Talk of political alliances ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections increased yesterday after a meeting that included Strong Egypt Party head Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh, Constitution Party head Mohamed ElBaradei and Egypt Party head Amr Khaled.

Former presidential candidate and Popular Current founder Hamdeen Sabbahi met with members of the political bureau of the April 6 Youth Movement Friday evening to discuss the formation of “a new revolutionary political alliance, that does not include remnants of the former regime,” said a statement issued by the movement on Saturday.

A top International Monetary Fund official will visit Egypt on Monday for talks likely to focus on the $4.8 billion loan agreement frozen last month because of political unrest in the country.

Egypt’s government will form a supreme commission to combat corruption, announced Egyptian Premier Hisham Kandil Thursday

An IMF mission will visit Egypt in January for talks on a $4.8 billion loan agreement

Egypt's pound slid further on Thursday at the central bank's fourth auction of foreign currency

Amr Moussa, head of the Conference Party and a leading member of the National Salvation Front (NSF), declined an offer by SCAF

An Egyptian satirist who has made fun of President Mohamed Morsi on television will be investigated by prosecutors

Ousted President Hosni Mubarak watched the uprising against him unfold through a live TV

Almost everything in Egypt is currently polarised

Egypt's stock market rose strongly on 2013's first day of trading, confirming analysts' expectations that the Central Bank's new system of currency auctions would give the market a boost.

An Egyptian newspaper editor is under investigation for allegedly insulting President Mohamed Morsi

April 6 Youth Movement activist Mohannad Samir's condition has improved significantly after being shot in Tahrir Square, according to his doctor Mahmoud Saad at Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital.

Egyptian prosecutors say they have launched an investigation against a popular television comedian

An Egyptian satirist who made fun of President Mohamed Morsi on television will be investigated by prosecutors

The leader of Egypt's largest Islamist ultraconservative party has announced he is forming a new political party

Gunmen drove into Cairo's Tahrir Square before dawn and fired at an anti-government sit-in

Organisers of the 2013 New Year's Eve celebration in Tahrir Square ended the event prematurely after a group of about 30 men took over the makeshift stage and prevented artists from finishing scheduled performances

Dr. Essam al-Erian causes controversy by saying Jews who have immigrated to Israel must refuse to live under an oppressive and racist regime and return to their homeland Egypt, where their property will be returned.

Egypt Sunday dropped treason charges against top opposition leaders

The Egyptian pound plummeted to an eight year low against the US dollar on Sunday afternoon