The Alexandria Media Forum on “Local Media and Development" began on Tuesday in Pharos University in Smouha.
The Swedish Institute in Alexandria and Alex Agenda magazine organised the forum to promote efficiency and professionalism in journalism for (...)
Dozens of protesters demonstrated in front of the High Court building on Saturday against the arrest of seven youth near the Fifth Settlement Court. The detained youth were sentenced to five years in jail on charges of “destroying the criminal court (...)
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Egyptian workers took part on Wednesday in marches across different governorates to protest against working conditions in Egypt.
Hundreds of workers marched from Sayeda Zeinab Square to Tahrir (...)
Assistant to the President for Political Affairs Pakinam El Sharkawy sent her congratulations to Egyptian workers on Labour Day on the social networking site Twitter.
El Sharkawy tweeted: “Happy Labour Day to the productive Egyptian workers who (...)
Former Egyptian finance minister Youssef Boutros Ghali was sentenced in absentia on Tuesday by a criminal court to 25 years in prison for squandering public funds related to coupons used for subsidised cooking gas, according to state-owned (...)
The fact-finding committee of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) issued a report on the recent clashes at St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbaseya.
The fact-finding committee stated that the clashes were rooted in the events of 5 (...)
At the latest session of The New Arab Debates held in Al-Azhar Conference Centre on Tuesday, Egypt's political opposition were shelled with accusations of lacking vision and plans for the country's economic and political crisis.
Non-resident Fellow (...)
Clashes erupted at Mansoura University after students were attacked during a sit-in calling for the dismissal of the university president, Al-Sayed Abdel Khaleq, and new investigations into the case of the dead student who was run over by a (...)
The Administrative Court dismissed a lawsuit calling for suspending political satirist Bassem Youssef's TV programme Al Bernameg on Saturday.
According to state-owned Al-Ahram, the court rejected the case, saying that the plaintiff did not have the (...)
Egypt's National Council for Women (NCW) has put forward a new bill against sexual harassment to the cabinet, according to state-owned Al-Ahram.
The bill proposes a minimum sentence of one year to five years in prison for harassers, along with fines (...)
Dozens of workers at the Helnan Shepherd Hotel held a sit-in in front of the hotel building in Downtown Cairo to protest against the hotel's managing company EGOS.
The protesting workers held banners that read “We want to defeat corruption and to (...)
Negotiations between the Cabinet, the Ministry of Manpower, and railway workers have resulted in the latter suspending their strike until next Saturday.
According to state-owned Al-Ahram, 12 workers attended the meeting as representatives of train (...)
Gehad Mousa, a freshman student at the Faculty of Early Education in Mansoura University died yesterday after being run over by a professor on campus.
One of the witnesses, Afnan Mohamed, an early childhood education student at Mansoura University, (...)
Protesters were arrested in front of Al-Raml police station in Alexandria on Friday night on charges of storming the police station, disrupting police work and attacking police officers, blocking traffic, and terrorising citizens.
Lawyers Maheinour (...)
Protesters and riot police clashed after demonstrators attempted to set ablaze the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters in Zagazig city in the governorate of Al-Sharqeya.
Conflicting reports have surfaced regarding a march that was staged from the (...)
Clashes resumed between Misr Internation University (MIU) students and bodyguards hired by the university administration when students attempted to enter the campus.
Rubber bullets, rocks, and fire extinguisher gas were used to disperse the (...)
The Independent Teachers Syndicate organised a conference at the Trader's Syndicate entitled “Defending the rights of teachers with contracts and new recruits'' to discuss the problems of teachers working for the public sector.
The conference was (...)
Giza Criminal Court acquitted on Saturday former Minister of Tourism Zuhair Garranah and businessmen Hisham Al-Hazeq and Hussein Al-Sejwani from charges of facilitating the acquisition of 5 million square metres of land in Ain El Sokhna, reported (...)
The event included honouring women activists and revolutionaries Hend Nafea, Randa Samy and Fatma Khedr for their contributions to the revolution, in addition to honouring three women's rights initiatives, according to Baheya Ya Masr member Menna (...)
Seven Islamist parties, Al-Rayah, Al-Islah, Al-Aamal Al Gadid, Al-Asalah, Al-Fadilah, Al-Shaab and Al-Islami announced in a conference on Saturday their new coalition under the name “Al-Ummah Alliance".
The conference was attended by disqualified (...)
Mourners gathered in front of Omar Makram mosque in Tahrir Square on Tuesday afternoon to perform the funeral prayers for killed activist Mohamed El-Shafaai.
El-Shafaai had disappeared on 29 January during clashes between protesters and security (...)
Presidential Assistant on political affairs Pakinam El Sharkawy is visiting New York on Sunday to head Egypt's delegation to the Fifty-seventh UN Commission on the Status of Women, according to a presidency press release. The commission begins its (...)
Amid heavy media presence, a crowd of young protesters gathered in front of the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Mokattam on Thursday night to perform the Harlem Shake.
The event was organised on Facebook earlier this week by a group of young (...)
Work resumed in the Public Free Zone for Investment after negotiations between demonstrators and the Second Army Field forces concluded successfully.
According to state-owned Al Ahram, the Investors Association in Port Said had given the government (...)
A group of activists has set up a Facebook event calling for a performance of the Harlem Shake in front of the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Moqattam next Thursday.
“We're creating a new group called Satiric Revolutionary Struggle that aims to (...)