Egypt's sanitaryware and ceramics maker Lecico said that an export warehouse belonging to it has been destroyed by a fire, according to a statement issued on the Egyptian Stock Exchange on Thursday The firm added that "No one was seriously injured in the fire in Alexandria but stocks were damaged and exports would be disrupted"

Egypt's main government wheat buyer said on Tuesday he had changed the terms of wheat tenders for shipments starting July 1.

The Egyptian largest opposition group Muslim Brotherhood Sunday protested over "corruption and irregularities" ahead of Tuesday's elections for parliament's upper house, according to AFP

CAIRO: The Shoura Council elections took place Tuesday amidst reports of violations by

The Arab world has united to condemn the Israeli forces' attack on a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian supplies to the besieged

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Egypt goalkeeper Essam el-Hadari has been banned from all soccer for four months after walking out on his club midseason to join Swiss side FC Sion

Egypt’s Minister of Finance Boutros Ghali said that there have been rising interest payments on public debt within the past 10 months ending in April by approximately 30.5 percent to a record 57.8 billion Egyptian pounds compared to 44.2 billion during the same period last year, an increase of 13.6 billion pounds

The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition group, on Sunday protested over irregularities ahead of Tuesday's elections for parliament's upper house.

THE talk in the corridors of power is now about excluding luxury cars from fuel subsidies, with the idea being to use the money this would save on other sectors, such as health, agriculture and, especially, education.

Archaeologists have discovered the 3,300-year-old tomb of the ancient Egyptian capital's mayor, whose resting place had been lost under the desert sand since 19th century treasure hunters first carted off some of its decorative wall panels, officials announced Sunday.

CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak is due to hold talks with a number of officials from

NICE, France - Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit said on Saturday that Egypt will focus on two main issues during the France-Africa summit, namely UN Security Council reformation and climate change.

Osama Anwar Ukasha, who has been named 'The Father of Egyptian and Arab Drama' passed away yesterday after a battle with illness.He was 69.

PERHAPS seeking to induce a public averse to political participation to be more politically engaged, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Friday called on the electorate in his country to cast their votes in the upcoming Shura Council elections to bring about what he called “democracy and the aspirations of the people of Egypt”

Plunging into the waters off Egypt's resort of Alexandria, divers explored the submerged ruins of a palace and temple complex from which Cleopatra ruled, swimming over heaps of limestone blocks hammered into the sea by earthquakes and tsunamis more than 1,600 years ago, according to The Associated Press

An Egyptian court has convicted the Cairo deputy governor in a 2008 rock slide that killed 119 people on the outskirts of the city and sentenced him to five years in prison

CAIRO: Amonisto workers did not try to storm the People’s Assembly on Sunday, rights activist Khaled Ali said, suggesting that the decision to remove the protests near parliament had already been taken by security forces earlier the same day.

The Egyptian Abdeen Misdemeanors Court yesterday sentenced Ahmed Saad Douma, an activist from the 6 April movement, to six months in jail for assaulting a police officer during protests on 3 May

Egypt’s league titleholders Al-Ahly Wednesday night meet runners-up Zamalek in Cairo in the last 16 of the Egyptian Cup with one of the country’s two top teams to be knocked out of the prestigious tournament. Al-Ahly's players celebrating after beating Nabarouh in the Egyptian Cup in Mansoura on Saturday.

Police have arrested an official at the Egyptian mint on charges she stole 2.8 million Egyptian pounds ($495,700), the government said on Tuesday

Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said on Monday that the Nile Basin countries are agreed that Egypt's water quota should remain intact