Egypt is to implement a long-planned smart card system for fuel at gas stations starting on 15 June, Planning Minister Ashraf El-Araby said on Monday.

A Giza court sentenced five people to death on Monday over complicity in violence in the town of Kerdasa in 2013.

An Egyptian journalist was arrested early on Saturday from his home in the Nile Delta city of Behiera, his brother said.

A group of 30 political parties issued a joint statement on Sunday, calling for rejecting the current House of Representatives draft law, unless a broader political consensus is reached.

Egypt's Court of Cassation has upheld a verdict sentencing 14 Egyptian policeman, including a colonel, to jail on charges of murder and torture against prisoners in Cairo in 2006.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on behalf of the Ministry of Finance is scheduled to auction 6.5 billion EGP ($918 million) in treasury bills Sunday, according to the bank’s official website.

Egyptian security officials say a boat carrying mostly Sudanese and Syrian migrants has capsized off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, killing three people.

Renowned Egyptian diplomat Boutros Boutros-Ghali has donated a collection of thousands of books to the American University in Cairo (AUC), the institution said in a statement on Thursday.

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met on Thursday with Spanish King Felipe VI at Zarzuela Palace. The meeting dealt with means of fostering bilateral relations, especially increasing Spanish investments in new Suez Canal project.

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) resumed its rally in Thursday’s session, powered by a strong buying spree among Arab and foreign investors for a second straight day.

Egypt will issue sovereign sukuk (Islamic bonds) with ijara contracts around the beginning of the next fiscal year, which starts July 2015, Finance Minister Hany Qadry announced in a press conference Thursday.

The Ring Road will be partially closed starting from Saturday in order to ease loads, said head of the General Traffic Administration Saeed Taema Thursday.

A Cairo criminal court has acquitted journalist Ahmed Gamal Ziyada, after he spent more than 486 days in pre-trial detention.

Greece will launch consultations with Egypt and Cyprus to establish maritime boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday.

Two tombs of ancient Egyptian high officials near the Great Pyramid were opened to public after the completion of their renovation work, announced Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty Monday.

Egypt's economic growth is set to accelerate in the next two years, reaching 5.5 percent in fiscal 2016/17, a Reuters poll forecast on Wednesday.

Canada and Egypt enjoy strong bilateral relations built on a mutual interest in peace, stability and prosperity. Canada will continue to promote collaboration in different sectors of the Egyptian economy,” Canadian Ambassador to Egypt Troy Lulashnyk stated during his visit to the Canadian Commercial Chamber in Egypt Monday April 27.

Egyptian photographer Mohamed Galal was found beheaded in Libya Monday, after a year after his disappearance, Youm7 reported.

The Supreme Administrative Court ruled on Tuesday that public servants refusing to work would be dismissed, but would still receive their pensions, asserting that Islamic Sharia does not permit such behavior if proven detrimental to citizens.

The Egyptian Social Democratic Party responded to criticism from the April 6 Youth Movement, calling on liberal revolutionary groups to set aside their differences and work together.

A prominent Egyptian court has issued a verdict criminalising sit-ins by employees at public municipalities where workers are banned by law from engaging in strike action.