the House of Representatives has, in collaboration with the ministers of finance and social solidarity, decided to set the minimum pension increase at EGP 125, state media reported on Wednesday. The labour law (...)

20 - 07 - 2016
27 Al-Zamalek FC fans detained after Sundowns game ruckus
Twenty-seven Al-Zamalek FC fans were detained on Monday following their club's loss against the South African Sundowns in a match played in Cairo during the African Champions League, the Cairo Prosecution said. After the game, sporadic fights broke (...)

19 - 07 - 2016
Unified Media Law: regressive amendments and indefinite delay
The Unified Media Law (UML) proposal has been in the works for well over a year and reached the State Council in late May, where it has remained since, pending final revisions and amendments. Stakeholders see it as one of the most progressive (...)

19 - 07 - 2016
Malek Adly returns to Tora as detention renewed yet again
The Shubra prosecution renewed Monday the detention of rights activist and lawyer Malek Adly for an additional 15 days, pending further investigations. According to the head of Al-Haqanya Mohamed Aziz, Adly's defence had requested that an (...)

18 - 07 - 2016
State council rules for free treatment of Hepatitis C patients
The state council has on Monday decreed that the state shall treat those who suffer from chronic renal illnesses, like Hepatitis C, free of charge─even if they do not have health insurance. The court maintained that the right to healthcare is (...)

18 - 07 - 2016
Solar Impulse 2 lands in Cairo 17 years after pilot envisioned it
The world's first solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 (SI2) landed in Cairo early Wednesday morning on its final stop before heading back home to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Pilots André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard circled the aircraft (...)

13 - 07 - 2016
Education Ministry to temporarily stop licensing new international schools
Egyptian Education Minister El-Helaly El-Sherbiny's decision to temporarily halt accepting new licensing applications from international schools goes into effect on Thursday, a day after it was formalised in a decree published by the official state (...)

13 - 07 - 2016
Parliament set to vote on revised civil service law next week
The civil service law is once again up for debate, with the parliament due to vote on the newly modified draft bill later this month. The bill has been approved by the Labour Committee and was sent to speaker of the house, Ali Abdel Aal, in order to (...)

11 - 07 - 2016
Religious studies exam reportedly leaked, angry students call for more protests
The religious studies thanaweyya amma secondary school exam was reportedly leaked online shortly before the test was due to start on Wednesday, as a number of Facebook pages had promised it would the night before. The Ministry of Education has (...)

29 - 06 - 2016
Students gather at Press Syndicate to protest exam delays
Students protesting exam leaks clashed with riot police at the Ministry of Education Wednesday afternoon, preventing the students from approaching the building. At the same time, dozens of thanaweyya amma secondary school students gathered on the (...)

29 - 06 - 2016
Cairo Criminal Court adjourns mass trial of 494 in 'Fath mosque'
The Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday adjourned the trial of 494 protesters, who were arrested as violence broke out around Al-Fatah Mosque after the dispersal of the Rabaa sit-in. The case was adjourned till October. The judge reportedly asked for (...)

29 - 06 - 2016
ONTV host Liliane Daoud arrives in Beirut following deportation, plans to return
Lebanese TV host Liliane Daoud has arrived in Beirut after being deported on Monday, and is currently seeking to take all possible legal measures to return to Egypt, her lawyer Ziad Elelaimy told Daily News Egypt on Tuesday. According to Elelaimy, (...)

28 - 06 - 2016
Vote on media law amendment delayed as parliament debates state budget
The vote on the amendment to the media law has been indefinitely postponed until the House of Representatives confers on the state budget deficit, Media and Culture Committee Head Osama Heikal told Daily News Egypt. "At the moment, the house is (...)

27 - 06 - 2016
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