Top Headlines
- Egyptian pound approaching all-time low amid global economic crisis
- Egypt’s struggle to win back investors to local debt is adding urgency for the government to reach a deal with IMF
- Finance minister unveils regulations on reduced customs tariffs
- Iran has officially announced its intentions to purchase Russian fighter jets produced for Egypt
- Tug boats refloated an oil tanker that was briefly stranded in Egypt’s Suez Canal
- Egyptian and American navies carried out joint training
- Investigators seized 27 looted historical artefacts from the Metropolitan museum, which are to be returned to Italy and Egypt
- Egypt to open 1st line of high-speed electric railway project in November
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egypt’s Sisi offers Iraqi leaders Egypt’s full support amid the storming of government Palace
- Default jitters stalk Egypt, sending traders on wild ride
- Egypt pledges 6% budget deficit, 1.6% initial surplus to IMF in lead-up to a new loan
- Egypt plans to issue yuan-denominated bonds worth $500 million-plus
- Saudi’s Alfanar signs MoU for $3.5 bln green hydrogen project in Egypt
Tuesday
- Egypt approves exceptional measures to ease releasing imports
- 2 Egyptian migrants dead, 19 missing after capsizing off Libya’s coast
- Egypt’s Sisi hails ‘fruitful’ cooperation with energy group Eni
- New car licenses in Egypt decline 43% in July due to global crisis
Wednesday
- Egypt’s finance minister slams ‘financial crisis’ reports, urges an ‘objective look’
- Egypt launches 1st-ever digital platform for yacht tourism to leverage geographic advantage
Thursday
- Egyptian pound vs US dollar: Further devaluation looms
- A tanker is refloated after breakdown in Egypt’s Suez Canal
Friday
- Double-decker bus overturns on Cairo-Sokhna road, killing 5 and injuring 50
- Egypt’s local wheat supply season comes to an end; 4.2 million tons collected
Saturday
- John Kerry to visit Egypt on 7-8 September
- Investigators seized 27 looted historical artefacts from the Metropolitan museum in NewYork, which are to be returned to Italy and Egypt
- Egypt spends over EGP 100 million annually on free family planning methods
Sunday
- Iran has officially announced its intentions to purchase Russian fighter jets produced for Egypt
- Egyptian and American navies carried out joint training
- Egypt’s struggle to win back investors to local debt is adding urgency for the government to reach a deal with IMF
- Finance minister unveils regulations on reduced customs tariffs
- Egypt to open 1st line of high-speed electric railway project in November
- Egypt’s revenge porn case: Man arrested after leaking nudes of woman who rejected him
- A 19-year-old Egyptian girl shot dead by man for refusing engagement proposal
Reports
- Why Egypt’s plans for solar power are left in the shade? The Economist
- Oil spill darkens Egyptian tourist town. Emma van der Zalm
- Egypt restores massive statue of King Thutmose II. Ahmed Gomaa
- A 750,000 population surge in 6 months: what does it mean for Egypt? Shereif Barakat
- Pollution erodes fish stocks and livelihoods in Egyptian lake. Reuters
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