Top Headlines
- Militants attack checkpoint in Egypt’s Sinai, killing 8
- New restrictive measures to enter Sinai
- Al-Sisi: Egypt’s counterterrorism efforts is staking a heavy toll on state sources
- Cabinet creates protests-free zone around vital facilites
- Egypt slams EU, UK for criticizing ruling on activists
- Egypt’s cost-of-living soars as currency dives
- Egypt drops case against mob that attacked a Christian woman
Main Headlines
Monday
- Militants attack checkpoint in Egypt’s Sinai, killing 8
- Activists postpone protest against Egypt-Saudi Red Sea islands deal to Saturday
- Egypt’s economic growth rate up to 3.4 percent in the first quarter of fiscal year 2016/2017
- An Egyptian MP demands Mohamed ElBaradei’s citizenship to be revoked
- A delegation of American businessmen headed by Jack Wheeler visited the new economic zone of the Suez Canal
Tuesday
- Al-Sisi: Egypt’s counterterrorism efforts is taking a heavy toll on state sources
- Egypt’s cost-of-living soars as currency dives
- Russian experts arrive in Egypt to inspect Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada airports
- Egypt’s Shorouk newspaper raises price, apologizes to its readers
- Egyptian prosecution renews detention of Al-Jazeera producer over ‘broadcasting false news’ charges
- Irish delegation arrives in Cairo to lobby for release of Ibrahim Halawa
- Supreme judicial council bans publishing news on judicial affairs, judges on electronic media
Wednesday
- New restrictive measures to enter Sinai
- Egypt court bans protest in front of the Cabinet building and surrounding buildings
- Egypt’s Sisi discusses status of jailed dual citizen Halawa with an Irish delegation
- Egyptian delegation to visit US to discuss future of political Islam under Trump
- Iraq to provide with first petroleum shipment in days
- No conflict between Egypt and Russia on Dabaa nuclear plant
Thursday
- Egypt court ruling upholds decision to freeze assets of women’s rights activists
- Egypt’s Sisi receives Libya’s Presidential Council chairman Al-Sarraj
- Swedish archaeologists discover 12 ancient Egyptian cemeteries near Aswan
Friday
- Jihadist killed in raid on ‘dangerous terrorist hideout’ in North Sinai
- Police kill 10 terrorists were involved in attacks on security checkpoints in North Sinai
- Egypt eases strategic grains import regulations
- Egypt’s Sisi, Germany’s Merkel discuss bilateral relations, recent terrorist attacks
Saturday
- Egypt slams EU, UK for criticizing ruling on activists
- Interior Ministry kills leading figure of ‘Sinai Province’ in Al-Arish
- Court sentenced 19 defendants accused of unlicensed protesting to two years in prison
- Egypt FM heads to Paris for Middle East peace conference
- Protests against Egypt-Saudi island deal is indefinitely postponed
- Chaos hits pharmacies after new pricing system is imposed
- Sisi demands tight control on drug market
Sunday
- Residents of Egypt’s northern Sinai threaten protests
- Egypt to cut subsidies, boost revenues under reform package
- Foreign purchases of local Egyptian debt may reach $11 Billion
- Belarus president arrives in Egypt for an official visit
- Egypt drops case against mob attacked a Christian woman
- Court postpones Press Syndicate leaders’ appeal against imprisonment, final verdict on February 25
Good Reports
- Looking south: The expansion of Egypt’s naval operations. Ahmed Eleiba
- Tiran and Sanafir: Key questions and answers. Ahram online
Good Read
- The last of their kind? Maged Atiya
- Press law in Egypt diminishes hopes for independent media. Khaled Dawoud
Timeline
- A timeline of the Tiran and Sanafir islands legal contest
Plus
- Swedish archaeologists discover 12 ancient Egyptian cemeteries near Aswan
- Facebook page encourages Egyptian girls to travel alone
- Naguib Sawiris is the 7th richest billionaire in Africa
- Al-Sisi meets international player Mohamed Salah
Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt
Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News.
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