The International Monetary Fund will make its final decision on Egypt's request for a US$4.2 million loan within 10 days after the organization’s delegation concludes talks with the government, Finance Minister Momtaz al-Saeed said on Monday.
More than 100 human rights organizations criticized the first draft of the new constitution Monday, arguing it entrenches authoritarianism and fails to protect media freedoms and human rights.
Muslim Brotherhood member and Kafr El-Sheikh Governor Saad El-Hussieny denounced, Monday, a military police decision to release their dogs on a protest organised by Hamdeen Sabbahi's Popular Current movement, outside the delta governorate headquarters on Sunday night.
Youth representatives from of a number of Egypt's oppositional parties apologised for not attending a meeting about Egypt's draft constitution with President Mohamed Morsi's assistants and Constituent Assembly members, in a joint statement Monday.
Egyptian shops and restaurants will be allowed to remain open until 12am and 2am respectively according to draft legislation prepared by the government, official news agency MENA reported on Monday.
Presidential spokesperson Yasser Ali denounced on Monday the "media exaggeration" of the number of troops assigned to secure President Mohamed Morsy's visits outside Cairo.
Head of the North Sinai Security Directorate, General Ahmed Bakr was dismissed Sunday during a surprise visit made by Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal Eddin to the border city of Al-Arish, after three local policemen were gunned down by unnamed assailants Saturday.
Younis Makhyoun, a member of the Constituent Assembly, said on Sunday that representatives of the Islamist current and civilian powers have finally agreed on the phrasing of the much-debated Article 2 of the constitution.
Egypt stocks opened the trading week down on Sunday, seemingly affected by domestic political uncertainties and an apparent security vacuum in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
An October report from IMF’s Tokyo meeting, which Egyptian officials attended, recommends that the government allow the country’s currency to respond to market forces as a short-term policy solution to closing the widening budget deficit.
President Mohamed Morsy’s claim that he possesses recordings of both enemies and supporters of the revolution were criticized by politicians on Sunday, who accused him of making unfounded accusations.
The Egyptian pound inched to its weakest in almost eight years on Wednesday
By the end of 2013, these lands will hopefully be auctioned off to European and gulf investors that have already showed signs of interest
Lakhdar Brahimi, UN-Arab League special envoy for Syria, arrived in Cairo on Thursday to talk with officials about the ongoing crisis
Chairman of the Alexandria Port Authority Adel Yassin Hammad said on Wednesday 31/10/2012 that tourism traffic rose in October
Representatives of political forces in the Constituent Assembly failed to resolve a dispute over Article 68
A spokesman for the Egyptian armed forces has denied claims that six Israeli military aircraft were able to breach Egyptian airspace earlier this week
In a country where grey and yellow dominate, initiatives to add a little bit of green are often met with scepticism
During the early morning hours on Monday, residents of Cairo, Alexandria, Damietta and other areas reported in panic that they were hearing explosions
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday received Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani at the presidential palace in Cairo
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The Light of the Desert-Documentary on St Macarius Monastery, Egypt