Category: Egypt

Egypt: Al-Sisi seeks international help to confront Libya

December 9, 2015

After a meeting between the leaders of Cyprus, Egypt and Greece in Athens to discuss terrorism, migration and development, President al-Sisi in a joint press ... Read More

Egypt: Pro-Sisi parties triumph in parliamentary elections

December 6, 2015

Political parties loyal to President Sisi dominated in the parliamentary elections where For Love of Egypt party won all the 120 seats allocated to the ... Read More

Egypt: Bomb attack kills at least 16 people in Cairo

December 4, 2015

Masked men attacked a fish restaurant in Cairo early on Friday killing at least 16 people and wounding 5 others, reports say. The attack occurred ... Read More

Egypt: Authorities to crack-down on authors of alleged torture cases

November 30, 2015

The Egyptian ministry of the interior Sunday vowed to deal with growing torture cases and punish police forces involved in such acts. The ministry promised ... Read More

Egypt-Elections: a turn out below 30%

November 26, 2015

The first round of the second phase of the Egyptian parliamentary elections that was held in the remaining 13 provinces attracted a voter turnout of ... Read More

Egypt: HEC cancels news conference, IS in Sinai claims attack on hotel

November 25, 2015

Egyptian High Election Committee (HEC) Tuesday cancelled a news conference following the death of two judges killed in an attack perpetrated by IS in the ... Read More

Egypt Gets $ 6.3 Bln German Financial Support for Power Projects

November 23, 2015

The Egyptian government has obtained a German financial support for three power projects to be carried out under the supervision of German group Siemens, through ... Read More

Egypt: Plane heading to Egypt diverted upon bomb alert

November 19, 2015

A plane flying from Poland to Egypt was forced to land in Bulgaria after a bomb alert was made by a sixty year old passenger, ... Read More

Egypt-Russia: IS says tin-can bomb downed Russian Jet

November 19, 2015

The Islamic State militant group Wednesday opened the lid over how it brought down the Russian plane saying that a “tin-can bomb” was used to ... Read More

Egypt Gets $ 200 Million EBRD Loan for Power Plant Project

November 18, 2015

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a US$ 200 million loan for the construction of a new 1.8 GW combined cycle ... Read More