A source who used to work at the Petroleum Ministry said Petroleum Minister Osama Kamal's statement that the ministry holds a reserve of butane that could last for 15 days cannot be true.

It would...

Egypt seizes 15 tonnes of marijuana in Sinai, biggest ever drug haul.

Egyptian police have seized a 15 tonne truckload of marijuana, the biggest drug haul in the country's history, which was being...

Petroleum Authority restructuring fuel subsidies

The government is determined to restructure subsidies on petroleum products so that only those who truly need the subsidies would be able to benefit...

Alexandria's governor to order removal of hazardous structures.

Following repeated building collapses in Egypt's second city, Alexandria governor says he will order removal of building deemed...

Egypt outlines development projects to create jobs, lure back investors.

Egypt outlined a string of projects on Monday to develop areas including those around the Suez Canal and in the south of the...

The drinking water and sanitation facilities minister will ask the Cabinet to increase consumer tap water prices, as part of a broader effort to improve the budget deficit.

“The Holding Company for...

The European Commission announced on Thursday the allocation of 10 million euros to improve the water and sanitation networks in Egypt to serve more than 15 million citizens.

Stefan Füle, head of...

Egypt boasts 490 super-rich individuals with a total net worth of $65 billion, putting the country in second place in Africa in terms of ultra-rich people, according to a report by Wealth-X published...

A controversial draft bill, named the 'protecting society from dangerous people' bill, replicates the worst features of the widely-misused and now defunct emergency law, according to a statement...

Anger today at the repeated removal of political graffiti from walls in Cairo, but I was struck by the comments at the end of the piece on Ahram Online from a supporter of street art... costume...

Egyptian beach tourism is here to stay, the tourism minister in the Islamist-led administration said on Tuesday, saying any Islamic investment in the sector would complement but not replace resorts...

“My mobility is restricted in my legs, other than that I’m a completely normal person,” Fatma Seif, head of Human Resources at the Ministry of Electricity, says.

“But how am I expected to reach my...

The board of the Doctors Syndicate will call for a strike in all hospitals countrywide starting 1 October , on the first of October unless their demands are met.

The strike will be preceded by...

One last hope: A homeless children’s shelter struggles amid the country’s economic woes
Soraya Morayef
Tue, 11/09/2012 - 11:36

Shaimaa, 22, has Parkinson’s disease. She has been living on the...

Quality of police forces will improve soon, promises interior minister.

Egyptian citizens can expect a major change in the quality of Interior Ministry personnel soon, Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal...

Samsung signed a memorandum of understanding with the governor of Beni Suef on Thursday to build its first factory in the Middle East and Africa. The factory is planned to be fully operated in 2013....

Prime Minister Hesham Qandil has decided to form a ministerial committee to develop a strategy to invigorate the country’s local and foreign tourism activity.

The committee comprises the ministries...

Pay rises for state workers and a drop in tax revenues caused a surge in the country's budget deficit last year, says finance minister.

Egypt's state budget deficit for 2011/12 was far higher than...

Back to school: Morsi gets black marks from Egypt's teachers.

Dozens of Egyptian teachers protest in central Cairo, unimpressed by new allowances and threatening not to return to the classroom when...