Ministry of Electricity presents memorandum to cabinet to increase allocations after pound flotation
The ministry requires more than EGP 65bn in subsidies, and kilowatt production costs EGP 0.9-1.0 per hour
Army destroys 12 smuggling tunnels in North Sinai
Security forces say the tunnels were used to smuggle drugs and weapons
Parliament postpones discussions over bill to strip nationality of terrorists
The parliament is to discuss the bill; however, the government has rejected it
Orange appeals verdict compelling it to pay EGP 49m compensation to TE
Orange Egypt announced that it appealed the verdict issued against it on Saturday to pay a financial compensation worth EGP 49m to Telecom Egypt (TE) for the losses resulting from…
15.7 % decrease in number of hotel guests in 2015
The total number of hotel guests reached 9.6 million in 2015, versus 11.4 million guests in 2014, a decrease of 15.7%, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and…
President calls on government to compensate for medicine shortage, enable needed financial allocations
Any new increases in medicine prices will not be applied on medication for chronic diseases, says Minister of Health
8 Nubian youth arrested while heading to protests in western Aswan
''The youth were heading to western Aswan in rejection of the state decision to revoke Nubian ownership of 138 lands in western Aswan,'' says Azzmy
If I can commit suicide, I will: former State Council secretary general told his lawyer
Wael Shalaby, who was found dead on Monday, told his lawyer the night before that he had planned on taking his own life in objection to the way he was…
Detention of Brotherhood businessman Hassan Malek renewed for 45 days
Malek was detained in 2006 prior to the 25 January Revolution; however, he was pardoned and released in 2011