transportation
Fact box: Egypt boasted 5.85 million vehicles in 2010
Business
March 6, 2013
Fact box: Egypt boasted 5.85 million vehicles in 2010
A new study issued by the state-run Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics said the country’s total number of…
Fact box: Almost 500,000 lost their jobs in 2011
Business
March 5, 2013
Fact box: Almost 500,000 lost their jobs in 2011
In March, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics published a new book that revealed 483,000 Egyptians had lost…
Suez Canal fees to increase in May
Business
January 31, 2013
Suez Canal fees to increase in May
The Suez Canal Authority said Thursday it would increase fees up to 5 percent for the vital waterway as of…
Update: Death toll rises to 51 in Assiut train-bus collision
Egypt
November 17, 2012
Update: Death toll rises to 51 in Assiut train-bus collision
State TV has reported that the number of people killed in a collision between a school bus and a train…
10 dead as bus overturns on Safaga-Qena road
Egypt
October 23, 2012
10 dead as bus overturns on Safaga-Qena road
Ten people died and six others were injured after a bus overturned on the Safaga-Qena road late Monday. The…
Microbus accident kills 14, injures six
Egypt
October 14, 2012
Microbus accident kills 14, injures six
In one of the biggest car accidents in recent months, fourteen people were killed and six others injured as…
Striking microbus drivers reach agreement
Egypt
October 3, 2012
Striking microbus drivers reach agreement
Microbus drivers would pay 20 percent the value of fines imposed on them in return for six-month temporary permits under…
Microbus drivers go on partial strike
Egypt
October 2, 2012
Microbus drivers go on partial strike
Microbus drivers went on a partial strike Tuesday in Cairo and Giza to call for the cancellation of “hefty fines”…
Fuel crisis sweeps governorates on first day of school
Egypt
September 15, 2012
Fuel crisis sweeps governorates on first day of school
Egypt’s fuel crisis entered its second week Saturday, with drivers continuing to queue in front of gas stations, causing the…
Cogs in the wheel: A day in the life of a microbus driver
Life & Style
September 9, 2012
Cogs in the wheel: A day in the life of a microbus driver
As he speeds across the Mehwar, the highway that runs between Giza and 6th of October City, Mohamed Hassan reflects…