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A buffet spread on a dark counter with tiered plates of sandwiches, wraps, bread rolls and small tarts, bowls of salad leaves, cucumber, tomatoes and peppers, and a framed picture of vegetables behind. Published by Al-Masry Al-Youm with its report on the Hurghada hotel menus.

Hurghada hotels served vegan buffets for World Vegan Day on 1 November

A chef at one hotel said eight cooks prepared the menus and that some vegan guests ask for tailored meals from their first day, which kitchens make up fresh each day.

1 November 2026

Two road tankers parked at a filling station forecourt at night, one lettered in Arabic for Taawon Petroleum, a worker standing beside the second and a pump display reading 92. Published by Al-Masry Al-Youm with its report on fuel deliveries to Marsa Alam and El Quseir.

Marsa AlamNews

Governor says new fuel trucks have reached El Quseir and Marsa Alam stations

Walid El-Barqi says the consignments came from Suez and Qena. The governorate is still checking stock levels at other stations and has not said the shortage is over.

1 November 2026

HurghadaNews

Red Sea governorate asks residents to finish relinquishment files by 31 December

The governorate's secretary general told local units to publicise the deadline, at the first meeting of a committee that can only review files and recommend, not decide them.

1 November 2026

Two tan stray dogs on a street among parked cars in Egypt, one standing and one lying down. File photo; it does not show the vaccination campaign described here.

HurghadaNews

Free rabies vaccination for stray dogs runs this week in every governorate

The General Authority for Veterinary Services says field teams work through governorate veterinary directorates, and that reports and questions go to the veterinary hotline on 19561.

1 November 2026

Large horizontal fuel storage tanks with hoses and a pump in a yard by the sea. Illustrative file photo; it does not show the filling stations named in this report.

El QuseirNews

Official source says no fuel shortage in El Quseir, Marsa Alam and Shalatin

An unnamed official told Cairo 24 that diesel and 92 and 95 petrol are available in quantity and that extra supplies are on their way to the three Red Sea towns.

1 November 2026

File photo of Safaga: an elevated view across the town's low-rise buildings, warehouses and parked lorries, with apartment blocks along a road and the Eastern Desert mountains behind. It does not show the inspection tour described in this article.

SafagaNews

Red Sea officials tell Safaga's intercity bus stand to display the set fares

The instruction came during a governorate inspection that also covered the new corniche by the Marine Industries School and the Safaga–Qena road at the Kilo 5 buildings.

1 November 2026

File photo: a forecourt attendant in a green uniform fills a dark saloon car at a lit petrol station in Egypt at night. Illustrative only; it does not show the El Quseir or Marsa Alam stations or the reported shortage.

Marsa AlamNews

Fuel runs short at El Quseir and Marsa Alam stations for a fourth day

Some stations have run dry after delayed deliveries from the Egyptian Company for Petroleum Materials Transport. The Red Sea supply directorate says it is working to get tankers to both cities within hours.

1 November 2026

HurghadaNews

Hurghada is building a family park in the Tourist Supplies area

The city head inspected construction work on the park, which is intended for residents and families. No opening date has been given.

1 November 2026

Visitors sit under a large acacia tree in the Eastern Desert beside two white safari four-wheel-drives, with bare mountains behind. File photo published with the Youm7 report; it does not show a specific trip described here.

Marsa AlamNews

Wadi El Gemal tops Marsa Alam's desert safari destinations, organiser says

Trips reach about 200 kilometres into the desert and some run from morning until late at night, safari organiser Wael Abu Issa told Youm7. He put Italians first among the visitors booking them.

1 November 2026

Inside a polytunnel greenhouse at a Hurghada waste site, a worker in an orange shirt holds out a handful of dried larvae over a grey crate resting on stacked blue crates, watched by three other men.

HurghadaNews

Hurghada says a landfill project turns organic waste into protein and fertiliser

City chief Ahmed Gabr inspected the waste-drying greenhouses and the black soldier fly larvae rearing at the sanitary landfill, part of a system the city says reduces what it has to bury.

31 October 2026

HurghadaNews

Hurghada port expects its first cruise calls in November, governor says

Walid El-Barqi told the Middle East News Agency the port is preparing for the calls to lift spending in the city. He named no ship, cruise line or date.

31 October 2026

A street-side coffee shop in Hurghada with Arabic and English signs reading Coffee Shop Shakesbear, bare trees in green planters outside. File photo, used to illustrate cafe trading hours; the business is not mentioned in this report.

HurghadaNews

Egypt's winter trading hours: shops close at 10pm, restaurants at midnight

The winter timetable has applied since the last Friday of September under a 2020 ministerial decree, and shops may trade an hour later on Thursdays and Fridays.

31 October 2026