European Union foreign policy high representative Catherine Ashton is expected in Egypt on Sunday evening for a political crisis mediation.

A few hundred employees of the oldest national Egyptian bank, Misr Bank, gathered on Sunday at the main branch in downtown Cairo to call for the chairman to reverse his decisions to restructure the organisation and for his dismissal along with the board.

Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour has given Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi the power to grant the military the right to arrest civilians after a weekend of violence between supporters of the country's deposed leader and security forces.

Vice-President Mohamed ElBaradei announced on Sunday that he is determined to put an end to the bloodshed in Egypt.

Egypt's "Rebel" (Tamarod) campaign issued a statement Sunday saying they are highly concerned with comments made by Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim that they understood as foregrounding the possible return of the notorious Mubarak era state security apparatus.

A number of satellite channels, including CBC, Dream, Al-Hayah, Al-Mehwer, Al-Kaqera Wel Nas, OnTV, Tahrir TV and MBC Masr, have announced that their entertainment programming on Friday will be cancelled to cover expected mass pro-army demonstrations.

Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat referred a complaint accusing the speaker of the now-dissolved Shura Council, Ahmed Fahmy, of corruption.

The National Salvation Front (NSF) said millions would take to the streets in Friday demonstrations against terrorism and in support of the roadmap put in place for a constitution and elections.

Five people were injured in confrontations between supporters and opponents of deposed President Mohamed Mursi in Tanta late on Wednesday, Gharbiya’s security director Hatem Osman said.

Interim Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawy has stressed that supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsy and his opponents will both be dealt with the same under the law, ahead of huge protests planned by both sides for Friday.

Fighting erupted on Wednesday between supporters and opponents of deposed president Mohamed Morsi in Egypt's Nile Delta governorate of Menoufiya, leaving six injured, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

Egypt's Army Chief and Defence Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called on Egyptians to protest on Friday to mandate the army to confront violence and terrorism, in a televised speech on Wednesday.

A military court in Suez sentenced eight supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi to two years in prison with labor on Wednesday on charges of attacking army forces during confrontations on July 5.

Twenty-five people were injured in confrontations between supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi and residents in Damietta on Wednesday.

The Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) has announced the participation of five million workers in Friday's protests called for by Defense Minister abdel Fattah al-Sisi to authorize the armed forces to fight terrorism.

Calm has been restored on Tuesday after overnight clashes between supporters and opponents of deposed president Mohamed Morsi killed 12 and injured 86 across Cairo, Giza and Qalioubiya governorate.

The Interior Ministry has called on political groups in Egypt to defend the peaceful expression of opinion after nationwide violence left nine dead early Tuesday.

The European Union fully recognises the serious social and economic challenges that Egypt is facing, EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton said on Monday at a press conference in Brussels.

Egypt’s vice-president Mohamed ElBaradei said on Tuesday that the justice minister’s first priority must be to form a judicial committee to investigate the Republican Guard events.

The pan-Arab Al Jazeera television network accused Egyptian authorities on Tuesday of a sustained campaign of intimidation against its staff, rejecting charges of pro-Islamist bias in its reporting on the events in Egypt.

The ousted president Mohamed Morsi's family held a press conference in Cairo's Engineers' Syndicate Monday to denounce the "illegal detention" of their father, accusing the army of "kidnapping" him.