President Abdel Fattah El Sisi directed the government to maintain all the policies necessary for economic and monetary stability. Sisi also urged the bodies concerned to pay special importance to increasing and diversifying foreign currency reserves, consolidating local manufacturing efforts, supporting private business to maximize their role in achieving sustainable development and create more jobs […]
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A delegation from the Public Prosecution Office has followed up on ongoing measures to ship 114 antiquities that had been looted and smuggled to France. Prosecutor-General Hamada el-Sawy arrived in Paris last week, along with Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Mostafa Waziri, for joint investigations to retrieve the looted artifacts in cooperation […]
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has concluded that all of the ten journalists named in a letter it received last year from Reporters Without Borders (RSF) are or were detained arbitrarily. RSF welcomes this decision and calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the seven still held. This important finding by the […]
Environment Minister Yasmeen Fouad announced on Tuesday 22/6/2021 the launch of a promotion campaign of E-Tadweer application on all social media networks. The campaign aims to raise awareness among citizens about the use of the application as a way to dispose of electronic waste safely. The first phase of the application will include the collection […]
Culture Minister Enas Abdel Dayem said the 52nd edition of the Cairo International Book Fair will officially kick off on June 30 under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli is set to kick off the fair, which will be opened for the public on July 1st, she added on […]
The Health Ministry said that 498 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country to 278,295. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 37 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death […]
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi directed the government to develop and automate the system of silos and stores of strategic commodities across the country, as part of the State’s approach toward applying digital transformation and promoting good governance. Sisi’s directives came during his meeting on Tuesday 22/6/2021with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and Minister of Supply […]
Egypt’s Ambassador to Canada Ahmed Abo Zeid has praised Cairo’s efforts on strengthening the role of a centralized state in Africa and the Middle East in face of threats posed by militias and internal conflicts. The diplomat’s remarks came on Tuesday 22/6/2021in a lecture delivered at Ottawa University on Egypt’s national security. He reviewed the […]
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry left Egypt on Tuesday 22/6 /2021 for Germany to take part in the Berlin-2 conference on Libya, slated for Wednesday . His participation comes at the invitation of the German foreign minister and the UN secretary-general. In his speech at the conference, Shoukry will affirm Egypt’s stance in support of protecting […]
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis co-chaired on Monday an expanded talks session at the cabinet premises in Cairo. The ministers of electricity, petroleum and environment and Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs Badr Abdel Aati attended thesession, alongside Greek Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change Kostas Skrekas and a host […]
Egyptian TikTok influencer Haneen Hossam will appeal a 10-year prison sentence handed down by a Cairo court that found her guilty of human trafficking, her lawyer said on Monday. In the latest twist in a nearly year-long saga, the court also fined the 20-year-old Cairo University student 200,000 Egyptian pounds ($13,000) on Sunday for encouraging […]
Egypt has condemned Houthi drone attacks that targeted civilian regions in southern Saudi Arabia. In a statement released by the Foreign Ministry Sunday, Egypt affirmed its full backing of all measures taken by Saudi Arabia to maintain its security, stability and territorial integrity, in the face of such heinous terrorist attacks that violate humanitarian law.
Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said he is looking forward to boosting partnership with the private medical sector to render a comprehensive health insurance system successful. Maait, in statements Monday, talked about serious action to seal deals with big private hospitals and health centers in all governorates. This should help expand the network of health insurance […]
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said Sunday that Egypt welcomes intensified cooperation with Malaysia at all international gatherings. In a meeting with visiting Malaysian Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, the president also stressed keenness on boosting economic, trade and investment cooperation with Kuala Lumpur. This, Sisi said, is part of Egypt’s policy of openness to joint […]
Lusaka — Zambia’s first female chief justice, Irene Mambilima, has died in an Egyptian hospital after being taken ill while on an official tour. The country’s State TV reported that Justice Mambilima died late Sunday. The Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation quoted a statement issued by President Edgar Lungu’s principal private secretary Simon Miti. The statement […]
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry asserted Egypt is already in a position which enables the country to lead in transition to renewable energy. Egypt has chances for becoming the first country in solar and renewable energies worldwide, Kerry told reporters following talks with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry at the Foreign Ministry’s HQ […]
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank have approved an €83 million loan to finance the second phase of Egypt’s Electricity and Green Growth Support Program. The funding is part of the Bank’s budget support to the Egyptian government to strengthen its electricity infrastructure, which is expected to bolster the private sector and […]
Addis Abeba — Ethiopia has “rejected in its entirety” a resolution by the Executive Council of the League of Arab States backing Egypt’s position in calling for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to intervene to push Ethiopia to sign a binding agreement on the GERD negotiations before Ethiopia began the second filling of the […]