There will be no more exams in Egypt between the first and fourth primary grades, under a new educational system to be applied from September 22. Students in those grades will instead sit applied tests that aim to prioritize understanding over memorization...اقرأ المزيد
The Ministry of Supply and Domestic Trade has now allowed adopted children to be added to their adoptive family’s ration cards, so long as the family card meets all the requirements. The ministry’s decision, No. 25 of 2018, comes after a large number...اقرأ المزيد
A delegation of Chinese quarantine officials will visit Egypt on Sunday to inspect date palm farms and date production, opening Chinese date markets to Egypt’s products for the first time. Egypt’s plans for the palm and date sector include raising...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs Nabila Makram Ebeid announced Saturday that although the numbers of Egyptian expatriates according to official statistics are 10 million, the actual figures are likely much higher, so...اقرأ المزيد
A photographer captured the harassment of a Russian tourist by her snorkeling instructor during an underwater diving trip in Sharm al-Sheikh. Mohamed Hany, the photographer, posted photos on his Facebook account of the instructor trying to put his arms...اقرأ المزيد
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) in Egypt announced on Thursday that Egypt’s illiteracy rate dropped from 39.4 percent in 1996 to 29.7 percent in 2006, and then to 25.8 percent in 2017. CAPMAS added that in 2017 the...اقرأ المزيد
Egyptian naval forces on Friday celebrated the launch of the first Egyptian Gowind-class Corvette, built by the Alexandria Shipyard Company in cooperation with France, in preparation for it’s use. The ceremony began with a speech from Navy Commander...اقرأ المزيد
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday welcomed Major General Joseph Votel, commander of the US Central Command in the presence of General Mohamed Zaki Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, and Thomas Goldberger the Chargé d’Affaires...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced a plan to wipe out AIDs in the country by 2030 under the “Health For All: Preventing Stigma in Health Facilities” slogan. The MOH has confirmed that the AIDS infection rate in Egypt dropped this year...اقرأ المزيد
Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday the sentenced Muslim Brotherhood members Mohamed al-Beltagy, Safwat Higazi, Essam al-Erian and 72 others to death for the “Rabaa dispersal” case. The court also sentenced 47 defendants to life imprisonment, most notably...اقرأ المزيد