Breaking news and local reporting across the Red Sea coast.
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
The irrigation minister toured El Quseir's flood works before the rainy season, setting out a programme covering 38 wadis, with 73 of 115 structures finished and the rest under construction.
26 September 2026
Ten groups applied to prequalify for the partnership to manage, operate and develop Hurghada International Airport. Seven have been cleared to go through to the bidding stage.
26 September 2026
The Qatari state developer has taken delivery of roughly 7,000 feddans in Hurghada and plans to launch the first phase before the end of the year, a trade outlet reports.
26 September 2026
Parents at the governorate's official language schools want the switch reversed, arguing German is the language their children need in a tourism economy. The directorate says only new pupils are affected.
26 September 2026
Shops and malls now shut at 10pm and restaurants, cafés and bazaars at midnight, with later closing on Thursdays, Fridays and public holidays. Groceries, bakeries and pharmacies are exempt, and delivery runs around the clock.
26 September 2026
The governor has set a rule of no paving before the utilities are finished, and barred any digging in freshly surfaced Hurghada streets for three years from the day the work is completed.
25 September 2026
The governor says six seawater desalination plants are under way to close the summer supply gap, and has ordered sewage works finished in New Kawthar and Sheraton before any paving starts.
25 September 2026
Egyptian Red Sea resorts took the top places in two British winter-sun rankings, with Sharm El Sheikh first and Hurghada third in The Sun's value list, and Hurghada second on easyJet's.
25 September 2026
The UK airline and tour operator has put 34 new winter routes on sale across nine airports, and Hurghada is one of three brand-new destinations in the programme.
25 September 2026
Eleven shops and two cafeterias on the Mamsha have been sealed with wax for failing to settle money owed, Ahram Gate reports.
25 September 2026
Security campaigns coordinated with the tourism chamber have caught foreigners organising and selling trips without licences, and deported them. Work permits, residency, insurance and tax are all being checked.
25 September 2026