Latest in Tag: cairo Highlight
Latest in Tag: cairo

Islamist parties refuse âdisgracefulâ Hamas terrorist designation
In February, Hamasâs military brigades were also designated as a terrorist group

Review: Ahmed Al-Attarâs âThe Last Supperâ
The latest showing in February was in Falaki Theatre (a few steps away from Mohamed Mahmoud Street), after which it will move on as the official selection in the Festival dâAvignon.

Towards a safer road attitude
The Nada Initiative launches its first campaign on road accident awareness
Yemeni delegation reportedly visits Cairo
The visit would aim at enhancing economic relations with Egypt

Sons of Islamist leader receive prison sentences
Defendants were accused of murder and possessing weapons
âPopular Resistanceâ claims setting police checkpoint ablaze
Group posted footage of alleged members burning the Talbiya traffic checkpoint in Giza
In pictures: Cairoâs lawyers attack police brutality, collapse of rule of law
Death of lawyer Kareem Hamdy ignites fierce criticism of government and security forces amongst legal professionals

Defence minister leaves for Russia
The visit aims at fostering military cooperation

Interior ministry releases 143 prisoners
Release promised by President Al-Sisi âcelebrating 25 January revolutionâ
Friday protests mark start of ârevolutionary weekâ
Anti-coup alliance calls for week of anti-government protests

Al-Sisi meets former German chancellor in Cairo
Schröder stressed the importance of bilateral cooperation between the two countries

Muslim Brotherhood leaders sentenced to life imprisonment
Four defendants on same case were previously given death sentence

3rd detainee dies in Matariya police station
Official autopsy reports shows lawyer Kareem Hamdy was tortured to death, prosecution orders media gag on further investigation findings

Amnesty International urges Egyptian officials to drop Shawkan charges
Photojournalist has spent 550 days in detention without trial, says international rights watchdog
Military court to issue a verdict on 9 defendants in March
The prosecution added anonymous names to the case, defendantsâ lawyer says
Government should strictly define âsecurity reasonsâ: AFTE
Term is commonly used to postpone trial sessions

Farmers protest, calling on Al-Sisi to put local people over big profit
They accuse the government of evicting families and making international deals that harm local business
Egyptian diplomats leave Yemen amid security unrest
Hadi claims he is still president and is ruling from south

Air Defence, Al-Sabbagh officials will be held accountable: Al-Sisi
In 40-minute speech, president addresses Libya airstrikes, admits there may be innocent people in jail
240 referred to Minya military courts for attacking churches
Defendants charged with violent acts after forceful dispersal of Rabaa Al-Adaweya sit-in

Pro-Morsi judgesâ verdict postponed to 14 March
Defendants charged with supporting ousted president and Brotherhood
In Pictures: Egyptians ask for intercession on Mulid Al-Hussein
A giant whirl of people from across Egypt and the world circling the Al-Hussein mosque, square and neighbourhood, is the distinguished mark of one of Cairoâs most special nights. On the last Tuesday of the Islamic month of Rabiâ Al-Thani, Sufis and Shiâas celebrate in Egypt the memory of the burial of the Prophet …

Families of victims satisfied amid activistsâ criticism
Egyptian armed forces attack Copts in Maspero, rescue them in Libya to look like saviours, says student

Cairo Japanese film festival begins 15 February
Renewed hopes theme seeks to inspire Egyptian audiences
Egyptian football league to resume on 19 February
The league was postponed indefinitely after the Air Defence Stadium drama

We did not expel journalists; we dismissed them: Dotmsr Board
Egyptian news website “Dotmsr” sacks 71 journalists

Explosion halts Cairo-Alexandria railway
Incident is the 11th of its kind in February
EGP188m invested to establish 204 companies in Egypt
EGP175m were Egyptian investments, EGP9.8m represented investments from Arab countries and EGP3.3m were foreign investments.

Al-Sisi meets 12 new ambassadors
President seeks fostering bilateral relations with different countries

Sandstorms inconvenience Egypt
The severe weather ripped through cities and blotted out the sun.