Top headlines
- Egypt signs a deal with Siemens for high-speed rail linking the Red Sea and Mediterranean coast
- US designates Egypt’s Hasm, IS in Sinai as foreign terrorist organisations
- Egypt follows Gulf allies in reopening airspace to Qatar
- Egypt announced the discovery of a new trove of treasures south of Cairo, including an ancient funerary temple
- Egyptians must obtain pre-approved visa before travelling to Ethiopia
- Egypt court overturns TikTok stars’ jail sentences
- Egyptian tennis player Mayar Sherif makes history as 1st Egyptian to qualify for Australian Open main draw
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egyptian navy forces receive first-Egyptian manufactured Gowind-class design frigate
- Egypt’s $10 million investments in Tigray at risk amid civil war: Head of Egyptian industrial zone in Ethiopia
- Egypt to receive doses of AstraZenca vaccine within two to three weeks: Health minister
Tuesday
- Egypt follows Gulf allies in reopening airspace to Qatar
- Egyptian court acquits women jailed for ‘inciting debauchery’ on TikTok
- Ethiopia warns Sudan it is running out of patience over border dispute
Wednesday
- Egypt, US have many cooperation chances under Biden administration: Egyptian ambassador to US
- Egypt’s budget deficit to GDP ratio receded to 3.6% in first half of FY2020/21
- Egyptian tennis player Mayar Sherif makes history as 1st Egyptian to qualify for Australian Open main draw Australian Open main draw
Thursday
- US designates Hasm, IS in Sinai as foreign terrorist organisations
- Egypt’s Sisi discusses Ethiopia border dispute, GERD with Sudanese delegation
- Bahraini Bank ABC completed its purchase of the Egyptian subsidiary of Lebanon’s Blom Bank for $480 million
- Egypt allocates EGP 1 billion to health ministry to acquire coronavirus vaccine
- Egyptians must obtain pre-approved visa before travelling to Ethiopia: Egyptian embassy
Friday
- Egypt signed a deal with German giant Siemens for $23 billion high speed rail linking the Red Sea and Mediterranean coast
- Egypt’s coronavirus cases count continues to fluctuate amid second wave, 1022 new cases on Thursday
- UN chief appoints Elena Panova of Bulgaria as UN Resident Coordinator in Egypt
- EU suspends Ethiopian budget support over Tigray crisis
Saturday
- Egypt: Iranian nuclear issue should be linked to its regional interference
- Egypt’s designation of Sirte, Jufra as red lines helped in preserving Libya’s political path, Sisi says
- Peacekeepers under attack again in Mali, as one Egyptian blue helmet dies, another seriously injured
- Egyptian Iron and Steel Company’s employees protest against company’s liquidation
Sunday
- Egypt has announced the discovery of a new trove of treasures at the Saqqara necropolis including an ancient funerary temple
- Palestinian president briefs Egypt, Jordan on election plan
- Egypt’s Sisi to visit Jordan on Monday
- Egypt’s foreign currency reserves are up to US$40.0625 billion in December
- Egypt sells 21 million square meter of land to Talaat Mostafa for housing project
- Egypt’s public prosecutor refers three to court for joining terrorist group in Libya
Reports
- Egypt dodges Trump’s ire as White House orders massive last-minute aid cuts. Jared Szuba
- Ethiopia’s worsening crisis threatens regional, Mideast security. Payton Knopf and Jeffery Feltman
- Israel turns its back on French-Egyptian Mideast initiative. Rina Bassist
From Twitter
Plus
- 40 years after his death, family’s of Egyptian guitar icon Omar Khurshed claims his demise in car crash was premeditated murder
- 5 young Egyptian chefs are taking the culinary world by storm
