Yassin Gaber and Eric Walberg report on the recent visit of the new Serbia prime minister

Dina Ezzat reports on yet another delay in convening the Union for the Mediterranean Summit

In the middle of Egyptian efforts to resume the Mideast peace talks, Israel announced plans to build 1,300 settlement units. Doaa El-Bey reports

Mrs Suzanne Mubarak inaugurated a number of projects in Luxor and Qena governorates, reports Reem Leila

Parliamentary election battle lines are being drawn, reports Gamal Essam El-Din, and a record number of candidates will enter the fray

Can knife wielding students really be described as defending the integrity of their educational institution, asks Mohamed Abdel-Baky

We divide Egypt at our peril, writes Gamal Nkrumah

The discovery of a hieroglyphic engraving in Saudi Arabia suggests that the ancient Egyptian empire extended further than previously recognised, reports Nevine El-Aref

ANOTHER gigantic statue of Pharaoh Amenhotep III was unearthed late last week on Luxor's west bank, reports Nevine El-Aref

Artefacts from Tutankhamun's tomb formerly in the private collections of Howard Carter and Lord Caernarvon have returned to Egypt after nearly nine decades, reports Nevine El-Aref