Qorsaya verdict postponed

The military court was meant to announce a verdict on the Qorsaya island case today but adjourned it to 28 January

Ahmed Aboulenein

Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim calls on the armed forces to keep citizens away from Dahshur archaeological sites

Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim calls on the armed forces to keep citizens away from Dahshur archaeological sites

Basil El-Dabh

Navy lies exposed by fishermen deaths

Fishermen’s families are taking legal action against the president and the military for mismanaging negligence

Ahmed Aboulenein

German development bank to fund more than 100 new schools in Upper Egypt

Ministry of Education building ‘modern schools’ in Sohag and Assiut to be completed in 2016

Joel Gulhane

Egypt hosts AmCham’s MENA Regional Annual Conference

American Chambers of Commerce across MENA discuss regional development opportunities with investors and international organisations

Mohamed El-Bahrawi

Morsy meets EU council president for talks on economic, political developments

EU still pledges to offer Egypt promised €5 bn grant

Ethar Shalaby

Nile University students respond to Zewail

Students hold a press conference and distribute documents they allege prove their claim to disputed land

Rana Muhammad Taha

Female under-representation in parliamentary elections criticised

As the draft electoral law is being discussed by the Shura Council, ESDP demands better female representation in parliamentary elections

Hend Kortam

New finance minister to review sukuk law

The sovereign sukuk law is intended to organise the financing of the government, state budget, national projects and public institutions. It was released by the government but opposed by Al-Azhar…

Mohamed Salah

Water ministry rejects new Nile agreement

Treaties ensure Egypt receives 55.5 of the 84bn cubic metres of water that flows through the Nile annually

Luiz Sanchez