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Egypt’s National Elections Authority (NEA) announced on Monday, 10 November 2025, that the first day of voting in the parliamentary elections proceeded smoothly without any reported violations. NEA Executive Director Ahmed Bendary confirmed that all 5,606 subcommittees under 70 main committees across 14 governorates were fully operational, with polling stations remaining open until the last […]
For the first time in years, a passenger train has crossed into Sinai as part of Egypt’s ongoing efforts to modernize its transportation network. The Ministry of Transport has initiated a trial run of the 100-kilometer Al-Fardan–Bir al-Abd railway line in Sinai, a significant milestone in the region’s rail infrastructure development. Deputy Prime Minister for […]
13 people died Monday after a building collapsed in the Egyptian capital Cairo, in a string building disasters. A five-storey building reportedly built without permit before 1980, when the country’s construction law was passed, collapsed after a resident recently demolished his apartment’s walls on the first floor, despite warnings not to do so. The prosecution, […]
Egypt is considering building three new Free Zones, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced Sunday to Hossam Heiba, CEO of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI). The future Zones, Madbouly’s office indicated in a statement, will be Alexandria, the 10th of Ramadan, and the 6th of October cities. The office also indicated that […]
Egypt’s President Abdelfattah al-Sisi inaugurated Thursday the Tahya Misr multipurpose maritime Terminal in Alexandria as part of plans to develop local ports, local media “Ahram Online” reports. The Tahya Misr multipurpose maritime Terminal will play a vital role in transforming the Port of Alexandria into a regional and global hub for trade and logistics, the […]
Egypt is in contact with Chinese companies with three potential companies for the production of electric cars in 2023 for an investment of $127 million, Bloomberg reported. The companies, no identified, will collaborate with state-run El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Co., Public Enterprise Minister Hisham Tawfik told Bloomberg in an interview. Tawfik also the media production […]
The city of Alexandria, Virginia, celebrated its official “Morocco Day” last Saturday, June 9, at the initiative of Moroccan American Network (MAN) and its president Mohammed Hajjam. “This is monumental because Alexandria, one of America’s oldest cities, is home to 10,000 Moroccans; it is a great place for entrepreneurship and tourism,” Justin Wilson, Mayor of […]
A new military base, the largest in the Middle East and Africa, was inaugurated over the weekend and baptized after the leader of the 1952 Egyptian revolution and the country’s first President, Mohamed Neguib. The military base, consisting of more than 1,100 new or recently renovated buildings, was built on what used to be a […]
Morocco’s Attijariwafa Bank obtained on May 3 the regulatory approval to acquire the Egyptian branch of Barclays which has shifted towards focusing its activity on the US and Britain. Attijariwafa Bank has finally obtained all regulatory requirements to acquire 100% of Barclays Egypt capital after an agreement was signed by the two banks in October […]
Egyptian President al-Sisi Thursday pledged that Palm Sunday Church bombers will not go scot-free as he visited Head of Coptic Christians. The Egyptian leader paid a supportive visit to Pope Tawadros II days after Sunday bombings which left 45 people dead. Two bomb attacks decimated Palm services in two Coptic Churches in Alexandria and in […]