Breaking news and local reporting across the Red Sea coast.
Project data published by El-Balad puts a timetable and a jobs figure on the phosphate fertiliser complex planned for Safaga: eight phases over seven years from 2027, three million tonnes a year, and about 15,000 direct jobs. No investor, operator or contractor is named.
4 October 2026
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company is to open the tender envelopes for a 220 kV substation at Marsa Alam on Tuesday 6 October, according to the trade paper Power News. No cost, bidders or completion date are given.
4 October 2026
Hassan Nasr of the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce says a 10–15 percent increase in petrol and diesel prices is coming, with the fuel pricing committee due to meet in October. No official decision has been announced.
4 October 2026
The American travel magazine AFAR has included Hurghada among ten standout global destinations for September, according to a report on the Arabic travel site youlyou.com, which gave no detail on the magazine's reasoning.
4 October 2026
The leading offers in the tender for a new transformer station at Safaga stand at EGP 963 million, according to youlyou.com. No award date, timetable or capacity has been reported.
4 October 2026
Egypt is preparing an integrated phosphate fertiliser complex at Safaga with investment of around 5 billion dollars, according to the Arabic outlets Akhbar Al-Ghad and Twasl News. Neither report names a company, a start date or a site within the town.
4 October 2026
The centre on Abdel Moneim Riyad Square, built about four decades ago, has been shut and its library idle. Residents and the head of the tourist guides syndicate are asking the Awqaf Minister to restore and reopen it.
3 October 2026
The Red Sea education directorate says it closed a German-teacher shortage with nine new appointments through community partnerships, and is preparing online French and German lessons for a governorate whose towns sit far apart.
3 October 2026
The British airline and holiday group plans direct services from several UK cities to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh from February 2027, with Luxor and Sphinx airports discussed as a later step. No cities, frequencies or fares have been given.
3 October 2026
A Travel Weekly feature puts Sahl Hasheesh at about 4,000 hotel rooms along a 7.5-mile beachfront, and quotes a British tour operator saying its Egypt business has swung from Sharm el-Sheikh to Hurghada. Hurghada airport handled 11.4 million passengers in 2025.
3 October 2026
The Egyptian daily Al-Watan reports cloud moving in over Upper Egypt and the Red Sea, with rain expected in several governorates within hours. The report does not name the governorates or give rainfall amounts.
3 October 2026
The General Authority for the Economic Zone has set out a map for seven large industrial zones running from Qena to Safaga and El Quseir, according to Al-Tareeq. The report gives no sizes, dates, costs or job numbers.
3 October 2026