Top Headlines
- Cigarette in cockpit caused Egypt-Air passenger jet to crash in 2016
- US Secretary of State Blinken marks 100 years of Egypt-US diplomacy
- Egypt’s Sisi calls for listing of army-owned companies this year
- Muslim Brotherhood TV channel leave Turkey
- Egypt releases 3,273 prisoners granted presidential pardons
- Archaeologists Discover Temple in Egypt Inspired by Greek God Zeus
- Egypt’s COVID-19 vaccination rate reaches 79.5%
- Egypt’s to restore historic Ezra synagogue
Main headlines
Monday
- Egypt’s government frees 41 prisoners ahead of Eid holiday
- Egypt to restore wheat supply to local bakeries after reduction in Ramadan
Tuesday
- Egypt’s central bank offers US dollar-dominated T-bills worth $1 billion
- Egypt renovates the Ben Ezra Synagogue
Wednesday
- Egypt Air flight that crashed and killed 66 people was caused by pilot’s cigarette, investigation finds
- Egypt’s Sisi calls for listing of army-owned companies this year
- IMF is in technical discussions for anticipated loan programme with Egypt
- Egyptian MPs say Muslim Brotherhood cannot be invited to proposed political dialogue https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/465374/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-MPs-say-Muslim-Brotherhood-cannot-be-invi.aspx
Thursday
- US Secretary of State Blinken marks 100 years of Egypt-US diplomacy
- Egypt-Sudan power grid capacity to reach 1000 MW after Sudan received needed equipment
- Egypt is criticised after singers jailed for belly dancing video
- EU eyes job deal with Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
Friday
- Muslim Brotherhood TV channel leaves Turkey amid Ankara-Cairo thaw
- Egypt COVID-19 vaccination rate reaches 79.5%
- Egypt lifts ban on night prayers at major mosques
- Archaeologists discover temple in Egypt inspired by Greek God Zeus
Saturday
- Suspected Islamic State militants blew up a natural gas pipeline in Egypt’s Sinai
- Eight children died in vehicle accident in Egypt’s Nile Delta
- Egypt’s newly reactivated presidential pardon committee prepares new list of presidential pardons for Eid Al-Fitr
- Egypt records further drop in coronavirus infection, deaths over past week
Sunday
- Turkish FM Cavusoglu: Turkey to normalise ties with Egypt after ‘progress’ with Saudi Arabia, UAE
- Egypt’s prosecution releases three journalists
- Suez Canal records its highest monthly revenues in April at $629 million
Reports
- Egypt and Russia discuss next steps for nuclear power plant. Al-Monitor
- Reasons behind Egypt’s debt Egypt’s debt. Sherine Abdel-Razek
- From within the Islamic State, director Kamla Abu Zikri managed to draw attention this Ramadan. Soha Hesham
Read
- Egypt in the 1960s, migration fever, and homemaking in Los Angeles. Hany Takla
- The rich history of the Alexandria Patriarchate. Ioannis E Kotoulas
Sports
- Egypt’s Mohamed Salah is named Football Writers’ Association Men’s Footballer of the Year for 2021/22
From Twitter
Plus
- Egyptian mezzo-soprano Farrah El-Dibany sings La Marseillaise at Macron re-election celebrations
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