CAIRO - Egypt aims to get its economy growing at levels seen before the global financial crisis by the fiscal year 2016/17 and expects the private sector to play a major role in the rebound, a minister said on Saturday.

CAIRO - Egypt's state-owned Nilesat has temporarily suspended 12 television channels for promoting religion hatred, violence and quack medicine, the information minister said on Tuesday.

CAIRO: The decision to allow Egyptians living abroad to vote in presidential elections in 2011 can only be judged when it’s implemented, opposition members said, adding that without a set of other reforms the decision would be meaningless.

CAIRO: Workers from the Information Centers for Local Development (ICLD) say that they will not end the sit-in they have begun at the Egyptian Federation of Trade Unions (EFTU) building in Cairo until EFTU head Hussein Megawer responds to their demands.

CAIRO: A few dozen journalists for the daily independent newspaper Al-Dostor gathered on Monday outside the Higher Press Council’s headquarters in downtown Cairo to protest against the procrastination of the new owner in meeting their demands.

CAIRO: As universities gear up for student union elections, students gathered on Monday outside Cairo’s Higher Education Ministry to protest police violence on campuses.

CAIRO: Last year, bread was added to the list of unattainable goods for Egyptian families, along with meat. Now, even vegetables are becoming a luxury that many cannot afford.

CAIRO: Ten opposition parties and groups from across the Egyptian political spectrum officially announced on Saturday boycotting the parliamentary elections in November, saying the regime left them with no other option.

CAIRO - The Chief of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) slammed Monday what he termed as the unfair decisions of the Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey during Egypt’s Al-Ahly and Tunisia's Esperance match in the semi-final at the African Champions League (ACL) Sunday night.

Egypt's court postponed Sunday the trial of Wael al-Ibrashi, chief editor of independent weekly Sawt al-Umma, and Sammar al-Dawy, a reporter for the same paper, who are accused of "inciting public opinion against compliance with the law," in line with Article 177 of the Egyptian penal code to 19 December

CAIRO - Egypt's State-backed human rights watchdog Sunday lent support to

Egypt’s largest opposition Wafd Party and Muslim Brotherhood group announced that they will coordinate with each other during Egypt's upcoming legislative elections

CAIRO - The new owner of an independent newspaper, whose dissident editor-in-chief was sacked two weeks ago, said Saturday he would maintain the editorial policy of the paper and that he would consider appointing the part-time journalists.

Economic experts warn that, unless the Government intervenes to buoy up the weak purchasing power of the Egyptian pound in the domestic market, tragic social unrest could erupt.

Egypt's Association for Development and Human Rights launched a campaign in support of Egypt's president

Italian authorities have deported 50 Egyptian nationals back home from Italy, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday. The would-be immigrants were arrested last week for attempting to enter the country without legal travel documentation.

CAIRO: Over 120 journalists from daily independent Al-Dostor newspaper started an open strike Tuesday evening at the Journalists’ Syndicate in response to the procrastination of the newspaper’s owner to meet them and discuss their demands.

CAIRO - The Egyptian economy expanded an annual 5.6 per cent in the third quarter, boosted by tourism, manufacturing and domestic consumption, cabinet spokesman Magdy Rady said Wednesday.

CAIRO - Seated beside the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar in the heart of Islamic Cairo Wednesday, Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen apologised for the publication of cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohamed by some Danish newspapers, which offended a billion Muslims across the world.

The European Union has granted Egypt 609 million euros to be spent between 2009 and 2013, with most of the money to be spent on economic and social development projects, the government said on Monday.

CAIRO - The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) rejects any kind of foreign intervention in Egypt's internal affairs whatever its source or content, according to a senior NDP official.