Top Headlines
- New round of GERD talks fails in achieving any progress
- Egypt sends envoy to Gulf summit amid apparent thaw with Qatar
- Egypt to provide 20 million doses of coronavirus vaccine
- Egypt and Israel FMs coordinate for quartet meeting to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace process
- Number of female MPs in Egypt hits all-time high
Main Headlines
Monday
- First meeting in renewed GERD talks is cancelled over Sudan’s absence
- Egypt approves emergency use of Chinese Sinopharm vaccine
- Entire ICU ward dies after oxygen supply fails
Tuesday
- Egypt sends envoy to Gulf summit amid apparent thaw with Qatar
- Egypt signs reconciliation agreement with Qatar to end 3-year rift
- Egypt’s Sisi discusses developments in GERD talks with US treasury secretary
- Medical Syndicate: Coronavirus deaths among Egyptian doctors rise to 274 after 3 died
Wednesday
- Egypt’s Sisi, and general intelligence chief discuss regional, international developments
- Egypt and Israel FMs coordinate for quartet meeting to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace process
- Without an audience, Alexandria’s Coptic Pope Tawadros II heads Christmas Mass at Wadi al-Natrun
- Egypt’s health ministry announces new initiative in counting Covid cases
- Prosecution orders release of Seif El-Din Ahmed, Nazly Mustafa in Fairmont rape case
Thursday
- Ethiopia: There are differences between Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan over future water development projects on Abbay Basin
- Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood welcomes Gulf reconciliation
Friday
- Egypt’s intelligence chief heads to Sudan amid stalled Nile dam talks
- COVID-19 in Egypt: 1,219 new cases, 42 deaths
Saturday
- Egypt asserts efforts to continue trilateral cooperation with Cyprus and Greece
- Egypt to provide 20 million doses of coronavirus vaccine
- Egypt among states with highest reported COVID-19 deaths in Eastern Mediterranean: WHO
- Number of female MPs in Egypt hits all-time high
Sunday
- Three-way talks on Ethiopian dam reach new impasse
- In spite of coronavirus, IMF projects Egypt’s economy to grow 2.8 per cent
- Egypt’s premier orders doubling oxygen production to meet hospitals’ needs amid pandemic
- Egypt to start second phase of Nubian compensations on January 17
Reports
- Vehicles to natural gas: Egypt is going green. Ahmed Kotb
- ‘Vaccine diplomacy’ sees Egypt roll out Chinese coronavirus jab. Ruth Michaelson
- With an outstretched hand, an ambassador brings Israel back into Egypt. The Times of Israel
Read
- America’s vaccine diplomacy is AWOL in the Middle East. Steven Cook
From Twitter
Plus
- Five Egyptian architects win Rifat Chadirji Prize 2020 with pedestrian bridge over the Nile
- Egypt inaugurates points on trail of Holy Family to boost spiritual tourism
- Ex-Israeli envoy reveals large number of Ashkenazi Jews lived in Cairo