Egyptian House of Representatives

New fees under Egypt’s resource development law do not apply to commodities: Minister

Fri, 26 May 2023 - 02:09 GMT

New fees to develop state resources approved by the Egyptian House of Representative’s Budget and Plan Committee do not apply to basic and essential goods for citizens, Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait has said.

Egypt talks: Libyan leaders agree to draw roadmap to hold elections

Thu, 05 Jan 2023 - 07:03 GMT

Libyan leaders held talks in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Wednesday, during which they agreed on drawing a “clear and specified” roadmap later in order to hold the long-awaited elections.

Report on amendments to Egypt’s competition protection law on the table in Parliament Sunday

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 - 04:50 GMT

The Egyptian House of Representatives will discuss on Sunday a report on a draft law submitted by the government to amend some provisions of the Law on Protection of Competition and Prohibition of Monopolistic Practices no. 3 of 2005.

Editor-in-Chief of Al-Ahram Weekly, Ezzat Ibrahim named as Egypt's NCHR member

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 - 12:23 GMT

Editor-in-Chief of Al-Ahram Weekly, Ezzat Youssef Ibrahim was selected, Monday as a member of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), among other several prominent figures.

Ambassador Moushira Khattab selected president of Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 - 10:48 GMT

The Egyptian House of Representatives announced on Monday selecting Ambassador Moushira Khattab as the new president of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR).

Egyptian House’s human rights committee rejects interference in judicial affairs over TikToker Haneen Hossam

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 - 09:49 GMT

Radwan said such attempts require holding those behind them accountable

Egypt’s poverty receded amid social protection policies: solidarity minister

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 - 07:11 GMT

Qabbaj said the state managed through three years of hard work to turn from traditional social care policies which have failed to meet the citizens’ basic needs toward comprehensive policies of social protection.

Poverty, unemployment shrinking: PM reviews Egyptian government’s success on path of development

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 - 07:26 GMT

Egypt worked side by side with the Parliament to spare Egypt from the negative implication of coronavirus

What will happen at Egyptian House of Representatives’ inaugural session today?

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 - 07:02 GMT

The House will convene for its first legislative session as per directives by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi last week.

1st day of Egyptian House election’s run-off concluded

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 - 08:48 GMT

Polling stations closed 9 PM local time, marking the end of the first day of the Egyptian House of Representatives elections' run-off conducted at home in 13 out of 27 governorates.

Polling stations closed after end of Egyptian House of Representatives’ election’s 2nd phase

Sun, 08 Nov 2020 - 08:18 GMT

The secondary polling stations started the sorting process, after voting took place inside the country on Saturday and Sunday.

National Election Authority urges citizens to participate in 2nd stage of Egyptian House vote

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 - 04:34 GMT

“Elections constitute the main pillar in consolidating democracy, and your turnout at the ballot boxes is the most telling evidence that you love your country,” Ebrahim stated.

Egyptian House approves declaring state of emergency for another 3 months

Sun, 01 Nov 2020 - 10:44 GMT

The House approved the decision at a general session on Sunday.

Egyptian expats to vote in 2nd stage of parl't election on Nov. 2-3: Emigration minister

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 - 11:06 GMT

Minister of Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs Nabila Makram said on Friday that Egyptian expatriates will vote in the second stage of the first round of the parliament's election on November 2-3.

Ballot boxes being sorted after last day of Egyptian House elections' 1st stage

Sun, 25 Oct 2020 - 08:12 GMT

The National Election Authority announced starting sorting ballot boxes as polling stations closed after the end of the second day of the House of Representatives elections' first stage, which was held in 14 Egyptian governorates.

Egyptian police forces continue to secure House elections, help disabled citizens

Sun, 25 Oct 2020 - 04:29 GMT

Policemen helped older people and people with disabilities to reach their polling stations.

68 people withdrew candidacy ahead of Egyptian House election race

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 - 07:58 GMT

According to the House law and amendments, each candidate has the right to withdraw his candidacy by the war determined by the NEA, through 48 hours after the final list of candidates is announced.

BREAKING| Egypt’s parliament holds closed session on sending troops to Libya

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 - 03:31 GMT

The Egyptian House of Representatives is holding at the moment a secret session with Parliament members and the general secretariat of the House to discuss a sensitive topic that has not yet been announced.

Egyptian House approves amendments to National Election Authority law

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 - 04:02 GMT

The Egyptian Parliament on Wednesday approved an amendment to Law no. 198 of 2017 on the National Election Authority (NEA), which is in charge of supervising elections and referendums in the northeastern African country.

Egyptian House approves bill granting workers, farmers fair representation in Parl’t

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 - 11:15 GMT

Before this amendment, this appropriate representation was only granted in the first Parliament formation after the 2014 Constitution came into effect.

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