Top Headlines
- Egypt’s Sisi welcomes ceasefire calls by Libyan warring parties
- Greece to ratify sea accord with Egypt on August 26
- New Egyptian legislation aims to reduce Al-Azhar’s authority
- Egypt brings new crude pipeline at al-Hamra port
- Occupancy rates in Egypt’s major Red Sea resorts 20-40%
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egyptian parliament committee approves maritime demarcation deal with Greece
- Egypt shrinks subsidized bread loaf by 20 grams, revises cost of flour
- Egypt raises fares on Cairo metro
- Egypt’s unemployment rate rose to 9.6% in Q2 due to coronavirus
- Egypt sells 605.3 million in Euro-denominated T-bills
Tuesday
- Egypt brings new crude pipeline at al-Hamra port
- Occupancy rates in Egypt’s major Red Sea resorts are ranging between 20-40%
- Egypt passes law shielding sex crime victims’ identities
Wednesday
- Egypt’s Sisi orders ‘highest level of preparedness’ in meeting with army chiefs
- Egypt to require all those arriving to the country to present negative PCR test starting from September
- Supporters of Egypt’s Sisi set to dominate newly created Senate
Thursday
- Greece to ratify sea accord with Egypt on Aug. 26
- Egypt dispatches third aid shipment to flood-hit Sudan
Friday
- Egypt’s Sisi welcomes ceasefire calls by Libyan warring parties
- Jordanian King, Egyptian president, and Iraq PM to hold trilateral summit next week
Saturday
- Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia are preparing preliminary draft proposals on rules of filling, operating GERD
- Egypt and Sudan discuss cooperation to treat 250,000 Sudanese citizens for Hepatitis C
- Egypt opens centre for monitoring building violations through satellite technology
Sunday
- Egypt’s grand imam asks to attend parliamentary session to reiterate rejection of draft law ‘undermining Al-Azhar’s powers’
- Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church to resume Friday masses starting September 11
- Israel discovers 3,200-year-old Canaanite- Egyptian fortress
- Egypt reports 103 new coronavirus cases,19 deaths on Sunday
Reports
- Gaza-Israel violence prompts stepped-up mediation efforts. Reuters
- Egypt breathes new life into Giza Plateau. Amr Emam
Read
- Turkey provides base for ‘20,000 Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood supporters. Damien McElRoy
- New Egyptian legislation aims to reduce Al-Azhar’s authority. Sarah Feuer
- Egypt is one of the biggest losers of the new UAE-Israel deal. Haisam Hassanein
Photo Gallery
- Damietta’s Ras el-Bar, the enchanting coastal resort where the Nile meets the Mediterranean
Plus
- Researchers at a UK university have “digitally unwrapped” three mummified animals from ancient Egyptusing high-resolution 3D scans