Breaking news and local reporting across the Red Sea coast.
The earthquake felt across Egypt early Monday was a natural seismic event followed by aftershocks, the head of Egypt's National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics said, according to Egypt Independent.
4 August 2026
HSBC is selling its Egyptian retail banking business — branches, ATMs, customers and staff — to Emirates NBD. Nothing changes yet: the deal needs regulatory approval and is expected to close in the second half of 2027.
3 August 2026
Hotels across Hurghada marked 3 August with carving shows, watermelon cake and fresh juice for hundreds of guests — the latest in the resorts' year-round fruit festival tradition.
3 August 2026
Governor Waleed El-Berki says joining the irregular-employment scheme is voluntary and brings six annual grants plus insurance cover. Fishing associations will collect the paperwork.
3 August 2026
The city says residents were compensated and moved to replacement housing before demolition began in the district, which lies directly in Safaga's flood-water path.
3 August 2026
A minor earthquake was recorded near Hurghada with no damage reported, and the Red Sea Governor has activated the governorate's emergency plan to monitor any effects, according to eciks.org and Al-Shorouk.
3 August 2026
Authorities in north Hurghada have begun removing encroachments on road right-of-way land, giving violators 72 hours to comply, according to Al-Ahram Gate.
2 August 2026
Thirty-six international flights landed at Marsa Alam International Airport, a sign of recovering European tourism demand, according to Sada El-Balad.
2 August 2026
Construction has started on a plant in the north of the city designed to deliver 10,000 cubic meters of drinking water a day — and the governorate says it will be in service within three months.
1 August 2026
Fares Hosny of Egypt's tourism professionals' syndicate says the two Red Sea resorts still lead the Czech market — as Prague talks target luxury travel and combined itineraries.
1 August 2026
Steel-and-sheet-metal structures covering 450 square meters were torn down after the owners ignored a legal deadline — part of a widening enforcement push in the fast-growing north of the city.
1 August 2026
Occupancy in Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh is holding above 75% despite regional tensions, says the tourism chambers' chief — who wants a Hurghada–Ras Banas expressway to open up the far south.
1 August 2026