The Egyptian House of Representative passed on Tuesday proposed amendments to Egypt's 2014 Constitution which shall allow the current president to stay in power until 2024 and run for a third term until 2030.
The parliament voted by names on each (...)
Parliament's Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, headed by the parliament speaker Ali Abdel Aal, will vote on Sunday over the final report prepared by its sub-committee over the proposed amendments to the 2014 Constitution.
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Sweden's Tällberg Foundation organised on Sunday a forum in partnership with the American University in Cairo's (AUC) School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP), in which it introduced prominent leaders from the world who spoke about their (...)
While journalists and media personnel are wishing to amend the recently-approved media and press laws, as they believe their implementation hinders their work, a new penalty list came onto the scene to make matters worse for the profession.
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The parliamentary committee of telecommunications, headed by MP Ahmad Badawi, will start on Monday to discuss a government-drafted bill concerning the protection of personal data.
The committee will listen to different views to decide the next (...)
Four Egyptian nationals were among those killed in the New Zealand mosque attack, Egypt's Minister of Immigration, Nabila Markam, said on Saturday.
Makram said that the ministry agreed with the Misr El Kheir Foundation (MEK) to transfer the bodies (...)
Renowned journalist Diaa Rashwan won the presidency of Egypt's Press Syndicate in the mid-term election held on Friday, according to a committee supervising the election, headed by Gamal Abdel Rahim.
Rashwan received 2,810 votes while his closest (...)
Eleven candidates are competing to lead Egypt's Press Syndicate, the largest number of nominees in the history of the union, in which their electoral campaigns are focused on increasing the allowance granted to support digital journalists.
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Parliamentary hearing sessions on amendments of articles of the 2014 Constitution will start next week, said the secretary of the parliamentary committee of legislative and constitutional affairs, Ihab Al-Tamawi, on Monday.
Al-Tamawi said that (...)
Newly appointed Minister of Transportation Kamel El-Wazir said that a new strategy under the slogan of ‘do not compromise or shorten' would be implemented to ensure the safety of passengers, during his first meeting with ministry's top officials on (...)
Reuniting journalists and preserving their professional dignity are the main pillars of the electoral programme of the renowned journalist Diaa Rashwan running for the presidency of Press Syndicate in the current mid-term election of 2019.
Rashwan, (...)
Throughout the years, polygamy was always depicted in Egyptian cinema and drama without serious or official reactions to the topic, until the Grand Imam of Egypt's top Islamic institution, Ahmed Al-Tayeb, said on Friday that polygamy can do (...)
The midterm election of Egypt's Press Syndicate over the president and six seats in the syndicate's board council was postponed to 15 March due to incompletion of the quorum last Friday, according to the committee supervising the election, headed by (...)
Electoral campaigns of candidates intensified only two days before the midterm election of Egypt's Press Syndicate scheduled on Friday over the president and six seats in the syndicate's board council.
Eleven candidates are running for the (...)
Protesters chanting "No for Bouteflika" and "No for fifth term" spread across different Algerian cities over the last week against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term despite his deteriorating health condition.
The protesters also (...)
The death toll of the suicide bombing at Cairo's downtown area, Al-Darb Al-Ahmar, rose to three policemen, the security sources reported on Tuesday.
A suicide bomber directly blew himself up on Monday evening when the security personnel came close (...)
Egypt's Parliament, headed by Ali Abdel Aal, are expected to approve in principle the proposed amendments of the 2014 Constitution.
A session will be held to vote on accepting and referral of the amendments for general discussion.
The Parliament on (...)
As controversy continues, the fate of the Personal Status Law remains yet undetermined, despite the presence of several suggestions and proposals for the law, which all were submitted to the Egyptian Parliament.
Egypt's Parliament is currently (...)
Egypt's Parliament, headed by Ali Abdel Aal, approved on Tuesday a request by the house's fifth members to amend some articles of the 2014 Constitution, according to an official statement by parliament.
The proposed amendments will be sent to (...)
Egypt's parliament headed by Ali Abdel Aal received a request by a fifth of the members to amend a number of articles of the existing 2014 Constitution and referred it to the general committee for viewing, he said during a plenary session on (...)
Parliament Speaker, Ali Abdel Aal, announced that the report of the General Committee on constitutional amendments will be discussed during a plenary session on Tuesday, and will be later referred to the constitutional and legislative committee for (...)
Amendments of the existing non-governmental organisations (NGOs) Law will be issued by the end of March, said the Head of General Union of NGOs, Talaat Abdel Qawi, in press statements on Tuesday.
Abdel Qawi said that the committee which is assigned (...)
Several debates are ongoing in the Egyptian Parliament over a draft law of reconciliation of building violations among members, although the draft law was preliminary approved on Saturday.
On Sunday, the parliament, headed by Ali Abdel Aal, approved (...)
With the beginning of 2019, a large number of citizens are awaiting a number of important legislations, in accordance with promises from parliament to finalise these laws soon.
The parliament is the country's legislative authority, which issues (...)
Several society dialogue sessions were held during the past few weeks to continue discussions over the amendment of the existing non-governmental organisation (NGOs) Law.
The first session started on 22 December in the presence of the Minister of (...)
