The neo-classical Egyptian Museum in Cairo's Tahrir Square was buzzing last Friday as the Ministry of Antiquities celebrated the downtown landmark's 117th anniversary.
To the strains of oriental music mixed with ancient Egyptian beats and the (...)
Egypt has always relied heavily on oil and gas as energy sources, and until a few years ago it has also mainly depended on power plants fuelled by oil and coal, with no companies working on generating renewable energy and an absence of solar power (...)
The 12th International Congress of Egyptologists (ICE), inaugurated last week under the patronage of Egypt's Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli, will remain in the hearts and minds of all its participants, speakers and attendees.
Not only because is (...)
Thirty painted, anthropoid wooden coffins uncovered last month in Asasif have arrived to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) to be put on display for its opening at the end of 2020.
Mostafa Waziri, the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of (...)
Egypt-based French artist Golo has launched an artistic residency that will take place at the House of Gourna in Luxor. Details of the initiative were revealed during the 5th edition of the CairoComix Festival (1-3 November).
Initiated by Golo, (...)
Egypt is set to start establishing a new city in Suez, 134 km (83 miles) from Cairo, next July, said Minister of Housing Asem El-Gazzar on Tuesday.
Egypt is embarking on a slate of ambitious and new, fourth-generation ‘smart' cities on the cusp of (...)
Train
manslaughter charge
THE GENERAL Prosecution on Saturday referred a train conductor to an extraordinary criminal trial on charges of manslaughter after he forced two young men to jump out of a moving train, causing the death of one and serious (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi instructed the government on Sunday to launch the experimental stage of the second phase of the comprehensive health insurance system in Luxor and South Sinai governorates within March 2020.
During his meeting (...)
أعلن سيد محمد إسماعيل مدير مركز تدريب علوم الحاسب الآلى بمحافظة الأقصر، أنه من المقرر أن ينظم معهد تكنولوجيا المعلومات ITI بوزارة الاتصالات دورات إعداد مدربين للعام التدريبى 2019/2020 مجانية، وذلك بدون دفع أى مصروفات، ويمنح للمتدرب شهادة معتمدة من (...)
Five people were killed and two others were injured after a train crashed into a minibus at a railway crossing on Tuesday in Upper Egypt's Luxor governorate.
A source at the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) said the crash occurred while the vehicle (...)
The government has approved plans to operate high-speed trains connecting Hurghada on the Red Sea and Luxor in Upper Egypt with stops at Safaga, Qusseir and Marsa Alam and linking Marsa Alam and Luxor.
A consortium of companies has been announced to (...)
Divisive draft
AL-AZHAR has said that its draft law on personal status issues is ready. The draft, which took nearly one year, includes several amendments to the current personal status law of 1920.
Al-Azhar said in an official statement that the (...)
Five people were killed and two others were injured after a train crashed into a minibus at a railway crossing on Tuesday in Upper Egypt's Luxor governorate.
A source at the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) said the crash occurred while the vehicle (...)
Egypt's General Prosecution announced on Monday that it began to investigate officially into the events that led two men to jump from a train while it was moving leading to the death of one of them as they did not have a ticket in Nile Delta.
The (...)
Eight years after he was ousted from power, former president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak took many by surprise when he appeared in a YouTube video on 15 October to talk about his memories of the October 1973 War.
In the 25-minute video, which was (...)
A CACHETTE of intact and sealed coffins was uncovered in the Al-Asasif Necropolis on Luxor's West Bank early this week, reports Nevine El-Aref.
More details on its date, owners, and the titles of the deceased will be announced at the site on (...)
Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait has said that medical services will be unlimited to beneficiaries with no cap on spending in Egypt's new comprehensive healthcare insurance system.
The new system's philosophy is based on providing comprehensive (...)
Egypt's comprehensive healthcare insurance system does not set a spending cap on providing medical services to beneficiaries, finance minister Mohamed Maait said on Monday.
In press statements during the inauguration of the temporary headquarters of (...)
Egypt's Minister of Planning Hala El-Saeed has allocated a sum of 7 billion Egyptian pounds part of the 2019/2020 state budget to upgrade the most needy villages.
A programme targeting the neediest villages' development gaps during 2019/2020 fiscal (...)
The history of the Cairo Opera goes back to the second half of the 19thcentury when the gem of architecture known as the Khedivial Opera House was inaugurated in the heart of Cairo.
Unfortunately in 1971 the opera burned down and it took 17 years (...)
Recently released figures from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) show a revival in tourism revenues during the 2018-19 fiscal year to reach $12.6 billion, 29 per cent higher than the receipts realised during the previous fiscal year.
Tourist arrivals (...)
Accurate health insurance
PRESIDENT Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi on Monday called for the “accurate implementation” of the comprehensive health insurance system to provide high-quality service to Egyptians.
The president's statement came during a meeting (...)
Hot air balloons trips have resumed in Egypt's tourist hotspot Luxor after an 80-day suspension due to safety concerns, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.
According to Al-Ahram Arabic, a balloon made a trip on Tuesday over western Luxor carrying (...)
Egypt's ministers of investments and trade met with director-general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Li Yong on the sideline of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7).
The two sides (...)
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi honoured on Sunday 18 Egyptian scholars on the occasion of the Science Day celebrated at Al Manara International Conference Center in New Cairo.
The honoured scholars and university professors received previously other (...)
