Despite the tremendous drop in occupancy rates, revenues and tourist arrivals in the past few months, hotels across Egypt saw major rate increases during the Eid vacation.

The Interior Ministry has announced the release of 759 prisoners on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, continuing a tradition of pardoning and releasing prisoners on national holidays and religious feasts.

Twenty-eight Egyptians have died while on pilgrimage on Saudi Arabia during Eid al-Adha, according to Major General Sayed Maher, deputy interior minister for administrative affairs and head of the Egyptian pilgrims mission.

The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) has revealed a decline in the volume of imports from the Nile Basin countries to Egypt in May.

A high-ranking governmental official said that by the receipt of the first tranche of the $3 billion loan from the World Bank, Egypt’s foreign reserves rose to $17.5 billion.

A total of 10,000 Egyptian and foreign tourists visited Giza Pyramids on the first day of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice,) Arcehological Ashraf Mohey told Youm7.

A number of parliamentarians have praised President Sisi’s decision to pardon 700 prisoners on occasion of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) as a kind gest.

Member of Parliament May Mahmoud said that a committee concerned with African affairs will discuss supporting Egypt’s tourism with representatives from 54 African states.

Member of Parliament Mohamed Saad has warned of a repeated flooding crisis in Delta’s Beheira governorate similar to that occurred last year, Youm7 reported.

A North Cairo court ordered late Sunday the release of the director of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms Ahmed Abdallah and four others for the second time.

The number of Egyptian pilgrims who died of natural causes while performing the hajj in Saudi Arabia this year climbed to 22 on Sunday night, Egyptian state news agency MENA reported.

Egypt’s smoke cigarettes division at the Federation of Egyptian Industries officially increased the prices of cigarettes Sunday, two days after applying the new value-added tax law, Youm7 reported Monday.

Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Governor Tarek Amer will chair an Egyptian mission, which will participates in the annual meeting s of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) during the period of October 5 and 9, Youm7 reported Monday.

Millions of Egyptian performed Monday dawn the prayer of Eid al Adha (Sacrifice Feast) in a total of hundreds of praying places nationwide.

Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA) said on Monday it has collected 350 kilograms of waste that had become stuck in Red Sea coral reefs.

Sales of meat for Eid al-Adha feast reached LE135 million at ministry outlets on Sunday, as the public bought a collective 2,200 tonnes of meat (from 11,000 animals) in preparation for the Muslim festival this week, announced Supply Minister Mohamed al-Sheikh.

Egyptian General Department of Public Funds Crime Investigation Police has ordered to form four committees to investigate into new corruption cases at wheat silos, Youm7 reported Monday.

A total of 700 prisoners, whom were recently pardoned per a presidential decree, walked out of jail to spend Eid al Adha festivals with their families nationwide Monday, Youm7 reported.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi performed Eid Al Adha (Sacrifice Feast) prayer at El-Mosheer Tantawy Mosque in New Cairo Monday morning, Youm7 reported.

An Egyptian administrative court ruled on Saturday that non-governmental organisations have the right to foreign funding to aid development work in the country.

Egypt will sign a 500 million euro agreement to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with the European Investment Bank (EIB) among a number of financing agreements in the second half of October, the Ministry of International Cooperation announced Sunday on its website.