Egyptian authorities say they plans to hold much-awaited parliamentary elections between March 21 and May 7.

埃及官方宣布将于3月21日至5月7日举行备受期待的议会选举。

Egypt is currently without a parliament after the nation's last elected house was dissolved by a 2012 court ruling.

Choosing a new parliament was a key and final step of the political roadmap announced by the army after it overthrew the country's first freely-elected President, Mohamed Morsi, in July 2013.

Egypt hopes that a successful parliamentary election will help improve the country's fragile economy after years of internal disorder.

But the committee has not announced the opening date for candidates to submit their applications.