Breaking news and local reporting across the Red Sea coast.
Hurghada's antiquities museum holds a rare Mamluk mosque lamp of enamelled and gilded glass, linked to Sultan al-Zahir Barquq, who ruled from 1382 to 1398, Youm7 reports. The museum opened in February 2020 and shows about 1,400 objects over two floors.
9 October 2026
A municipal campaign in the Al-Ahyaa area of Hurghada removed 103 cases of pavement encroachment and inspected shop licences, Ahram Gate reports. The picture-led item names no streets, no number of shops and no penalties.
9 October 2026
The Red Sea Housing Directorate has allocated a LE 23 million contract for Hurghada's first fully equipped shelter for free-roaming street dogs, with rabies vaccination, sterilisation and purpose-built transport vehicles attached. No site, capacity or opening date has been published.
8 October 2026
Ahram Gate reports that Hurghada is hosting what it calls the largest gathering of pastry chefs, with 100 hotels taking part, timed to the anniversary of the October victories. The item gives no venue, date or organiser.
8 October 2026
The Egyptian Meteorological Authority expects light to moderate, at times thundery rain over parts of Red Sea Governorate on Friday 9 October, concentrated in the evening, with warnings over lightning, wind off the thunderclouds and early-morning mist on the roads.
8 October 2026
Nominations for the board of Hurghada's Marine Sports Club close on Thursday evening, with three candidates declared for chairman — including the incumbent — and the election itself set for 21 November, Sada El-Balad reports.
8 October 2026
Egyptian Resorts Company told its 2 October shareholders' meeting that Sahl Hasheesh has more than 6,000 hotel rooms and that more than 4,000 more are being prepared in stages, the first phase beginning within two months. No hotels, operators or opening dates were named.
8 October 2026
Gebel Shayib rises 2,187 metres south-west of Hurghada and is the third-highest mountain in Egypt. The head of the Red Sea tourist guides syndicate tells Youm7 that climbs take about three days and are arranged only on request, with no regular programme.
8 October 2026
The Red Sea Governorate is preparing to launch the national measles and rubella vaccination campaign, Twasl News Network reports. The report gives no start date, no age groups and no locations for parents.
8 October 2026
The Red Sea governor has ordered faster progress on flood-protection schemes and road resurfacing in the governorate's cities, Ahram Gate reports. Neither of the two reports names a town, a road, a budget or a completion date.
7 October 2026
Madkour Projects submitted the lowest-priced offer to build Marsa Alam's 220/66/22 kV electricity substation, the trade paper Power News reports. The report gives the specification but no bid value, no timetable and no award date.
6 October 2026
Qena University's council has exempted students from Marsa Alam, Halayeb, Shalateen and Abu Ramad from tuition, the electronic textbook charge and hall-of-residence fees for 2026/2027. The outlets do not say how many students qualify or how to claim it.
6 October 2026