The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said that $8 billion in trade transactions have been executed in the past two months, clearing up investors' previous backlogs and meeting all economic needs, a CBE source said in emailed comments to Ahram Online on Thursday.

The ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Company has built two submarines for Egypt in Kiel City, in northern Germany, the German Ambassador in Egypt Julius Georg Luy said Wednesday.

A network of 81 Egyptian lawyers tasked with defending journalists and bloggers subjected to violations while doing their job plans to launch Sunday, Dec.27.

The General Federation of Egypt’s Student Unions set Thursday as the final deadline for university administrations to ratify elections results, in a statement on Wednesday.

The Israeli government has given the approval Thursday to begin exporting natural gas to Egypt, according to the Israeli press. Meanwhile, Egypt awaits the result of its appeal of an international court's ruling requiring it to pay $1.7 in compensation to Israel for halting gas supply in 2012.

The Future of Homeland Party decided to return to the pro-Sisi coalition currently being formed in Egypt's new parliament after initially declaring on Sunday that it would withdraw early this week from the bloc, the party's spokesperson Ahmed Samy told Ahram Online.

The Association of Doctors Working with the Health Sector has called on the Doctors' Syndicate to organize a day of protests on Saturday in solidarity with doctors who have been detained for political reasons.

A group of 15 young women stood on the steps of the Journalists’ Syndicate on Tuesday night with black make-up around their eyes, to symbolize bruises, and signs that read, “No to violence against women.”

The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) is preparing a list with the names of forced disappearance victims that so far include 101 victims reportedly arrested by security forces.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi says he would not stay in office against the will of Egyptians, state news agency MENA reported.

Egypt's central bank will tighten import regulations from January in a bid to support local manufacturing and better preserve its dwindling foreign currency reserves.

A total of 2.843 million feddans are planted with wheat this season, excluding six governorates, according to a Tuesday report by the Agriculture Ministry.

The Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) filed a lawsuit on Saturday to the Administrative Court, demanding the broadcasting of parliamentary sessions, according to a statement from the association.

Egypt is now cooperating with Control Risks, an independent global risk consultancy, in securing the country’s airports, starting with the Cairo and Sharm El- Shiekh airports, tourism minister Hisham Zazou announced on Tuesday.

The newly-appointed head of the authority created to administer and develop Egypt's Suez Canal megaproject criticised the government's unified income tax ceiling as too high to allow the creation of a special economic zone that can compete globally.

A proposed government-aligned parliamentary bloc seeking a 400-member majority received a sudden blow as major member parties recently walked out.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi welcomed Arab investment in Egypt in to explore for and produce oil and gas, according to a presidential statement released after his meeting with representatives of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) Monday.

The Future of a Nation Party (FNP) announced its withdrawal from a parliamentary coalition formed by Sameh Seif El-Yazal, known as ‘Egypt’s Support’ coalition.

Fayoum Governorate saw Monday at sunrise the phenomenon of the sun rays' perpindicular fall on the Holy of Holies of Karun Temple.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is expected to issue three decrees as the newly-elected legislative chamber gets ready to convene following the conclusion of Egypt's first parliamentary elections in more than three years.