The Cabinet announced on June 28 that the expenditure of citizens on medical products increased by 80 percent due to the outbreak of COVID-19,displaying the change in consumption rates of certain goods and services since March until present. The Cabinet...اقرأ المزيد
The World Bank (WB) Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US $374 million project to provide cash support to 270,000 poor and vulnerable households, including those who recently lost their source of income as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic...اقرأ المزيد
The Economic Misdemeanors Court on Saturday sentenced belly dancer Sama el Masry to three years in prison and fined her EGP 300,000 over inciting debauchery and immorality. The court also ordered the controversial belly dancer to be put under police surveillance...اقرأ المزيد
Libyan terrorist Abdel Rahim el-Mesmary, the mastermind of the 2017 Wahat attack was executed Saturday, according to the state-run TV. The attack killed 16 policemen and left 13 injured. The case includes 43 defendants involved in the deadly attack. The...اقرأ المزيد
The Standing Committee of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church held a video conference Saturday morning, and decided, under the chairmanship of his Holiness Pope Tawadros II, to postpone re-opening churches in Cairo and Alexandria for two weeks...اقرأ المزيد
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi visited on Saturday a field quarantine hospital established by the Egyptian Armed Forces at Al Manara International Conference Center in New Cairo. The hospital consists of 4,000 beds, ambulance cars and helicopters, as stated...اقرأ المزيد
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) decided Thursday, June 25, to keep interest rates unchanged for the third meeting in row. The overnight deposit rate, overnight lending rate, and the rate of the main operation were...اقرأ المزيد
The Egyptian Armed Forces units are ready to ward off any danger to the country, stated Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Mabdouli on Thursday. In a weekly meeting with a number of ministers including the health minister, Madbouli praised the Egyptian armed...اقرأ المزيد
The Egyptian and Spanish navies on Thursday conducted a second joint military exercise in a month in the Red Sea, through Egyptian frigate “Suez” and Spanish frigate “Numancia,” the Egyptian Military spokesman Tamer Al-Refae said. The...اقرأ المزيد
Turkey’s ambitions to expand in the Arab World were not set by incumbent President Recep Tayip Erdogan. He has just been venturing into making them materialize. Yet, in the process, he rebelled against the powers that made him chief of state. Writer...اقرأ المزيد