Van Gogh painting theft

The Dokki Misdemeanors Court on Tuesday sentenced Mohsen Shaalan, head of the Culture Ministry's fine arts department, along with ten…

Egypt's interior minister has said that an employee working in a Cairo museum was probably behind the theft of a…

In testimony to prosecutors, security personnel employed at Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil Museum--from which a Vincent Van Gogh painting was stolen…

Local newspapers today focus their front-page headlines on four chief issues: a ruling relating to the Madinaty residential compound, the…

Culture Minister Farouk Hosni on Tuesday downplayed the importance of the theft last month of Vincent Van Gogh's "Poppy Flowers"…

The Dokki misdemeanor court has postponed the trial of Deputy Culture Minister Mohsen Shalaan and ten other officials implicated in…

Egyptian courts will have a busy day Tuesday, with verdicts being handed down in four legal cases that have been…

The preparatory committee for the Independent Conference of Intellectuals has criticized recent statements by Culture Minister Farouk Hosni in which…

Mohsen Shaalan, deputy culture minister and head of the ministry's fine arts department, along with ten others will soon stand…

State flagship Al-Ahram tops its front page with what looks like President Mubarak and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy sharing…