Top Headlines

• Trump to host Egypt’s El-Sisi on April 9
• Contrary to earlier rumors, Sisi participates in 30th Arab League Summit in Tunisia
• Egypt’s Sisi receives UAE’s crown prince in Alexandria
• Egypt’sSisi raises minimum wage by 67 percent
• Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah released from jail after five years
• Egypt’s central bank keeps key interest rates unchanged

 Main Headlines

Monday 

• Joint Egypt-UK military training ‘Ahmose-1’ concludes
• Uber’s plan to acquire Middle Eastern rival Careem rival careem

Tuesday

• Egypt’s FM meets US officials in a visit to Washington
• 45 million Egyptian citizens screened so far as part of ‘100 Million Healthy Lives’ initiative
• 23 people are arrested for illegal currency trade

Wednesday

• UAE’s Crown Prince arrives in Egypt’s Alexandria on a visit to Egypt
• Egypt parliament to take final vote on constitutional amendments on April 14
• Egypt’s FM Shoukry and US’s Pompeo seek greater cooperation for Mideast stability in Washington talks in Washington talks
• Egypt to construct new railway station to relieve pressure on Ramses station

Thursday

• Egypt’s central bank keeps key interest rates unchanged
• Tutankhamun returns to Paris for a giant exhibition
• Egypt’s transport minister discusses new 1,300 railcars deal with Russian-Hungarian consortium
• Egypt to establish eco-friendly toilet units in Cairo streets

 Friday

• White House: Trump to host Egypt’s El-Sisi on April 9
• Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah released from jail after five years in prison
• Egyptian parliament holds fourth social dialogue on proposed amendments of constitution

Saturday

• Egypt’s Sisi raises minimum wage to help assuage economic hardships
• Egypt sentences 18 suspected Islamic State militants to life in prison

Sunday

• Sisi participates in 30th Arab League Summit in Tunisia
• Egypt holds priceof 95-octane petrol through Q2
• Egypt targets 445.1 billion Egyptian pound deficit in 2019/2020 budget
• Joint French-Egyptian 2019 militarytrainingexercises have kicked off Sunday
• Minister of Planning discusses transferring governmental bodies to the New Administrative Capital

Good Read

• Israel and Hamas owe Egypt their gratitude. Elior Levy
• Israel-Egypt treaty, 40 years later: the forgotten advisorthat drove Camp David negotiators crazy. Ofer Aderet
• 40 years of peace with Israel – an Egyptian perspective.Mina Nader
• A train wreck foretold. Sherid Saededdine
• Plans to combat FGM.  Mariam Amr

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Video

• Secretary Pompeo Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry

Plus

• Touristic sites you must see on the newly launched Aswan-Sudan Nile cruise
• New temple palace is discovered at Ramses II’s temple in Upper Egypt’s Sohag