Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab designated Tuesday a public holiday for the second anniversary of 30 June, which marks the beginning of mass protests against former president Mohamed Morsi that instigated his ouster in 2013.

A Cairo court on Sunday dismissed an appeal against a LE50,000 fine for 86 people who were convicted of participating in unauthorised protests in Tahrir Square in January this year, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported.

Policemen at Cairo’s metro will “attentively inspect bags” of passengers, per instructions by Assistant Interior Minister for the transportation department El-Sayed Gad el-Haq directed, who visited the central station of Sadat Sunday, Youm7 reported.

The new board of Egypt’s landline monopoly operator Telecom Egypt (TE) decided in a late Thursday meeting to exclude a senior official rejecting calls for cutting internet prices, Youm7 reported.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Badr Abdel Aaty said that the new Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Dore Gold, paid a visit to Cairo on Sunday to consult on boosting the peace process with Assistant Foreign Minister for Neighboring Countries Osama al-Magdoub.

Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb inaugurated a production line for solar panels on Sunday, as Egypt continues to shift towards using renewable energy.

Egypt signed Thursday a deal with Norwegian seismic surveyor PGS company to implement the largest seismic exploration project in its western territorial waters in the Mediterranean Sea, state-owned Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) announced.

The Health Ministry is concluding negotiations with an international firm over receiving a new drug, registered outside Egypt under the name of Viekira, that treats hepatitis C virus patients at 32 national medical centers.

Journalists are facing "unprecedented threats" in Egypt, a media watchdog said Thursday, with a record number behind bars mostly over links with the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group.

Manpower Minister Nahed Ashry said the total amount of emergency aid disbursed to companies at risk of bankrupcy reached LE35,336,000, helping 32,245 workers.

Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghaffar met with the US and UK ambassadors on Tuesday afternoon to discuss security in Egypt and across the region.

Egypt has jumped nine places to rank 137th out of 162 countries surveyed for the Institute for Economics and Peace’s Global Peace Index (GPI)2015, which ranks the countries of the world according to their level of peacefulness.

Southeastern Asset Management (SAM) investment fund working with Egyptian billionaire Nassef Sawiris said on Wednesday it has snapped up a 3 percent stake in Sika.

Egypt's ministry of supply is working on a plan to decrease the time spent offloading wheat cargoes from 12 days to five or six days to save on hard currency, the minister said on Wednesday.

The Cairo Criminal Court has postponed the trial of Safwat al-Sharif, the former Shura Council speaker, and his two sons Ihab (released pending trial) and Ashraf (fugitive) to August 23. They are charged with abusing their influence to achieve illicit gains.

In a meeting with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Tuesday, Justice Minister Ahmed El-Zend revealed his intention to computerise the country's judicial system.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi called Monday for combating cheating at schools and producing new curricula against violence and harassment, said presidential spokesperson Alaa Youssef in a statement Monday.

A Cairo court acquitted Egyptian TV host Ahmed Moussa of insulting and defaming writer and former chief of the Democratic Front party Osama El-Ghazali Harb on Tuesday.

Egypt opened the Rafah land crossing on its borders with the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Tuesday, allowing traffic in both directions and the passage of travellers stranded on both sides.

Switzerland’s federal prosecutor dropped Tuesday the charge of organised crime against former president Hosni Mubarak, aids and family members, but announced investigations into the money laundering accusation will continue.

Egypt is eyeing an increase to its trade exchange with India to US$8 billion in 2016, up from US$5.5 billion in 2014, Minister of Trade and Industry, Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, said on Tuesday.