CAIRO: Real estate tax collectors agreed to end their protests after the Ministry of Finance promised to negotiate their demands, Tarek Mustafa, treasurer of the Real Estate Tax Collectors' Independent Union, said.
Protestors have four main (...)
CAIRO: Health Ministry official Mohamed Attah confirmed the discovery of nine cases of swine flu on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in Egypt to 274.
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health for Preventive Measures Amr Kandil said (...)
CAIRO: The National Democratic Party is keen on facing all the challenges still facing Egyptians, Gamal Mubarak, secretary general of the party's policies committee, said.
Mubarak dedicated the sixth meeting of the Supreme Council to discuss an (...)
CAIRO: Upwards of 100 postal workers gathered outside the Central Post Authority in Attaba Monday in a protest demanding higher wages and better working conditions.
The protest is the latest in a series of demonstrations by postal (...)
CAIRO: The effects of the government's ban on Sayeda Zeinab celebrations are evident on the streets and in the voices of the surrounding community.
In a neighborhood normally bustling with preparations and visitors this time of year, police line (...)
CAIRO: Cairo Governor Abdel-Azim Wazeer on Sunday banned the annual celebration of the birth of Sayeda Zeinab (Prophet Mohamed s granddaughter) upon the recommendation of the Health Ministry, the Doctors' Syndicate, representatives of the Ministry (...)
CAIRO: About 35 protestors gathered outside the German Embassy in Zamalek Tuesday to denounce the murder of Egyptian Marwa Al-Sherbini, who was stabbed to death on July 1 in a Dresden courtroom. People came to honor Al-Sherbini and demand action and (...)