The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) reduced the share of foreign-currency reserves it held in euros late last year, a person familiar with the matter said Sunday.

Egypt's Ambassador to the United States Sameh Shoukry said that the purpose of establishing the Mubarak Trust Fund, a special endowment to be set up by the US government for Egypt, is to utilize American aid more effectively within a framework that ensures Egypt will continue to receive such aid in the future

Microsoft and Google both say Egypt has no legislation obliging social networks and internet search engines to delete users' data within a certain time period, as is the standard in EU states

CAIRO: Egyptians demonstrated at Al-Azhar mosque after Friday prayers to condemn a deadly raid by Israeli commandos on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

Egypt's Opposition Muslim Brotherhood group reported Wednesday that it would back a drive by former UN atomic watchdog head Mohammed ElBaradei to reform Egyptian politics after the group secured no seats in a vote to parliament's upper house, according to Reuters

The banned Muslim Brotherhood announced Saturday it would fully support former chief of the UN nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei in his campaign to amend the Egyptian Constitution as he declared in return the group was the largest legal political faction in Egypt.

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