Egypt

Egypt

More bodies recovered from sea after Egypt migrant tragedy

Rescuers in Egypt have pulled more bodies from the sea, two days after a boat sank as it carried migrants towards Europe.

23/09/2016

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'Clash': Egyptian nail-biter is Egypt's Oscar entry

A hit in Cannes where it opened the ‘Un Certain Regard’ section, ‘Clash’ by Mohamed Diab has been selected as Egypt’s entry to the Oscars.

23/09/2016

Egypt

Four people smugglers arrested in Egypt after migrant boat capsizes

Four suspected people smugglers have been arrested in Egypt after at least 42 people were killed when a boat carrying hundreds of African migrants capsized off the Egyptian…

22/09/2016

Egypt

Tragedy at sea as another migrant boat sinks in the Med

At least 43 people have been killed and scores more are missing after a boat carrying almost 600 migrants capsized off the coast of Egypt.

22/09/2016

Economy

The difficult task of securing Egypt's financial future

Egypt's $12 billion (10.7 billion euro) loan from the International Monetary Fund dominated a major conference in Cairo on the country's financial future.

19/09/2016

Egypt

Egypt to sharpen laws against Female Genital Mutilation

Egypt announced this weekend it intends to tighten legislation against Female Genital Mutilation, and has published a proposed law that will hit anyone performing the operation with up to seven years

29/08/2016

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Egypt: A champion prepares for the Paralympic Games

Ibrahim Hamato was 10 years old when he lost his arms in a train accident, despite that he has become a champion table tennis player and helped change the perception of disabled people in…

03/08/2016

Economy

Egypt sees stability for its economy with IMF loans

As Egypt says it is close to agreeing loans from the International Monetary Fund that it hopes will restore confidence in its struggling economy, Euronews talks to experts and ordinary Egyptians.

02/08/2016

Egypt

Solar-powered plane takes off on final leg of epic challenge

An aircraft – powered by solar energy – has left Egypt on the last leg of the first ever fuel-free flight around the world.

24/07/2016

Egypt

Amnesty International report claims human rights abuses in Egypt include kidnapping and torture

A report from Amnesty International has turned the focus on alleged kidnapping and torture in Egypt of hundreds of students, political activists, protesters and even young teenagers during the past th

13/07/2016

Egypt

Solar Impulse 2 touches down in Cairo in penultimate leg of historic tour

In the penultimate stage of an historic round-the-world tour, Solar Impulse 2 has landed in Cairo.

13/07/2016

Egypt

Human remains recovered from crashed Egyptair flight

A search vessel has recovered human remains from the underwater crash site of Egyptair flight MS804 which went down in the Mediterranean in May.

04/07/2016

Egypt

Black box confirms smoke on board doomed EgyptAir flight

Air crash investigators say a black box recording from the doomed EgyptAir flight confirms smoke on board the aircraft.

29/06/2016

Egypt

Flight recorder of crashed EgyptAir flight is repaired

One of the flight recorders of crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 has been successfully repaired in Paris and is to be sent back to Cairo for analysis.

28/06/2016

Egypt

Egypt court gives Mursi another life sentence over spying case

Egypt’s former President Mohamed Mursi has been given another life sentence after a court in Cairo found him guilty of espionage and leaking state secrets.

18/06/2016

Egypt

Black box recovered from wreckage of EgyptAir plane crash

The cockpit voice recorder from crashed EgyptAir flight 804 has been found, according to the Egyptian investigation committee.

16/06/2016

Egypt

EgyptAir crash: wreckage spotted in several locations, say investigators

Egypt says it has found wreckage of the EgyptAir plane which crashed in the Mediterranean last month.

15/06/2016

Egypt

Signals picked up in Mediterranean could be doomed MS804's black box

A French naval search vessel has picked up signals that could be emanating from one of EqyptAir flight MS804’s black boxes, according to an Egyptian…

01/06/2016

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Ecumenical meeting at the Vatican

Pope Francis meets the grand imam of Al-Azhar, the highest ranking imam in Egypt, at the Vatican.

24/05/2016

Egypt

Hunt intensifies for black boxes of crashed EgyptAir flight

The hunt for the black boxes of the crashed EgyptAir flight has been stepped up.

22/05/2016

Egypt

Blacks boxes hold the keys to unlock EgyptAir mystery

The search for the fuselage and the black box recorders of the downed EgyptAir flight MS804 is the number one priority for the air crash investigators.

22/05/2016

Egypt

Family and friends remember Egyptair flight attendant Yara Hani Tawfik

Hundreds of family and friends gathered at a church in Cairo to bid farewell to Egyptair flight attendant Yara Hani Tawfik, just one of the 66 people on board the plane which crashed in the…

22/05/2016

Egypt

EgyptAir MS804: First images of recovered debris released

The hunt for missing EgyptAir flight MS804 intensified on Saturday as Egypt’s military released a video of the first debris found during its search in the Mediterranean…

21/05/2016

Egypt

Family and friends mourn EgyptAir flight MS804 victims

There were emotional scenes in Cairo as relatives, friends and colleagues gathered to grieve for the victims of flight MS804.

20/05/2016

Egypt

EgyptAir crash: 'debris found' from flight MS804

Egypt’s military says debris from missing EgyptAir flight MS804 has been found in the Mediterranean.

20/05/2016

Egypt

Body part and suitcases found in search for missing EgyptAir MS804

Egypt’s military says it has found parts of debris of missing EgyptAir flight MS804, in the Mediterranean, nearly 300 kilometres north of the city of…

20/05/2016