The government reacted quickly this week after MPs and the media demanded a reduction in fines for building code violations and a two-month extension to the 30 September deadline set for owners to regularise the status of their buildings.
On 12 (...)
The National Elections Authority (NEA) blindsided many commentators when it announced on 10 September that the door for candidate registration will open as early as 17 September, and remain so until 26 September. The two-stage poll will then kick (...)
Egypt will offer discounts ranging from 15 to 25 percent on reconciliation fees over building violations in new cities, Housing Minister Assem El-Gazzar announced on Monday.
According to an official statement, Al-Gazzar said that the discounts are (...)
Preparations for Egypt's parliamentary elections will shift into high gear this week, with hopeful candidates beginning on Saturday to take the required medical tests and check-ups in line with the National Elections Authority's (NEA) rules.
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Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi ratified on Monday a law on redrawing electoral constituencies that was passed by the parliament in August.
According to the law, there will be 143 electoral constituencies for the individual candidate system (...)
The National Election Authority (NEA) has announced that 52 nominees will battle for 26 seats in the run-off round of the Senate elections. The polls will be held on 6 and 7 September for Egyptians abroad, and 8 and 9 September for resident (...)
“Everything was running smoothly. Our precautions were very strict, and we had stopped accepting visitors. Then one man insisted on seeing his father, and it seems that he also brought the virus,” said medical professional Abla Al-Kahlawi who (...)
Semi-official results of last week's Senate election show that the liberal Mostaqbal Watan (Future of the Homeland) party has swept the polls.
Of the 100 individual seats being contested Mostaqbal Watan gained almost 70. What's more, 20 of (...)
Before adjourning for the summer recess parliament approved on Monday a long-awaited law redrawing electoral districts.
The law, drafted by the majority Support Egypt coalition, is the last law needed to pave the way for holding House of (...)
The New Minya City Authority approved a change to the land allocation request submitted by Amer Group Holding Co's 60 percent-owned subsidiary Amer Tourism Development.
Amer Tourism Development obtained an approval to change the area of the (...)
Egypt's Local Development Minister said on Friday the ministry's Local Development Fund approved in July loans worth 2.6 million Egyptian pounds ($162,638) to finance 297 small and micro-sized projects in 13 governorates.
The main target of the (...)
Egypt has adopted a plan to expand the use of natural gas by road vehicles in a bid to reduce fuel imports, lower emissions to protect the environment, and make use of the country's own massive natural gas production.
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi (...)
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) is developing an urgent plan to improve Egypt's SMEs sector after the coronavirus (COVID-19), according to Nevine Gamea, Minister of Trade and Industry and Executive Director of (...)
Egypt is set to build the world's largest agro-industrial project for sugar and strategic crops production. The plant is planned to output 900,000 tonnes a year.
Canal Sugar announced the conclusion of a three-year contract for the reclamation of (...)
A number of 399 investors has reserved 193 industrial lands as part of the third phase of the industrial investment map with a reservation rate of 30 percent reported so far.
Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli on Friday was briefed on the status of (...)
The number of fatalities among Egypt's doctors from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has increased to 116 cases, according to Dr Ibrahim El-Zayat, a council member at the Egyptian Medical Syndicate (EMS).
Over 3,000 doctors have been infected with (...)
The Ministry of Education's central operations room said, on Thursday, it detected eight cases of cheating using mobile phones on the fourth day of Thanaweyya Amma (final secondary school) exams.
The cases of cheating were spotted at exam committees (...)
Minister of Culture Inas Abdel Dayem announced, on Thursday, that her ministry will re-open 16 public libraries in 10 governorates across Egypt from 5 July.
As the country's cultural activities gradually resume following closures to curb the spread (...)
The Ministry of Education's central operations room said, on Sunday, that it has uncovered three cases of academic misconduct using mobile phones during the Thanaweyya Amma (school leaving) exams.
The cases, which were reported on the third day of (...)
The central operations room of Ministry of Education said that it detected 16 cases of academic misconduct during the second day of the Thanaweya Amma exams (school leaving exams) on Thursday. The ministry stressed that it would take the required (...)
Google Doodle celebrated, on Tuesday, the 141st birthday of pioneering Egyptian feminist Huda Shaarawi.
Shaarawi, who was both feminist and nationalist, is considered the founder of Egypt's women's movement in Egypt. She established numerous (...)
Several chambers of commerce across Egypt intend to complete a conceptualisation of closing times for commercial stores after the end of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
The proposals will be submitted to the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of (...)
Minister of Communication and Information Technology Amr Talaat has said his ministry is close to completing six technology parks in Minya, Menoufiya, Mansoura, Sohag, Qena, and Aswan.
He added that the technology parks will be opened after the end (...)
Aiming for better cotton
EGYPT officially launched an initiative last week aiming to improve the local cotton industry and support farmer livelihoods by adopting more sustainable practices.
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is part of the (...)
The total number of coronavirus (COVID-19) fatalities among Egypt's doctors has reached 60, with 454 confirmed infections so far.
Talking to Daily News Egypt on Saturday, Egyptian Medical Syndicate (EMS) council member Dr Ibrahim El-Zayat said a 6th (...)
