EGYPT BREAKING NEWS

Shell Lubricants Egypt and Al Ahly Football Company have renewed their strategic partnership for a further four years under the Shell Rimula brand, extending a collaboration that has lasted more than 12 years. The renewal marks a new phase in one of Shell Lubricants Egypt’s longest-running sports…

Egypt’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development Ahmed Rostom presented Egypt’s development vision and efforts to attract investment and strengthen development partnerships during a panel discussion at the 2026 Sustainable Development Goals Dialogue in Madrid, Spain. The session, entitled…

Egypt’s Minister of Industry Khaled Hashem inspected the facilities of Arab International Optronics (AIO), reviewing its manufacturing capabilities and technological solutions supporting infrastructure, energy and smart city projects. During the visit, Hashem toured the company’s factories and…

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held separate phone calls on Tuesday with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed as Cairo intensified diplomatic contacts aimed at containing regional tensions and preventing further escalation.…

The Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will hold its seventh scheduled meeting of the year on Thursday to decide on its key policy interest rates, a major indicator of the direction of short-term interest rates on the Egyptian pound, amid strong expectations that rates…

Moscow – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi arrived in Moscow on Wednesday to lead his country’s delegation at the third Russia-Africa Summit, where Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined plans to double bilateral trade with the continent to $50 bn. Al-Sisi is scheduled to hold bilateral…

Beyti has invested more than EGP 7bn in Egypt and has an investment plan worth EGP 8.7bn for 2025-2027, the company announced, highlighting its contribution to local manufacturing, employment and sustainable economic development. The company provides around 6,000 direct jobs and 19,000 indirect…

Nahdet El Mahrousa (NM), the first incubator for early-stage social enterprises in Egypt and the Middle East, hosted the GreenShift Summit on Tuesday, 27 October, bringing together more than 150 industry leaders, policymakers, investors, development partners and entrepreneurs to discuss how…

Egypt’s Minister of Civil Aviation Sameh Elhefny discussed opportunities for Japanese companies to participate in the development of Egyptian airports, including a programme to offer several airports to the private sector for management, operation, and development, in cooperation with the…

Egypt’s per-capita water availability has fallen to around 472 cubic metres a year, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hani Sewilam said, as the government expands the use of technology in water management and prepares to establish an electronic monitoring network to track saltwater intrusion…

AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of "a" (Excellent) of GIG Insurance - Egypt S.A.E. (GIG Egypt) (Egypt). The outlook of these ...

Six young Christians were also arrested over a TikTok recreating a comedy scene about Quranic verses for prayer, raising fresh concerns over restrictions on digital expression.

Egypt is set to experience warm to hot weather during the day across the northern parts of the country, extending to Greater Cairo, while temperatures are expected to be hot in southern Egypt.

Editor-in-chief Lina Attalah was briefly detained and fined over licensing violations. Rights groups condemned the ruling as a major blow to press freedom in Egypt, where independent media face ...

Mada Masr is one of the few news outlets in Egypt known for investigating corruption and human rights violations, in a country where media is closely controlled by authorities.

Chevron has unlocked additional natural gas volumes at a well offshore Egypt, the country's Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources said.

Viking has announced a new 19-day itinerary in Egypt that combines a two-week cruise on the all-suite Viking Ra with four nights in a hotel in Cairo. This new itinerary, The Grand Nile Journey, will ...

Court orders closure of one of Egypt's last independent media outlets, detains and fines editor - A court has ordered the closure of one of Egypt’s last independent news outlets, Mada Masr, after conv ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists has ranked Egypt, which has just ordered the closure of Mada Masr, among the world’s top jailers of journalists.

An Egyptian court has ordered the closure of independent news website Mada Masr, one of the country's few remaining outlets known for critical reporting, and imposed a heavy fine on its ...

It has been almost two years since I started living in Egypt.If someone were to ask me, "Is Egypt easy to live in?" I would answer "NO!" without hesitation.I have no doubts about that at all. lolThe ...