Renowned Egyptian actor Mahmoud Yassin died on Wednesday at the age of 79.
Yassin, who was born in Port Said city in June 1941, graduated from the Faculty of Law at Cairo University in 1964.
He joined the National Theatre in 1963, starting an (...)
Egypt's all-time top scorer Hossam Hassan was named as Ittihad's coach for a second spell, the Alexandria-based club announced on Tuesday, ending a short sabbatical after he left Smouha in January.
Hassan will succeed Talaat Youssef as the coach of (...)
Masry's Palestinian striker Mahmoud Wadi has announced his departure from the Port Said based club to join rivals Pyramids FC during the current summer transfer window.
“I will miss Masry club a lot. I am grateful for all the benefits the club has (...)
“I was born on horseback!” Ahmed Mazhar used to say to his friends and the media. When asked to explain this statement, he answered laughingly that his mother loved horse riding and that she felt labour pains whilst she was riding a horse, so she (...)
The Ministry of Health is seeking to stay on track in its plan to implement the new universal health insurance system (UHI), recently announcing it would soon introduce the plan to Luxor governorate. The system, which saw some setbacks because of (...)
Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday that the government is preparing to commence with the next step in implementing the pilot phase of the state's comprehensive healthcare system, which will take place in Luxor governorate (...)
The Delta Hellas tanker will enter Libya's Hariga port on Wednesday and load 1 million barrels of oil from the port's storage, the Arabian Gulf Oil Co which operates the port said in a statement.
The Unipec tanker Marlin Shikoku is also heading to (...)
Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli toured the New Administrative Capital on Saturday to follow up on plans to relocate ministry headquarters and their employees to the new capital by 2021. He inspected construction work on the cabinet headquarters, the (...)
Egypt is set to establish the first factory in the country for producing multiple unit trains, which use electric traction and diesel, for its railways and a monorail in East Port Said, Ministry of Planning and Economic Development announced.
The (...)
The head of Egypt's National Elections Authority (NEA) Lasheen Ibrahim announced on Wednesday the results of the run-offs for Egypt's Senate elections, which saw 52 candidates competing for 26 seats.
During a press conference, Ibrahim said there (...)
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 (...)
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.
A (...)
A Port Said criminal court sentenced to life on Saturday the leader of the banned Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie and other figureheads in the organisation over a violent 2013 incident in the governorate that followed the ouster of late president (...)
أعلن عبد العظيم رمضان السكرتير العام المساعد لمحافظة بورسعيد والمشرف على إدارة التسكين عن بدء إجراء القرعة الخامسة للإسكان الاجتماعي المرحلة الثالثة يوم الأحد القادم الموافق 13 سبتمبر الساعة 11 صباحا بصالة 6 أكتوبر على أن يحضر فرد واحد ( الزوج أو (...)
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 (...)
With financial burdens increasing for many in Egypt due to circumstances that began earlier with the floatation of the Egyptian pound and then extended to the Covid-19 pandemic, getting married has become more complicated even for the country's (...)
Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhi led an eight kilometre cycling marathon in the new Port Said tunnels. Governor of Port Said Adel Al-Ghadban, several ministerial officials and youths participated in the event.
The two tunnels, which were (...)
Ahly's last-gasp victory over Gouna on Wednesday put the Red Devils within touching distance of a fifth straight Egyptian Premier League title and it might be time now for coach Rene Weiler to rotate his squad.
The Cairo giants meet Port Said-based (...)
The number of dead dolphins that have washed ashore on the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius after an oil spill has risen to 39, the government said Friday, ahead of protests this weekend against authorities' handling of the disaster at (...)
Egypt's Misr Insurance has won an insurance policy tender to cover assets and equipment of the state-owned Port Said Container and Cargo Handling Co., said sources on Wednesday.
The on-year term insurance policy is with a total sum insured up to 1.2 (...)
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 (...)
Last month Georgiy Borisenko presented his credentials to President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi as Moscow's ambassador to Egypt. Except for a period in the 1970s, Cairo and Moscow have enjoyed stable, and at times very close, relations since they were (...)
Major generals Moetaz Al-Sharkawi and Magdi Shehata, both 73, were invited this week to relate their stories on how they wore down Israeli forces between 1967 and 1970. Al-Sharkawi and Shehata, who now oversee the establishment of the New (...)
