EgyptAir has expanded its UK network with the launch of direct flights between Cairo and Birmingham on Sunday, 25 October, giving travellers another option for flying between Egypt and the United Kingdom. Birmingham is the airline’s third destinati...

Imagine driving in Egypt for years, confident you know your way around the road. Then you move to a foreign country, sit behind the wheel for a driving test, and fail. Three times. In Egypt, a parking spot can become a battleground, and a one-way str...

Egypt’s House of Representatives on Monday authorised President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to take the necessary measures to support and defend Saudi Arabia, clearing the way for possible Egyptian military assistance if Riyadh requests it. MPs approv...

  Foreign Ministry spokesman Nader Zaki said on Saturday, 24 October, that Egypt is working with international law experts to compile a comprehensive legal dossier on the Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum. Speaking on the programme Al-Hekaya, hos...

  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...