Military Spokesperson Ahmed Ali has said that there are no secret prisons or unannounced prisons being run by the military in any Egyptian city.
This came in an official statement which was published on the military spokesperson's Facebook page and has came in response to claims by some news (...)
The Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) filed a complaint requesting judicial immunity be lifted from Prosecutor General Tala'at Abdallah and Court of Cassation Chief Justice Mohamed Momtaz Motwali.
ECESR filed the complaint with the Supreme Judiciary Council also headed by (...)
An Egyptian-Chinese agreement to overhaul the northwest area of the Gulf of Suez will be the real starting point for the whole area's development and part of Egypt's dream to materialize the Suez Canal Corridor, Prime Minister Hisham Qandil said.
During the signing of the agreement Saturday (...)
On Saturday morning, the Egyptian premier, Dr Hesham Kandil, will inaugurate the Economic Commission in Northwest of Suez Gulf, and in the presence of Osama Saleh, Minister of Investment.
Moreover, Kandil will witness today signing an agreement with the Chinese Company "TEDA".
The Egyptian cabinet (...)
The Egyptian Minister of Investment, Osama Saleh, has revealed that an international tender will be offered during the upcoming week to develop the first phase of the economic area in the Northwest of Suez Gulf, an area of 14 kilometers.
This tender is supposed to take in the development processes (...)
MEMBERS of Al-Azhar's Senior Scholars Board (SSB) have again rejected the draft bonds (sukuk) law for its disagreement with Shari'a (Islamic Law) and for violating the national interest in the opinion of Al-Azhar.
Under the leadership of the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Ahmed el-Tayeb, the SSB (...)
The ‘Agroot Military Court handed out prison sentences to twelve people in Suez during its Monday session.
The court issued its verdict in the case of six Suez residents who squatted in empty buildings to demand government housing, sentencing them to six months in prison. The court also issued a (...)
The total budget deficit has reached EGP 197.5bn, or 9.5% of GDP, according to the government's budget report released on Monday.
Total revenues reached EGP 497.1bn, or 24% of GDP, comprising tax revenues of EGP 356.9bn, grants of EGP 2.36bn, and returns on government assets, such as the Suez (...)
Suez Company for Polyester is about to finish the expansions in its factory at value of EGP 100 million. The company will expand its factor by constructing two production lines to recycle the Polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
Mahmoud Ramadan, Board Chairman of Suez Company for Polyester, told (...)
President Mohamed Morsi's legal affairs team will withdraw all complaints filed against journalists, said presidential spokesperson Ehab Fahmy on Wednesday evening.
Fahmy added that the president had decided to withdraw the complaints in an effort to respect the freedom of expression.
Fahmy also (...)
Some articles of the recently approved sukuk law are “definitely incompatible with Islamic Shari'a law", said Abdallah Al-Naggar, a member of the Al-Azhar Council of Senior Scholars.
When asked which articles were incompatible, Al-Naggar declined to answer.
He added that discussions over the sukuk (...)
Admiral Mohamed Abdel Kader Gaballah, Head of Red Sea Ports Authority, has revealed that the Adabiya Port in Suez received yesterday the ship "DANICA SUNRISE". The ship was coming from the USA and carrying five containers in which 69 tons of tear gases for the Egyptian Ministry of Interior.
He (...)
Al-Tayar Al-Sha'aby Party held the second day of its conference on Monday, “Saving the Egyptian economy, towards an alternative programme".
The second day of the conference was attended by leader of the Party Hamdeen Sabahy, Mohamed ElBaradei and Mohamed Hassanein Heikal.
“The conference today (...)
Agroot Military Court in Suez set verdict sessions for two military trials that were held on Monday.
The court saw closing statements for the case of six Suez squatters who were demanding government housing, and closing statements regarding six other men tried for holding a sit-in at a port in (...)
Revenue from Egypt's Suez Canal fell to $375.3 million in February, down 7.4 percent on the previous month and down 1.6 percent compared to a year earlier, the state information portal said late on Thursday.
Revenue in January was $405.1 million. In February 2012 it was $381.4 million.
The waterway (...)
Revenue from the Suez Canal fell to US$375.3 million in February, down 7.4 percent on the previous month and down 1.6 percent compared to a year earlier, the state information portal said late on Thursday.
Revenue in January was US$405.1 million. In February 2012 it was US$381.4 million.
The (...)
A group of protesters gathered in front of the military prosecution building in Suez on Wednesday against the dispersal of unemployed demonstrators the evening before in Port Tawfiq.
The protesters also demanded the release of six arrested protesters.
Personnel from the Third Field Army removed (...)
As the Commander of the 3rd Field Army Major General staff Osama Askar instructions, the Suez security forces wore the new uniform to face the threats of causing troubles between the Third Army and Suez people.
Osama Askar confirmed that the general command of the armed forces agreed to change the (...)
Suez Canal Bank's Islamic banking transactions reached EGP 950 million at the end of 2012, registering an annual increase ranging from EGP 200 million to EGP 300 million.
The bank targets to increase the volume of Islamic banking transactions to EGP 1.5 billion by the end of next June through (...)
Suez Canal revenues fell 3.6 percent in first half of the current fiscal year versus the same period before, Planning and International Cooperation Minister Ashraf Arab said Thursday.
“Ship traffic dropped 5 percent, while net [cargo] tonnage fell by 2 percent,” Arab said, attributing the losses to (...)
The Suez General Prosecution has ordered three people, including a conscript, detained for four days pending investigation on charges of killing protesters in the Canal city during clashes on the second anniversary of Egypt's uprising, January 25, state-run MENA news agency reported on (...)
The Suez Criminal Court released imprisoned activist Nasir Al-Shafa'i on Tuesday, after the court ruled there was not enough evidence to keep him imprisoned until a final verdict can be handed.
Al-Shafa'i is a mill employee in Suez who was arrested nearly three weeks ago by security forces. He is (...)
Some 3300 tourists on board of two ships, coming from Jordon's Aqaba Port and Sharm Al Sheikh Port, arrived at Egypt's Ain Sukhna Port at Suez.
The Red Sea Port Authority (RSPA) has elaborated that the Italian ship of Thomson, which was coming from Jordon's Aqaba Port, transferred 1200 tourists, (...)
Suez Canal Bank has received the Central Bank of Egypt's (CBE) approval to launch three new branches this year to reach 33 branches, up from 30 branches.
Sources said the bank has not determined the places of the new branches yet and did not also decide whether it will launch a new Islamic banking (...)
Chairman of the Egyptian Tax Authority Mamdouh Omar said that the volume of taxes paid reached EGP 116bn yesterday. He stated that the total amount is predicted to reach EGP 123bn by the end of February, an increase of EGP 21bn on the same period last year, when the total tax receipt volume for (...)