The North Cairo Criminal Court ordered on Monday the release of Alaa and Gamal Mubarak on charges of illicit gains, but the prosecution immediately appealed the decision.
The defendants had submitted an appeal in response to the Illicit Gains (...)
The misdemeanour court in Ismailia decided on Sunday to refer the Wadi El-Natrun case to the public prosecution to investigate new facts added to the case.
The decision of Ismailia court confirmed the claims made in earlier investigations and (...)
In a Friday interview with Dr Moataz Abdel Fattah on the talk show Bekhtisar, Prime Minister Hesham Qandil discussed Egypt's most pressing issues, including the Ethiopian dam crisis, the Tamarod campaign, and the government's planned development (...)
Employees at the Ministry of Tourism and the Tourism Promotion Authority will hold protests on Thursday in front of their Cairo offices against the new governor of Luxor, according to a tourism ministry official.
"Appointing a member of an extremist (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood guidance office held a meeting with the consultative council Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya on Wednesday to discuss the final arrangements for planned demonstrations on 21 June.
The meeting was held at the Moqattam headquarters of the (...)
Unidentified protestors broke into the Fayoum governorate offices on Monday night following an anti-Muslim Brotherhood presentation, according to a political activist in Fayoum.
According to activist Hoda Abbas, members of the opposition in Fayoum (...)
University employees protesting the reallocation of promised bonuses entered their second day of a sit-in at the Ministry of Finance on Monday.
In April, the Shura Council set up a fund worth EGP 2.4bn to be used to improve the financial situation (...)
"Egypt's patience has ended and the UAE's behaviour is disgraceful", said Vice-President of the Freedom and Justice Party Essam El-Erian on Monday during the meeting of the Arab Affairs Committee at the Shura Council.
El-Erian burst out in anger (...)
The Supreme Administrative Court postponed on Saturday any attempts to challenge a recent ruling against ousted President Hosni Mubarak and former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to 1 July, while on Wednesday, two former Mubarak era ministers were (...)
Clashes broke out between students and security guards at Helwan University on Monday night.
According to students, the confrontation began after a number of students tried to retrieve a university identification card that belonged to a student who (...)
The Cairo Criminal Court ordered the release of Alaa and Gamal Mubarak on Monday, postponing the retrial in the case of the killing of protestors to July 6th 2013.
The hearing, presided over by Judge Mohamed Kamel Al-Rashidi, approved a request (...)
A policeman was killed in Sinai on Sunday after a confrontation with unidentified gunmen.
Captain Mohamed Abou Shaqra was stationed in Al-Arish and died during a gun fight with two unidentified men who tried to steal his car, according to the North (...)
"Corruption exists in every institution in the country, but that is not the way to fight it," said protesting artist Olfat Emam, referring to recent decisions and dismissals made by Minister of Culture Alaa Abdel Aziz.
"There are specialised (...)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised the ruling handed down by a Cairo court last Tuesday against 43 non-governmental organisations (NGO) employees convicted of receiving illegal foreign funding.
When asked on Friday whether Germany should (...)
President Mohamed Morsi met with governmental and security officials on Tuesday at the Presidential Palace to discuss the security and development situation in Sinai.
According to state-run Al-Ahram, the meeting discussed plans of various (...)
Minister of Culture Alaa Abdel Aziz fired all employees working in his office on Wednesday after they allowed disgruntled artists to hold a sit-in inside the ministry
Artists broke into the Ministry of Culture on Wednesday morning where they (...)
Attorney General of the Supreme State Security Prosecution Hisham El-Qarmouti ordered on Saturday the release of eight detainees accused of being members of the Black Bloc group.
The eight detainees were arrested in early morning police raids on (...)