Breaking news and local reporting across the Red Sea coast.
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has declared Thursday 27 August the official paid holiday for the Prophet's birthday, moving it from Tuesday 25 August.
18 August 2026
A pool of groundwater mixed with sewage has besieged a school and a health unit in Hurghada for seven months, Al-Masry Al-Youm reports, describing it as an environmental crisis.
18 August 2026
The marble flooring of Hurghada's tourist promenade has given way to what Al-Masry Al-Youm describes as a dirt surface pitted with holes, prompting calls for it to be relaid.
18 August 2026
Marsa Alam International Airport handled its largest arrival of Polish tourist flights to date, with reports putting the Polish programme at 35 flights supporting Red Sea hotel occupancy.
18 August 2026
Hook-and-line and felucca fishing has resumed in the Red Sea after a three-month stoppage, with hundreds of fishermen returning to the water, Al-Masry Al-Youm reports.
18 August 2026
Rixos Hotels Egypt has opened its second Hurghada property, Rixos Premium Magawish Bay View, in the city's Magawish Bay area, according to trade publication Travelling for Business.
17 August 2026
The Red Sea Governor chaired a meeting of the governorate's Regional Tourism Promotion Authority and directed officials to draft an international marketing plan alongside heritage development work in El Quseir, local outlets report.
17 August 2026
A new feeder shipping service connects Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Islamic Port directly with Egypt's Ain Sokhna and Safaga ports, Saudi and Egyptian outlets report, deepening Red Sea trade links.
17 August 2026
Hurghada's city chief met Zarzara residents to explain how to regularize informal land holdings and finalize property contracts, though the report gives no timeline, household count, or fee details.
17 August 2026
Residents in several Hurghada neighborhoods report power outages and are demanding a quick fix and an explanation from the utility company, according to Al-Masry Al-Youm.
16 August 2026
Egypt's Labor Ministry announced 27 job openings at a hotel in Marsa Alam, with salaries reaching EGP 15,000 a month.
16 August 2026
A tourism expert says Marsa Alam hotels are running at 95% occupancy, according to Egypt's National Media Authority.
16 August 2026