EGYPT has no objection on use of water from Lake Victoria for various purposes by countries surrounding it, as long as the respective project has no harm to the country, Egyptian minister for water has affirmed.
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court says it will examine the legitimacy of the upper house of parliament (Shura Council), days after the country’s new constitution was signed into law.
Egyptian security authorities reported on Monday that the 24-year-old, indentified as Andre Yaacoub, entered northern Egypt’s Taba border crossing without his passport.
An official website belonging to the Egyptian Radio and Television Union said on Sunday that sources have said that former President Hosni Mubarak is dying at the Maadi hospital where he is being treated.
Former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, who is serving a life sentence in a prison in Cairo, is suffering from a build-up of fluid in his lungs and fractured ribs, Egypt’s state media say.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi issued Monday a presidential decree to suspend the 32nd session of the Shura Council retrospectively as of Saturday, the state-owned MENA news agency reported.
President Mohamed Morsi received yesterday 22/12/2012 at the headquarters of Ittihadiya presidential palace in Heliopolis a delegation from the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC).
Prime Minister Hisham Qandil on Sunday 23/12/2012 thanked the Egyptian voters who were keen to cast their votes in the referendum on the draft constitution, saying the high turnout reflected strong sense of responsibility on their part.
Investment Minister Osama Saleh asserted that the government's plan to reactivate the economy includes encouraging domestic, Arab and foreign investment and re-boosting production in various sectors. Also, it aims at accelerating the re-operation of factories to achieve a growth rate ranges between 3.5% to 4% for the current fiscal year 2012/2013.
Ahmed Mekki, Minister of Justice confirmed he had not yet given his word in the two requests referred to him by the Supreme Judicial Council on the resignation of Attorney General.
Egypt's Court of Cassation will hear the appeals of former President Hosni Mubarak and his Interior Minister Habib al-Adly on January 13 after both were sentenced to life imprisonment for failing to stop the killing of protesters during last year's uprising.
With a low turnout, Egypt's newly- written draft constitution garnered about 64 percent of the votes in a two-round referendum, the Islamic Muslim Brotherhood said in a statement on its website.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has issued late Saturday a republican decree, appointing 90 new members of the Shura Council, upper house of the parliament, official MENA news agency reported on Sunday morning.
Egypt's Supreme Election Commission decided Saturday evening to extend the voting hours of the referendum of the draft constitution to 11:00 p.m. (2100 GMT) due to high turnout, state-run Al-Ahram online reported.
Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak was wounded in his head Saturday after he slipped and fell down in a bathroom of Tora Hospital, official MENA news agency reported, quoting a security source.
Egyptian people on Saturday morning went to polling booths to vote in the first stage of the referendum on a draft constitution, which has recently caused controversy in the country and led to bitter division between liberals and Islamists.
Egyptian people on Saturday morning went to polling booths to vote in the first stage of the referendum on a draft constitution, which has recently caused controversy in the country and led to bitter division between liberals and Islamists.
Fierce clashes between government proponents and opponents were reported in Egypt's northern city of Alexandria late Friday and are likely to continue into the early hours of Saturday, as the country is set to undergo soon the referendum of a controversial draft constitution written mostly by Islamists.
