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The final phase of Egypt's latest parliamentary election begins. The voting process will continue until the end of the next day.
2020-12-7

The first round of parliamentary elections starts in Egypt. The election is under criticism as most candidates are aligned with the pro-government Nation's Future Party, curbing the expectations for political change.
2020-10-24

Run-off voting begins in Egypt as 26 candidates for the country's newly formed senate failed to get an absolute majority during the first election round in August.
2020-09-8

Citizens of Egypt head to the polls to elect 200 members of the newly created senate. The new upper house of the parliament will be an advisory body only and is expected to be dominated by supporters of president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
2020-08-11

The Egyptian Parliament approves a draft law creating the 18-member Supreme Council for ‎Combating Terrorism and Extremism. The new body is headed by the President and is expected to also contain the Prime Minister, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the defence and interior ministers. The new body replaces the National Council to Combat Terrorism and Extremism created by Presidential decree by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2017.
2018-04-2

Russia observes a nationwide day of mourning for victims of the plane crash in Egypt.
2015-11-1

An adviser to the President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi claims that parliamentary elections will commence in late April 2013.
2013-02-21

Egypt's military rulers bring forward elections for the Shura Council, the upper house of the Parliament to expedite progress in developing a new constitution.
2012-01-1

2011 Egyptian revolution: The detention of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is extended by a further 15 days.
2011-04-22

Hisham Talaat Moustafa, an Egyptian millionaire who had been sentenced to death in 2009 for inciting the murder of pop star Suzanne Tamim, is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment in a retrial.
2010-09-28