Minister of Finance Hany Qadry said that Egypt is currently passing through a critical transitional stage, with some difficulties and decline of growth rates. He added, however, Egypt enjoys promising opportunities for investment and economic growth.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met with a delegation of US congressmen on Saturday to discuss regional security issues, reported Al-Ahram's Arabic website.

Students at Damanhour University in Beheira began on Sunday their third week of strikes in protest of poor educational and scientific services. Other students are protesting the hike in university fees.

Egypt's central bank kept the pound steady at 7.53 pounds to the dollar at a foreign exchange auction on Sunday, while the pound also remained stable on the black market.

The new ministers were sworn in before President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday afternoon at the Ittihadiya Presidential Palace in Heliopolis in the presence of Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb.

As the press syndicate embarks on new elections Friday, challenges that will be facing the new board are believed to be playing a critical role in shaping the future of journalism in Egypt.

Egypt is hosting two-day Middle East consultations on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations Wednesday and Thursday, said the Egyptian Foreign Minister spokesperson Badr Abdel Atty announced Thursday.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sent Cairo Appeal Court President Ayman al-Wardany to retirement. The decision, made on 17 February and issued in the official gazette on Thursday, said the retirement was based on verdict by the supreme disciplinary board on 29 September.

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab established a specialized committee to develop a national strategy to examine, reassess and improve educational curricula, Youm7 reported Thursday.

Egyptian security officials say a massive fire broke out at Cairo's main convention center, prompting authorities to dispatch 13 fire trucks to put out the blaze.

Gamal Hegazy, vice-chairman of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), said the government will provide natural gas to around 850,000 houses during the ongoing fiscal year, with a budget estimated at LE1.9 billion, provided by the Finance Ministry.

Russia's defence minster Sergei Shoigu told Egyptian counterpart Sedki Sobhi that the current situation in the Middle East and the world drives Moscow and Cairo toward cooperation, an Egyptian army statement said on Wednesday.

Egypt's cabinet approved on Wednesday a final draft of the investment law, ahead of the country's long awaited investment summit, due to be held later this month.

Cairo Court of Appeals has rejected the complaint presented by the sons of the toppled President Hosni Mubarak, Gamal and Alaa, against the investigating judge of the Illicit Gains Authority (IGA), Ossama abu Safy.

The 96-year-old Wafd Party is poised to withdraw from an electoral list deemed to have the best chances for a parliamentary election success, a member of the party’s supreme board said, two days after the elections were postponed indefinitely over the unconstitutionality of its regulations.

Egypt's Administrative Court issued on Tuesday a ruling halting the parliamentary elections which were due to begin later this month.

Egypt plans to add subsidised cooking oil to a new smart card system implemented last year, Supplies Minister Khaled Hanafi said on Monday, a move aimed at saving money and cutting down queues for poor consumers.

Ministry of Interior spokesperson Hany Abdel Latif said more terrorist attacks are expected after the bomb explosion outside the High Court in downtown Cairo on Monday.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi meet Tuesday for the first time with specialists from the economic development council, to discuss preparations for the economic conference scheduled March 13-15 in Sharm el-Sheikh. A presidential state

Egypt's top prosecutor ordered on Monday the release of 120 preventively-detained students and elderly people.

A Pharaonic royal rest house had been discovered east of the Suez Canal, Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty said on Monday.