In reply to an editorial published earlier this week in the Washington Post about the Egyptian government's crackdown on independent media, the Egyptian embassy in Washington DC sent the paper a letter--printed in its Wednesday edition--explaining (...)
The Egyptian Lawyers Syndicate on Monday announced it would appeal a jail sentence issued in June against two lawyers found guilty of assaulting a prosecutor in the Nile Delta city of Tanta.
The ruling triggered a national crisis between Egypt's (...)
The Egyptian Medical Syndicate announced yesterday foreign doctors have to acquire licences from the Ministry of Health in order to attend training at university hospitals.
A statement by the syndicate pointed out that law 415/1954, on the (...)
Education in Egypt floundered and garbage collectors lost their source of earning due to measures adopted by the Egyptian government to combat the H1N1 virus (commonly known as swine flu), according to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian (...)
President Hosni Mubarak is due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss direct peace talks with Palestinians tomorrow.
Netanyahu said, during a cabinet meeting, that it would be the leaders' fifth meeting in the space of a (...)
Head of the Supreme Judicial Council Adel Abdel Hamid on Sunday held a closed meeting with Lawyers Syndicate chairman Hamdi Khalifa in an attempt to resolve the ongoing dispute between Egypt's lawyers and judges.
The dispute was triggered by a court (...)
The ٍSyndicate of Commercial Professions in Egypt called upon its members yesterday to take part in a nation-wide protest on Sunday against the government's "negligence" in handling the financial crisis. It also plans to demand parity with other (...)
The Hamas-affiliated Palestinian Media Center quoted Israeli National Radio as reporting that the US had halted funding for the wall currently being built along Egypt's 14-kilometer border with the Gaza Strip and recalled American engineers working (...)
Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Egyptian dissident and sociology professor at New Jersey's Drew University, accused US President Barack Obama of being "too friendly with tyrants" in a Washington Post editorial published on Tuesday.
Focusing on the Obama (...)
The Brookings Institute, an independent American research organization, criticized the status of the press freedom in Egypt in a report published yesterday, saying that Egypt has a number of "strict and notorious" laws restricting press freedom.
The (...)
The Coptic Church has relinquished membership in the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) after being accused of "treason" by Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos at the last council meeting held in Jordan on 19 April.
Coptic Pope (...)
The Sudanese authorities on Monday arrested two men suspected of killing two Egyptian soldiers that had been part of international peacekeeping forces stationed in Darfur.
According to Magdi Radi, spokesman for Egypt's Council of Ministers, a (...)
The international free press watchdog Reporters Without Borders marked World Press Freedom Day yesterday by publishing a list of 40 figures it describes as "predators of press freedom."
The list contains political officials, religious leaders and (...)
CNN, an American news channel, hosted a debate two days ago titled “The Future of Egypt.” Participating in the debate were Mohamed ElBaradei, former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ahmed Ezz, general secretary of the National (...)
Health Minister Hatem el-Gabaly has approved the allocation of LE50 million for the second phase of a program to increase physicians' bonuses. His approval came yesterday after the program had been put on hold last year.
The minister's announcement (...)
Egyptian doctors are tired and frustrated with the way they have been treated by the Ministry of Health and believe the incentives and compensation are not adequate for their work.
The Chairman of the Doctor's Syndicate Dr. Hamdy el-Sayyed sent a (...)
Seven international human rights organizations have urged US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton to pressure the Egyptian government for democratic reform in light of Egypt's upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections.
In a letter to Clinton, (...)
Members of the Pharmacists Syndicate threatened to go on strike to protest what they describe as an illegal agreement and the "inflexibility of the Ministry of Finance and the Tax Authority."
Members of the syndicate say an agreement signed by (...)
The Egyptian Pharmacists Syndicate on Sunday continued its protest against new Health Ministry regulations stipulating that pharmacies must not be less than 40 square meters in size in order to qualify for licenses.
Syndicate officials say the new (...)
Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali and Parliamentary Planning and Budget Secretary Ahmed Ezz have both recently been blacklisted by the Egyptian Commerce Syndicate for allegedly violating syndicate bylaws.
According to syndicate sources, Ezz--an (...)
The Egyptian Pharmacists Syndicate will hold a general assembly on 12 February in order to discuss a recent Health Ministry decision to ban pharmacies in shantytowns. Syndicate members sent an official letter to Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali in (...)
The "Veterinarians without Borders" movement lashed out at the Agriculture Ministry for neglecting its demand to improve the financial conditions of veterinarian doctors. The movement further criticized the ministry for not having appointed any new (...)
More than 150 engineers staged a protest Thursday in which they called on Irrigation Minister Nasr Allam to address the corrupt practices and financial excesses allegedly committed by the officials that have managed the Egyptian Engineers Syndicate (...)
The Egyptian Doctors Syndicate Thursday urged the Health Ministry to provide more substantial bonuses and incentives for syndicate members in light of the "austere" financial conditions currently faced by the nation's doctors.
"Doctors need (...)
Engineers Against Sequestration activists have called for a protest vigil Thursday in front of the Irrigation Ministry's Cairo headquarters, with the aim of warning Irrigation Minister Nassr Allam to refrain from challenging a recently issued court (...)