Polling stations across Egypt opened their doors early Saturday at 9 AM Cairo Local time to voters on the constitutional amendments.
There are currently 10, 878 central polling stations and 13 ,919 polling stations across the country that have (...)
The spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank ended on Saturday in Washington, DC with an optimistic atmosphere following US statements suggesting that a trade war with China could end what may allow global economic (...)
On the occasion of L'Oréal group's recognition as one of the most ethical companies on the global level, for the 10th time, Daily News Egypt interviewed Emmanuel Lulin, L'Oréal Group's senior vice-president and ethics chief officer. The discussion (...)
Associated Press (AP) journalists Maggie Michael and Nariman El-Mofty won on Monday a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, for their extensive coverage of the conflict in Yemen, becoming the first Egyptian women to ever win this prestigious (...)
The date of next month's Juventus-Torino derby has been changed to avoid the match being played on the 70th anniversary of the Superga air disaster.
The Serie A league had originally scheduled the match for May 4 but confirmed in a statement on (...)
Inflation has been on the rise in Egypt over recent years, attributable to the floatation of the Egyptian pound in late 2016 as well as energy subsidy cuts.
The floatation caused the pound to lose 50 per cent of its value, leading to a rise in (...)
Ahly said chairman Mahmoud El-Khatib will sit down with manager Martin Lasarte and some of the players on Saturday to discuss the latest disappointing results as fans vented their anger over the unthinkable prospect of their team finishing the (...)
Egyptians living abroad began voting at diplomatic missions worldwide Friday in a referendum on constitution amendments passed by the parliament earlier this week.
Voting abroad will take place in 140 polling points at Egyptian embassies and (...)
All times in Cairo local time (GMT+2)
Friday 19 April
17:30 Ittihad of Alexandria vs. Maqassa
17:30 El-Entag El-Harby vs. Arab Contractors
20:00 Gouna vs. Talae Gaish
20:00 Dakhleya vs. Smouha
Saturday 20 April
17:30 Petrojet vs. Nogoom
Tuesday 23 (...)
The serenity of the Saqqara Necropolis near Cairo was disturbed this week as Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany, actress Yosra, and a group of 52 ambassadors and cultural attachés of foreign, Arab and African countries flocked to the (...)
When I met our Ambassador to Brazil Alaa Roushdi, he reminded me that we import about $2.8 billion worth of produce from Brazil. The private sector is the most active, bringing to Egypt an array of produce including chickens, sugar, meat and (...)
As prices rose after the floatation of the Egyptian pound back in 2016, people saw prices on many imported and some local products reach double their regular prices.
For this reason, many people resorted to different ways to save money in their (...)
A ministerial decree to increase passenger fees on domestic flights by $5 has led to the ire of many Egyptians, who are already complaining of the expensive price of airline tickets to local destinations.
The decree, announced by Minister of (...)
Inflation has been on the rise in Egypt over recent years, attributable to the floatation of the Egyptian pound in late 2016 as well as energy subsidy cuts.
The floatation caused the pound to lose 50 per cent of its value, leading to a rise in (...)
President of the Emirates Policy Centre (EPC), a leading Emirati think tank, Ebtessam Al-Ketbi was in Cairo this week to take part in the launch of a project at the American University in Cairo (AUC) on the future of the Middle East.
The (...)
Over the past couple of years, the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Washington have been the occasions for much lauding of Egyptian economic policy-makers. The spring meetings for 2019 held from 9 to 14 (...)
Spring has arrived in Washington DC, and a sure sign of the change in seasons is the annual parade of Islamist lobbyists who come to the US capital in March and April to advocate, under the guise of human rights, for Islamist causes and to (...)
Probably no other country in the world has followed so closely developments in Sudan as did Egypt and its people, only hoping that the brotherly, bordering nation with whom we share many historic and strategic ties will soon enjoy stability that (...)
Ancient Egyptian workers used to utter a shout when carrying building materials and ascending scaffolding from one floor to the next in major construction projects. Today, their modern descendants do something similar as they build the country's New (...)
All films screened in commercial cinemas are changed on Wednesday. Generally, shows begin at 10:30am, 1:30pm, 3:30pm, 6:30pm, 9:30pm and sometimes midnight, especially on week-ends. Special film seasons and screenings are held in cultural centres (...)
Ahmed Kamal Abul-Magd, one of Egypt's most renowned Islamic thinkers and writers, died on 3 April. He was 89. Hundreds attended Abul-Magd's funeral and several public figures and institutions mourned the death of the man who was a politician and (...)
For the past 18 months, Marwa Kenawi has been seeking “legitimate paths” but has so far failed to avenge the death of her son by an errant bullet. “Hence, I decided to go on a hunger strike to shed light on my case,” Kenawi told Al-Ahram (...)
INSPECTING progress in the third and last phase of its construction, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi toured the Rod Al-Farag Axis Bridge on Sunday.
The bridge connects north and east Cairo to west Cairo at the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road. It also (...)
Before President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi's latest visit to Washington, Egyptian opposition groups had placed their bets on a confrontational meeting between Al-Sisi and US President Donald Trump over issues of human rights and democracy in Egypt.
Trump (...)
As the president of the African Union (AU) for 2019, Egypt vowed to exert every effort to boost security and stability and achieve development and prosperity for the continent.
That was reflected in a series of visits exchanged with African states (...)
