Egypt

Egypt

Egypt releases human rights activist

Egypt’s military have released a leading investigative journalist and human rights advocate who had been detained under accusations of spreading

11/11/2015

Egypt

All British tourists back from Sharm el-Sheikh by the weekend

Tourists delayed in Sharm el-Sheikh after a Russian passenger jet crashed 11 days ago are gradually making their way home. Confusion at Egypt airport

10/11/2015

Egypt

Russia admits 'act of terror' possibly downed passenger jet in Egypt

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has acknowledged for the first time that an act of terror may have been behind the downing of a passenger jet

09/11/2015

Egypt

Egypt: tourist repatriations stepped up from Sharm el-Sheikh

Thousands more tourists, particularly from Russia and Britain, have been flown out of the Egyptian resort, as reports say investigators increasingly believe a bomb caused the recent plane crash.

09/11/2015

Egypt

Sharm el-Sheikh to foreign tourists: 'please don't go'

The Russian and British operations to airlift their citizens out of Sharm el-Sheikh are staggering for the Egyptian government. Pouring cold water on

09/11/2015

Egypt

Tourism industry fears huge losses from Egypt crash

The crisis risks dealing a huge blow to Egypt's tourism industry, but also to Russian tour operators.

08/11/2015

Egypt

'Noise' confirmed in last part of Metrojet's cockpit voice recording

The head of an investigation committee into last weekend’s Metrojet plane crash confirmed a “noise” was heard in the last second of the cockpit voice

07/11/2015

Egypt

Russian tourists cancel Egypt holidays, fly to Turkey

Russian airlines are sending empty planes to Egypt to rescue stranded travellers. Russia’s deputy prime minister said the number of Russian tourists

07/11/2015

Egypt

Black box reveals "noise" before Russian plane crashed

The leader of the Russian plane crash technical investigate committee has told reporters that data from the jet’s cockpit voice recorder has been

07/11/2015

Egypt

Russia begins operation to bring home tourists stranded in Egypt

Russia has begun evacuating its citizens from Egypt following last week’s deadly Russian airline crash in Sinai. With an estimated 79,000 Russians

07/11/2015

Egypt

British tourists stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh start returning to UK

Around 1,500 British tourists, who had been delayed in Sharm-el Sheikh for days after flights were cancelled following last Saturday’s Russian

07/11/2015

Egypt

Black box data shows explosion downed Russian plane say experts

It seems the theory the Russian airliner crash in Egypt was no accident is the right one. Experts say the black box data they have been able to

06/11/2015

Egypt

Sharm al-Sheikh rescue flights 'limited by airport capacity' says Egypt

Egypt says it is not blocking planes sent to rescue stranded tourists from Sharm al-Sheikh. The country’s civil aviation ministry said the number of

06/11/2015

Egypt

Sinai crash: world powers disagree over whether bomb attack was likely cause

World leaders were on Thursday making conflicting statements about suggestions that the Russian passenger jet that crashed in Egypt, killing 224

06/11/2015

Egypt

Sharm el-Sheikh airport security met international standards, says Egyptian expert

An Egyptian security expert has defended security at Sharm el-Sheikh airport amid an exodus of European carriers. British, German and French airlines

05/11/2015

Egypt

Airlines boycott Egypt as UK and US point finger at ISIL bomb on downed airliner

It is all far too early to be sure what happened to the Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt; vital black box data has yet to be made public, yet

05/11/2015

Egypt

Metrojet 'grounds A321' fleet, UK advises against air travel to Sharm

In the wake of last week’s Metrojet crash in Sinai, the Russian carrier is reportedly grounding its A321 aircraft while additional checks are carried

05/11/2015

Egypt

UK and US intelligence sources say Russian airliner was downed by a bomb

There is growing evidence that a bomb was the likely cause of last week’s Russian airliner crash in Sinai which killed 224 people. Although not

05/11/2015

Egypt

Russian plane crash: 'Bomb' theory gains ground

US intelligence points to a bomb planted by the so-called Islamic State or an affiliate bringing down the Russian passenger plane that crashed over

04/11/2015

Egypt

Sinai crash: plane 'may have been brought down by explosive device'

UK cancels flights back from Sharm el-Sheikh as Downing Street announces Sinai peninsula Metrojet plane 'may have been brought down by explosive device'.

04/11/2015

Egypt

World Travel Market 2015 interview – H.E. Hisham Zaazou, Egypt

04/11/2015

Egypt

Co-pilot of crashed Russian plane 'had technical concerns'

As aviation experts try to piece together the last minutes of a Russian airliner before it crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsular killing all 224 people

04/11/2015

Egypt

Sinai crash: black boxes to reveal their secrets

Experts are turning their attention to the black box recorders from the passenger plane that crashed in Egypt on Saturday with the loss of 224 lives

03/11/2015

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Aerial video shows field of debris of Russian Metrojet crash in Egypt

Video footage showing the site of the Sinai plane crash on Saturday, which claimed 224 lives. The airline has blamed external factors for the

03/11/2015

Egypt

The Russian remains of Sinai crash victims are flown home

The first of the 224 victims from the Sinai plane crash have been flown home to St Petersburg. The remains of around 144 passengers are said to have

02/11/2015

Egypt

Egypt President: air crash investigation 'might take months'

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said that it is far too early to hypothesize about the cause of Saturday’s air crash in the Sinai

01/11/2015