Egypt to launch promotional tourism campaign in UK next year
Amr al-Ezaby, director of Egypt’s Tourism Office in England announced said on the sidelines of a press conference…
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Smartphones in Egypt bring biting humor but also scrutiny
How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Declan Walsh, The…
Reporters, aid workers may travel to North Korea despite ban: US
Journalists and humanitarian workers may apply for exceptions to a new ban on U.S. citizens' travel to North…
Gold prices climb in 5 months on weaker dollar, geopolitical tensions
Gold rose to a five-month peak on Thursday amid rising tensions over U.S. relations with Russia and North Korea,…
Cairo Journalists Syndicate holds meeting for prison sentence against Qallash, others
Journalists Syndicate held Sunday an urgent meeting to mull the trade union and legal measures which should be…
Abdel-Mohsen Salama elected as new head of Egyptian Press Syndicate
Members of Egypt's Press Syndicate elected journalist and Al-Ahram newspaper's managing editor Abdel-Mohsen Salama…
Egyptian news website Aswat Masriya to close due to funding lack: statement
The Egyptian news website Aswat Masriya, run by Thomson Reuters Foundation, will close at the end of March due to…
President Sisi meets with African reporters in Cairo: official
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with a delegation of journalists from 25 African countries on Sunday…
Cairo press syndicate elections postponed till 17 March over lack of quorum
The committee supervising the Egyptian press syndicate’s electoral process has decided on Friday to postpone the…
Egyptian press syndicate head announces running for second term
Egypt's current Press Syndicate head, Yehia Kalash, declared in a statement Saturday his candidacy for a second…
Egypt’s former press syndicate head to run for his previous post
The former head of Egyptian press syndicate Diaa Rashwan announced on Sunday that he will be running for syndicate…
Egypt’s Press Syndicate announces solidarity with 2 Tunisian journalists
Egypt’s journalists and members from the Press Syndicate issued a statement on Saturday expressing solidarity with…
Arab press union “shocked” by jail verdict against Egypt’s top…
The Cairo-based Arab Journalists Union expressed in a statement Sunday its "shock" by the recent court order to…
Press union sends list of 29 detained journalists to win pardons
The freedoms committee of Egypt's press syndicate has submitted a list of 29 detained journalists to a new…
Egyptian Press Syndicate launches ‘freedom to the pen’ campaign
The Press Syndicate’s Freedoms Committee, led by Khaled El-Balshy, launched a new campaign Tuesday, with the aim of…
Egyptian Activists Mahinour Al-Massry, Youssef Shabaan released after finishing prison…
Renowned lawyer and political activist Mahinour Al-Massry and journalist Youssef Shabaan were released from prison…
Egypt’s State Council rules in favour of setting minimum wage for journalists
The Egyptian State Council ruled Wednesday in favour of calling on the prime minister and the minister of planning…
Turkey detains 42 journalists after failed coup; Europe alarmed
Turkey ordered the detention of 42 journalists on Monday under a crackdown following a failed coup that has…
Egyptian journalist jailed after accusing businesswoman of corruption
An Egyptian misdemeanor court sentenced on Tuesday a journalist working for the Sawt Al-Oma weekly newspaper to…
Journalists Syndicate chairman in Abdeen Court for trial on false news charges
Chairman of the Journalists Syndicate, Yehia Qalash, and board members Khaled al-Balshy and Gamal Abdel…
Egypt MPs slams press syndicate in its dispute with interior ministry
In a stormy three-hour session on Wednesday, several Egyptian MPs launched attacks against the press syndicate for…
Egypt’s journalists rage blown up in interior ministry face
Over 2,000 members of Egypt's press syndicate gathered on Wednesday at the syndicate headquarters in Cairo for an…
Press syndicate to file legal complaint against interior minister in Egypt
Egypt’s press syndicate decided on Tuesday to file an urgent complaint to the prosecutor-general against interior…
Small Australian software firm helps connect the dots on Panama Papers
Software produced by a little-known Australian developer has helped journalists piece together news leads from the…
Al-Arabiya TV channel closes office, newspaper attacked amid Saudi tensions with Lebanon
The Saudi-owned television news channel Al Arabiya shut its offices in Lebanon and dismissed 27 employees, two…
House speaker urges press not to boycott Egypt parliament news
Egyptian parliament speaker Ali Abdel-Al seized Tuesday's morning session to express "deep respect" for…
House speaker urges press not to boycott Egypt parliament news
Egyptian parliament speaker Ali Abdel-Al seized Tuesday's morning session to express "deep respect" for…
Journalists Syndicate defends critical media after Sisi’s criticism
Egypt's Journalists Syndicate stressed the importance of "constructive criticism" on Monday in the wake of…
2 journalists arrested whilst covering elections runoff in Giza
Two Al-Dostour newspaper journalists, Shaimaa Hussein and Mohamed Alaa, were arrested on Tuesday while covering the…
French journalists charged with bid to blackmail Morocco king
Two French investigative journalists were charged with blackmail for demanding two million euros ($2.2 million)…
US ‘deeply concerned’ at Egypt ruling on Al-Jazeera journalists
The US has said it is "deeply disappointed and concerned" at the three-year jail sentences passed in Egypt on three…
Virginia killings: Shooter Flanagan ‘a human powder keg’
A man who shot dead two journalists on live TV in the US state of Virginia apparently sent a rambling fax to ABC…
No Egyptian Journalists Jailed for Publishing Violations: Sisi
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi stressed in a statement on Monday that no journalists in Egypt are being jailed…
Amal Clooney pushes Egypt President to pardon Al Jazeera journalists post retrial
London-based Lebanese-British lawyer Amal Clooney wants Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to deliver on his…
BREAKING: Egypt court postpones Al-Jazeera English verdict to Aug. 29
An Egyptian court on Sunday again postponed announcing a verdict in the retrial of three Al-Jazeera English…
Egypt drops Two-year Jail Penalty for Journalists in proposed Anti-terror Law
Egypt has agreed to revise a controversial article of its touted anti-terrorism law threatening journalists with…
Egypt’s journalists syndicate calls for amendments to draft anti-terrorism law
The journalists syndicate has called for changes to a draft anti-terrorism law which imposes two-year jail…
Ruling in Egypt Trial of Jazeera Journalists set for July 30
An Egyptian court said on Monday it would issue a ruling on July 30 in the retrial of two Al Jazeera television…
Egypt’s Journalist Syndicate holds Emergency Meeting Monday
Egypt's Press Syndicate is to hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the ongoing crackdown on journalists…
Egypt’s Journalists’ Syndicate call for Press Freedoms
Egypt’s journalists' syndicate is to arrange a day of protest on Wednesday to call for boosting press freedoms, job…