Breaking news and local reporting across the Red Sea coast.
An evening inspection round through El Quseir's supermarkets, bakeries, restaurants and fish shops recorded two flour stores and three shops operating without a licence, plus one cleanliness citation. The city chief has ordered legal action.
20 October 2026
Inspectors from South Hurghada district checked the licences of shops, restaurants and cafés and cleared obstructions from the public road in the Sheraton, Sheri and El Pasha areas on Tuesday evening. The district says the rounds will continue periodically.
20 October 2026
Tourism Daily News reported that Marsa Alam International Airport would receive 19 international flights from European airports on Tuesday, carrying thousands of holidaymakers. The report does not establish how many flights had landed.
20 October 2026
Residents and engineers quoted by Sada El Balad say the Civil Aviation Authority approval required within 15 kilometres of the airport can take six to nine months, and a Hurghada City Council engineer has proposed that the local unit clear whole subdivisions in advance. Nothing has changed yet.
20 October 2026
Applications to regularise land held inside the city cordons are taken at the technology centres daily from 4pm to 9pm between 20 October and 31 December 2026. Each Hurghada subdivision has its own dates, and there is a December catch-up period for anyone who misses theirs.
20 October 2026
The International Transport Workers' Federation says it has intervened at Safaga for seven Egyptian seafarers who report unpaid wages and no provisions or medical care, and that the Egyptian Maritime Authority has detained the vessel while a settlement is sought.
20 October 2026
A governorate list sets out electricity and public lighting work town by town — from Hurghada's Schools, Hegaz and Airport areas to nine subdivisions in El Quseir and lighting upgrades in Shalatin and Halayeb. No dates or costs were given.
20 October 2026
The Egyptian Airports Company says work is under way to enlarge Hurghada International Airport's domestic departure and arrival halls, widen the sterile area and reorganise passenger routes. No completion date or cost was given.
20 October 2026
Justice Minister Mahmoud Helmy El-Sherif's Decision No. 4040 of 2026 gives 23 employees of the Red Sea drinking water and sanitation company the powers of judicial seizure officers for offences under the 1978 drinking-water law. The staff work in Hurghada, Safaga, El Quseir, Marsa Alam, Shalatin and Ras Ghareb, and the status runs until 31 July 2028.
19 October 2026
On his second day in the post, the new chief of Hurghada's southern district told staff to clear complaints arriving through the Cabinet and Local Development systems, as well as requests handed in at the district itself.
19 October 2026
El Gouna Red Sea says its new boutique village will hold studios to three-bedroom apartments in low-rise blocks, with delivery expected in about two years. The developer's announcement gives no prices and no sales date.
19 October 2026
Clocks go back by 60 minutes at midnight on Thursday 29 October, the night into Friday, ending this year's daylight saving time. Shops, restaurants, bazaars and workshops across the country have already switched to their winter closing times under a Ministry of Local Development decision.
19 October 2026