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An angler in a dark jacket stands on a boat deck at night, holding up a freshly caught fish on a line. The paper ran this photograph with its report on recreational fishing trips on the Red Sea.

Sport Fishing on the Red Sea: El Qoweih, Gamsha, Hamata and Safaga, and the Rules Before You Sail

Four stretches of coast have become the main launch points and destinations for recreational fishing trips, Al-Masry Al-Youm reports. Trips run one or two nights on a chartered launch, and the report sets out the safety, notification and conservation rules that apply.

18 October 2026

File photo: the illuminated "International Arrival" sign in English and Arabic above the terminal entrance at Hurghada International Airport at night. This is a general view of the airport, not a photograph of the Egypt-Slovenia meeting.

HurghadaNews

Egypt and Slovenia Are Studying Turning the Ljubljana–Hurghada Charters Into Scheduled Flights

The civil aviation minister and Slovenia's ambassador in Cairo discussed converting the existing charter flights between Ljubljana and Hurghada into scheduled services. It is a study, not a decision: the bilateral air transport agreement is unfinished and no airline, date or frequency has been named.

18 October 2026

Two men sign documents at a conference table while five officials stand behind them; a banner for the Egyptian Maintenance Company and Egyptian flags are in the background. The publisher ran this photograph with its report on the desalination contracts.

HurghadaNews

The Red Sea's Yusr Desalination Plant Goes to a Private Operator in 4.6-Billion-Pound Contracts

The Yusr plant, 80,000 cubic metres a day, is the only Red Sea facility in a package handing the running and maintenance of 11 state desalination plants to private firms. The stated aim is fewer breakdowns and steadier supply; no start date or change to any town's supply hours was given.

18 October 2026

The ferry Al Salam Boccaccio 98 under way at sea, its name painted on the white hull — an archive photograph taken off Genoa in 2001, five years before the ship sank.

SafagaNews

Italian Court Orders RINA to Pay More Than 60 Million Euros Over the Ferry That Sank on Its Way to Safaga

The Civil Court of Genoa ruled on 14 October that the ship classification society RINA must compensate relatives and survivors of about 700 victims of the Al Salam Boccaccio 98, which capsized in the Red Sea in February 2006 while sailing to Safaga. RINA says it profoundly disagrees with the judgment.

18 October 2026

The Hurghada City Council building with its painted reef mural, cars parked along the street outside (file photo, not the site of the removal).

HurghadaNews

South Hurghada Removes an Illegal Build and Frees a Blocked Pavement in the Schools Area

The district stopped building work in Hurghada's Schools area before it was finished after spotting an encroachment onto the pavement, impounded the equipment used, and says daily rounds against building violations and street occupations continue.

18 October 2026

El QuseirNews

A Free Medical Convoy at El Quseir's Mostaamara Health Unit Examined 146 People

Internal medicine, dental and paediatric clinics, family planning, blood-pressure screening and lab tests were given free of charge at the Mostaamara health unit in El Quseir, where 146 people were seen.

18 October 2026

Loader transfers collected waste into a tipper during the Safaga clearance campaign, in a photograph published by Al-Ahram on 15 October 2026.

SafagaNews

Safaga Begins Residential Rubbish Collection at the Mubarak Blocks Alongside a 140-Tonne Clean-Up

The Safaga local unit has started a residential waste collection system in the Mubarak Buildings area and removed about 140 tonnes of rubbish from Al-Ashghal, Safaga El-Balad and the Eastern Housing district.

18 October 2026

A visitor sits with Bedouin hosts on a rug inside a reed-walled desert shelter, handling beadwork and other crafts. Photograph published with the report on the Bedouin heritage tourism project near Hurghada.

HurghadaNews

Bedouin Heritage Centre 18 Kilometres From Hurghada Trains 100 Guides and 80 Women in Desert Crafts

Maaza, the centre at El Radda village that won a 2026 responsible-tourism award for Africa, builds its desert offer around local tribe members: 100 young men trained in hospitality, guiding and storytelling, and 80 women in weaving, embroidery, palm-leaf work and leather, a tourism expert told Al-Masry Al-Youm.

18 October 2026

Representative file photo: shoppers and a seller at an Egyptian fish market stall, small fish laid out in a wooden tray under market parasols. Not a photograph of the Hurghada markets surveyed in the study.

HurghadaNews

Most Fish in Hurghada's Markets Were Caught Before Breeding Size, a New Al-Azhar Study Finds

A doctoral study that sampled Hurghada's fish markets rather than its landing points found that most fish on sale were below the length at which their species reproduces. The researcher recommends minimum landing sizes, a ban on narrow-mesh nets and closed seasons set by monitoring rather than fixed dates.

18 October 2026

A walled cemetery with flat stone grave slabs on open ground and a large stone cross in the foreground, town buildings beyond the wall. Published by Youm7 with its feature on El Quseir's Italian phosphate era; the location shown is not independently confirmed.

El QuseirNews

Egypt's First Phosphate Shipment Sailed From El Quseir in 1916, and the Italian Quarter Is Still There

The ship Kafy left El Quseir's old port for India in 1916 with the first phosphate cargo Egypt ever exported, Youm7 reports. The Italian workers' quarter and the walled cemetery holding 24 Italians and a child still stand in the town.

17 October 2026

Dozens of kitesurf kites in the air over a shallow Red Sea bay, with riders on the water and a sandy beach in the foreground. Photograph published by Youm7 with its report on the autumn kitesurf season.

HurghadaNews

Autumn Wind Brings the Kitesurf Season Back to El Gouna, North Hurghada, Soma Bay and Makadi

Red Sea beaches are busy with kitesurfers as autumn wind speeds pick up, Youm7 reports. Local instructors name El Gouna and north Hurghada as the main gathering points, with Soma Bay, Makadi Bay and Marsa Alam also among the best spots.

17 October 2026

Official Arabic-language table from the Supply Ministry's price-reduction initiative listing eight participating retail outlets in Red Sea Governorate with their districts and addresses, from Hurghada and Safaga to Shalatin and Halayeb. A document graphic, not a photograph.

HurghadaNews

Red Sea Price-Cut Scheme: Sugar and Rice at 25 Pounds a Kilo, a Litre of Milk at 44

The Supply Ministry's price-reduction initiative is running in Red Sea Governorate with fixed prices on about 30 basic goods — packaged sugar and rice at 25 pounds a kilo, flour at 20, 700 ml of blended oil at 50 and automatic washing powder at 45. Here is the published list.

17 October 2026