Breaking news and local reporting across the Red Sea coast.
A crisis-management committee toured the dam, culverts and flood channels protecting Hurghada and found them in good condition, while the water company was ordered to clear the city's storm drains.
27 September 2026
Parents say the shortage of German teachers is pushing schools to offer French instead, and want the education directorate to fill the posts rather than change their children's language.
26 September 2026
A housing ministry tour of the coast's water works put Safaga's new plant at 30,000 cubic metres a day against the 7,000 the town produces now, and named the Hurghada station that covers more than a quarter of the city's daily demand.
26 September 2026
Egypt's state tourism holding company is putting $44 million into the Jaz Asila resort in Marsa Alam, according to Shorouk News. The report does not say what the money buys, or when the work runs.
26 September 2026
The Suez Canal Authority chief and the Red Sea governor attended the launch of two 'Azm' class tugs at the South Red Sea Shipyard in Safaga, along with the handover of two new passenger launches and work on a free industrial zone with three factories.
26 September 2026
A joint committee will check whether Red Sea hotels hand their waste to licensed contractors and keep records of it. The minister also ordered an immediate start on developing the road to Hurghada Airport.
26 September 2026
Co-founder Amr Mansi says the festival is becoming a year-round platform, while a record 10 Arab films and an expanded CineGouna programme are announced for this edition, Egypt Today reports.
26 September 2026
Industry figures put arrivals at Hurghada airport at about three million from January to August, up roughly 3%, with Germans far ahead. Hoteliers expect October occupancy of 85 to 90 percent.
26 September 2026
Egypt's tourism promotion authority brought 26 senior Romanian tour operators to Hurghada and El Gouna, ahead of charter flights planned from Bucharest to Marsa Alam before the year is out.
26 September 2026
The museum's naos of Sebty was found at the Karnak temples in Luxor and dates to the reign of Amenhotep III. Youm7 sets out what the object was for.
26 September 2026
The Egyptian carrier has announced flights between the Austrian city of Linz and Hurghada, according to Aviation.Direct. The report carries no start date, frequency or fares.
26 September 2026
South Hurghada district says it acted on the same day on a complaint posted to a Facebook page about owners blocking the street outside their buildings, and has reopened the road to cars and pedestrians.
26 September 2026