Egypt plans to raise the minimum monthly wage for government employees from EGP 8,000 (around USD 144) to EGP 15,000 (around USD 271) by the end of the 2029/2030 fiscal year, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced on Saturday, 24 October. T...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for an end to the widening of regional conflicts and greater protection for civilians during his visit to Cairo, where he met Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy on Sunday, 25 October. G...

Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation is expanding its use of satellite imagery and remote sensing technology to detect illegal construction and other changes along waterways, according to a ministry statement on Saturday, 24 Octob...

Egypt is now the world’s second-largest exporter of beet pulp, sugar cane bagasse, and other byproducts of sugar production. It accounted for about one-fifth of global trade in the category in 2025, according to the Food Export Council. The country...

    There is a difference between an object and a belonging.  An object can be catalogued, classified, placed behind glass, and admired from a distance. A belonging, however, carries a quality that cannot be so easily contained. It carries...

The Netherlands Embassy in Cairo has temporarily closed its building to the public following demonstrations outside its premises, according to an official announcement by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, 22 October. The ministry sai...

The US dollar surpassed EGP 55 against the Egyptian pound for the first time on Thursday, 22 October, with selling rates reaching EGP 55.37 at Egyptian banks by the close of business. The dollar’s selling rate reached EGP 55.35 at the National Bank...

Egypt’s Minister of Interior Mahmoud Tawfiq said on 21 October during the “Homeland and Citizen Security” session at Egypt Forum 2026 that the public has the right to know the results of investigations into complaints and videos shared on socia...

  Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has warned that students’ inability to speak Arabic proficiently poses a serious challenge to Egypt’s national identity and national security, calling for greater attention to Arabic-language educat...