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Egypt’s Al-Ahram strongly criticises interior ministry after police storm Journalists SyndicateEgypt’s oldest public daily newspaper expects the sacking of the interior minister in response to the...
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Newcastle - the leaked/hacked email from the ministry of the interior you quote refers to 'convicted criminals'. These two journalists were convicted of nothing just arrested on suspicion.
Egypt to purchase French military satellite on Tuesday: La Tribune.
Egyptian officials are expected to sign a contract with two aerospace companies for the sale of a military telecommunications...
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The Israeli media speculate that the purpose of the French military satellite is prestige and spying on the Renaissance dam in Ethiopia (a bit late in the day).
Egypt Has Second-Highest Corruption Level in MENA Region, Says Report.
Around half of the Egyptian population resort to paying bribes to access the basic services they need, anti-corruption watchdog...
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I would think everyone here has experienced it. The trouble is you would not be able to get anything unless there was some firm of under the table payment. How far it e tends who knows!
Tourism is down 46% for February 2016 compared with 2015 but this dreadful picture hides one ‘bright’ spot.
“The Gulf business is up about 45 percent from last year, ok, so while the total...
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Just another 5 thousand wind farms here, and a few trillion$$$ and we are all set, no problems except one,
Who do we then blame when the water goes off ? Tutankhamen, Seti 1st, Sadat, Nassar,...
Egypt is the second worst jailer of journalists (23) in the world after freedom loving China. Read the following for a list of the government’s recent attacks on the press:
Egypt's military deploys forces nationwide ahead of Monday protests.
Egypt's military said on Sunday that it is deploying forces to secure major public buildings on Monday, which has been set by...
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Was not our leader and the Parliament democratically elected? I seem to remember people going to the polls to vote for a new leader and a new parliament.
The current situation could be worse (Russia) but there is a reason to be positive because. I've always thought that locked up journalists was a really good thing - although it had a short term...
Egypt is probably capably of feeding itself (arguable) but waste and mismanagement mean that it imports on a prodigious level. This technology means that waste is reduced. The savings claimed are...
I used to think that immigration was about migrants moving from a developing country to a developed one, motivated by a single...
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He's saying he used to THINK the REASON people migrate is to enjoy a higher standard of living. He is saying that Egypt has lower standards and other countries higher standards.
Brace for a devaluation of the Egyptian pound. The Egyptian pound could be allowed to fall to as low as 8.4 against the dollar within ‘weeks’ in the first of several devaluations as Egypt steps up...
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A-four I have no idea except that the only people who are saying it will be positive are government Ministers in their hyperbolic press releases. Given they are incapable of telling the truth I guess...
There is a heightened threat of terrorist attacks targeting celebrations of Orthodox Easter (24 April- 1 May). Take extra care over local holiday weekends, as some past...
Egyptian police arrest tens of people ahead of calls for April 25 protests.
Dozens of activists were arrested on Thursday in Cairo, Alexandria, the Nile Delta and Upper Egypt ahead of planned...
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Quote: Is it possible to run a country with prohibitions on protest, censorship of the media, large scale roundups of dissenters, no free trade unions a corrupt bureaucracy and judiciary, an out of...
I have no idea how long it took to dig out and prepare, test and then open the original Suez Canal. (OK, I'm lazy and not searched for the information either.) It does seem to me...
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Since the opening of the 'new' Suez Canal, revenue has significantly declined from previous years. The government of Egypt has recently set up an inquiry as to why this is so,........Hmmm....
Egypt’s cabinet publishes historical docs backing Saudi Red Sea islands claim.
An Egyptian governmental body released a statement on Monday detailing the evidence supporting the state's recognition...
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These Islands were under discussion some time ago, and talks have been taking part for some time, if bayou saw Nilesat TV International last night it was fully explained.
I thought this article by Mohamed Khairat was interesting and perhaps tells us something about the Egyptian psyche.
MOHAMED KHAIRAT
APRIL 16, 2016
On Friday, several thousand Egyptians gathered in...
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It's not the first English language news outlet related to Egypt that comes out of nowhere started by a one man nobody that appears to have no explicable source of funding. But of course, there has...
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