In a press conference held at the cabinet’s headquarters, Deputy Minister of Health Tarek Tawfiq said that the number of births in 2017 fell by 100,000, from 2.6 million in 2016, to 2.5 million in 2017. Death rates, meanwhile, were 6.1 deaths per 1,000...اقرأ المزيد
The city of Alexandria witnessed on Sunday the inauguration of the first charter airline connecting Alexandria to another Arab capital – Beirut, which will enable Lebanese citizens to enter Egypt without a visa. Further flight paths between Alexandria...اقرأ المزيد
Hotel occupancy rates jumped to around 75 percent in Luxor city in January due to school holidays, former Head of Tourism Chamber for Upper Egypt Tharwat Ajamy told Al-Masry Al-Youm. Agamy added that 80 percent of holidaymakers in Luxor are Egyptians...اقرأ المزيد
Minister of Youth and Sport Khaled Abd al-Aziz praised on Tuesday the Egyptian football striker Mohammed Salah’s performance in the premier league. “Egyptian sport will be one of the important sources of foreign exchange and support of the Egyptian...اقرأ المزيد
Tadwein Center for Gender Studies launched on Sunday its first campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM) under the slogan “It doesn’t work” in line with the International Day against FGM, February 6, 2018. Tadwein said in a statement on Sunday...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s Health Ministry declared on Monday that the head of the Abbassia Mental Hospital and 11 members of the hospital’s nursing team were suspended from work and referred to an investigation after being accused of filming patients in an “inappropriate”...اقرأ المزيد
The official spokesperson of the Egyptian Parliament, Sala Hasaballah, said on Monday that the Egyptian state is working to adopt a strategy by which it will rapidly and directly respond to any media reports that purvey “false news” on Egypt. In a...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s Attorney General Nabil Sadiq on Tuesday tasked the Giza Prosecution Office to investigate two cases submitted by an independent lawyer against the leaders of the Civil Democratic Movement, which called for boycotting the upcoming presidential...اقرأ المزيد
The World Cancer Day was marked on Sunday under the slogan “I can, we can”, by the Qasr al-Aini Center for Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, the Egyptian Olympic Committee, and a pharmaceutical company to raise awareness of the disease and highlight...اقرأ المزيد
The Egyptian Metrological Authority (EMA) expects warm weather across the country’s northern coasts on Tuesday. Hot weather will dominate the country’s southern parts and cold temperature will prevail all over the country through the night. Mist will...اقرأ المزيد