Nasser Abdel Aal, the former minister of tourism’s consultant on Asia, has said that Egypt's tourism sector is aiming to achieve a target of 1 million Chinese tourists per year within the next five years.

A bill on illegal immigration was referred to Egypt's Parliament in June and is still awaiting consideration by MPs, having already been reviewed by the Cabinet and the State Council, according to Magdy al-Agaty, the minister of state for legal and parliamentary affairs.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged Egyptians not to leave their country, during a speech on Monday, a few days after a boat capsized off Egypt's Mediterranean coast killing more than 160 migrants.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday said the European Union needed to establish migrant deals with Egypt and Tunisia along the lines of the agreement it already has with Turkey.

Russia’s transport minister Maksim Sokolov is expected to arrive in Egypt on Tuesday for talks with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on the resumption of flights between the two countries, according to Russian news agency TASS.

"The population growth rate in Egypt is a dangerous virus that we must get rid of, just like virus-C," said Major General Abu Bakr al-Gendy, Chairman of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).

Egypt's spending on petroleum subsidies dropped by 28.7 percent in the 2015-16 financial year to compared to one year earlier, Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla said on Sunday, a greater decline than previously announced.

The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced on Monday that the number of foreign tourists visiting Egypt fell during the first half of 2016 to 2.3 million, compared to 4.8 million tourists during the same period of 2015.

Collective absence at two schools in Sohag governorate, Upper Egypt, Monday resulted from clashes between two families in the governorate; el-Shawafei and el-Alalsa, Youm7 reported.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi announced Monday that the Health Ministry no longer has waiting lists of Hepatitis C patients during his speech at the inauguration of a housing project that developed a slum into a planned area in Alexandria.

The governor of Egypt's Central Bank, Tarek Amer, arrived in Germany on Monday for a three-day visit to discuss the country's support for the deal between Egypt and the International Monetary Fund, state news agency MENA reported.

Minister of Higher Education Ashraf el-Sheehy met Monday with Deputy Chinese Minister of Education, where they discussed the establishment of a Chinese university in the new administrative capital.

A member of Parliament has submitted a notice accusing the government of delinquency in combating illegal immigration mafia.

Egypt welcomes strategic partnership between Cairo and Paris, President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi told French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in a Sunday meeting.

France appreciates Egypt’s pivotal role as a main pillar for security and stability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, France’s defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi at a Cairo meeting on Sunday.

The death toll from the capsizing of a migrant boat on Wednesday off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast reached 169 people on Sunday, with Egypt's Prime Minister Sherif Ismail assigning the Petroleum Marine Services to retrieve the sunken vessel, according to a statement by Egypt's health ministry.

Russian transport minister Maxim Sokolov, who is expected to visit Egypt soon, will discuss with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi the resumption of flights between the two countries, including a draft intergovernmental agreement on aviation security, the Russian transportation ministry's press service said on Sunday.

One civilian has been killed and six injured on Sunday after a roadside bomb exploded in North Sinai, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported.

Egypt has foiled a total of 110 illegal immigration attempts in 2016, Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar said on Saturday.

Media delegations from France and Belgium have arrived in Cairo on Saturday evening as part of promotion campaign to revive Egypt’s tourism sector, Youm7 reported.