Egypt recovers 13 looted artefacts from UK, Germany
Egypt has recovered 13 ancient artefacts from the United Kingdom and Germany, including a limestone funerary stela,…
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Cairo starts evacuating 65-year old Tahrir’s Mogamma
Tahrir complex (The Mogamma), a 65-year old administrative governmental building in Downtown Cairo in the heart of…
Egypt’s Carbon Holdings close to secure funds for $7bn petchems project
Egypt’s Carbon Holdings has secured agreement with one of the four export credit agencies expected to provide…
El-Sisi’s wife visits Tahrir assault victim
The wife of Egypt’s new president on Friday visited a woman who had been sexually assaulted in Tahrir Square last…
Tahrir Women ‘Sexually Assaulted, Not Raped’: Forensics Authority
An official source at Egypt's forensic authority says that the eight women who were attacked in Tahrir Square…
El-Sisi Visits Tahrir Sexual Assault Victim, Apologises To Egypt’s Women
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi paid a visit early on Wednesday to one of the Tahrir Square victims of mass sexual…
Tahrir Petrochemical Complex Approved With USD 5.8 Bln In Investments
The board of the General Authority for the Northwestern Suez Gulf Economic Zone agreed Tuesday to launch its…
Egypt’s Energy Quagmire Could Sink Sisi
Egypt's army chief, Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, won vast popularity by crushing the Muslim Brotherhood, but…
Egypt Steps Up Security Ahead of Jan 25 Celebrations and Protests
All the roads leading to Tahrir, Rabaa al-Adaweya and al-Nahda squares were closed by army forces on Saturday…
Egypt’s Security Forces Disperse Tahrir Crowd Using Teargas
Egypt’s security forces fired heavy rounds of teargas in Tahrir in the late hours of Tuesday, dispersing around 200…
Fears Of Violence Loom As Rivals Eye Egypt’s Tahrir On Armed Forces Day
Nationwide celebrations and protests are scheduled to take place in Egypt Sunday to mark the 40th anniversary of…
Pro-Morsi Protests In Tahrir End Shortly After Clashes Erupt
Clashes between hundreds of supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and opponents of the deposed…
Egyptian Political Groups Call For Tahrir Ramadan Breakfast
Several political groups have called on all Egyptians to join in an Ramadan iftar meal in Tahrir Square on Friday,…
Egypt’s Rebel, NSF Urge Protesters To Protect Revolution As Clashes Erupt Near…
Clashes have taken place between opponents and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood near Cairo's Tahrir Square…
Egypt’s NTRA Aligns to People Demands & Intensify Services in Squares
Telecom sectors and Mobile Phone Operators have made the best use of 28 January lesson when they cut and…
Egypt ‘Spent £1.7 Mln On Teargas’ Amid Economic Crisis
Egypt spent the equivalent of £1.7m on 140,000 US-sourced teargas canisters last month, despite the Egyptian…
Merkel Tells Morsi Political Dialogue In Egypt Crucial
Chancellor Angela Merkel told Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday Germany wanted to see discussions…
Egypt Curfew Scaled Back As Morsi Seeks End To Bloodshed
Egyptian authorities scaled back a curfew imposed by President Mohamed Morsi, and the Islamist leader cut short a…
Violence Flares On Anniversary Of Egypt Uprising
Hundreds of youths clashed with Egyptian police in Tahrir Square on Friday in a violent start to the second…
Morsi Aides Accused Of Interfering In Inquiry
A prosecutor in Cairo is accusing aides to President Mohamed Morsi of applying political pressure to an…
Rival Constitution Protests In Cairo On Friday
Four opposition marches will converge on the presidential palace in Cairo on Friday to demand the cancellation of…
Rafidain Bank Moves Headquarters To NBE’s Branch In Faisal
Rafidain Bank has moved its headquarters located in Tahrir Street in Dokki to the National Bank of Egypt’s (NBE)…
Misr Insurance’s Q1 Return On Investments Hits EGP 120 Mln
Misr Insurance Company achieved return on investment of EGP 120 million in Q1 of FY 2012/2013, said Ahmed Khattab,…
Hunger Revolution Looms As Foreign Reserves Drop Sharply: Experts
Egypt’s foreign cash reserves dropped US$ 448 million to reach US$ 15.035 billion at the end of last November. A…
Tanks Outside Egypt Presidential Palace, Streets Calm
At least four tanks deployed outside the Egyptian presidential palace on Thursday in a street where supporters and…
Egypt’s Morsi Is Losing Control Over The Crisis: Haaretz
Egypt is fast approaching the boiling point as Morsi supporters have prevented the Supreme Constitutional Court…
Morsi Has Left Egypt On The Brink: ElBaradei
It is Friday evening in Tahrir Square. The smell of tear gas hangs in the air. We have completed three protest…
Egypt Judges Refuse To Oversee Morsi Referendum
Judges in Egypt have refused to oversee a vote on the country's new draft constitution, to be held in two weeks.…
Morsi In His Interview With Time: ‘We’re Learning How to Be Free’
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi sat down for an exclusive interview with TIME managing editor Rick Stengel,…
Bankers Differ On Impact Of Political Turmoil Over IMF Talks
Egypt is witnessing political turmoil after the eruption of violent clashes between protestors and security forces…
ElBaradei Urges Egyptians To Protest “To Save Nation”
Mohamed ElBaradei, founders' representative for the Constitution Party, called on every Egyptian citizen on Friday…
Clashes In Mohamed Mahmoud Renewed Friday Morning
Clashes between protesters and security forces were renewed on Friday morning for the fifth day in a row. The…
Strong Egypt Party condemns torching of Al-Jazeera bureau in Tahrir
Strong Egypt Party on Wednesday condemned the torching of Al-Jazeera television office in Tahrir, downtown Cairo.…
Tahrir Entrance Blocked As Mohamed Mahmoud Clashes Continue Tuesday Night
Clashes between police forces and protesters, which have erupted intermittently since Monday afternoon, continued…
Backers, Opponents Of Egypt President Scuffle
Rival groups of demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square, some protesting against Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed…
EGX30 Closes Below 4040 Pts, CIB 3.79% Down On Runoff Results Delay
As results of Egypt’s presidential run-off’s delay, the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) had posted losses during Thursday…
EGX30 Hits 4050.7 Pts, CIB 3.25% Down On Runoff Results Delay
As results of Egypt’s presidential run-off’s delay, the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) had posted losses during…
Activists Call For Protest On Supreme Court’s Rulings Ahead Of Presidential…
Activists called for a protest on Friday and Islamists warned that the gains of the revolt that toppled Hosni…
Shafiq’s Return As Presidential Candidate Draws Protests In Tahrir
Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq says he has the military and political experience needed to lead…
Million-Man March to Demand Sidelining Mubarak-Era Figures Today In Egypt
Egyptians are preparing to stage another million-man march to pressure the country’s junta into passing a law that…