Monthly Archives: March 2023

My Podcast with The Greek Current: Are Turkey and Egypt on a path toward normalizing relations?

Last week, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was in Egypt on Saturday to push to restore full diplomatic relations between the two countries. I joined joins Thanos Davelis to look at what this visit means for Egypt-Turkey relations, and break … Continue reading →

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This Week In Egypt: Week 12-2023 ( March 20-26)

Top Headlines IMF is preparing for first review of Egypt programme Egypt receives three Cyclone-class patrol boats from US Swiftships to provide 7 Additional Coastal Patrol Crafts to Egypt Ramadan begins in Mideast amid high costs, hopes for peace Ancient … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 11-2023 ( March 13-19)

Top Headlines Turkey’s foreign minister in Cairo for first time since ties cut a decade ago Egypt’s FM: Egypt and Turkey held ‘in-depth, frank’ consultations in Cairo meeting Turkish FM: A meeting between Erdogan and Sisi would take place “after … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 10-2023 ( March 6-12)

Top Headlines Egypt’s annual inflation soars to 31.9 % in February Egypt’s pound has weakened more than 6% against the US dollar on the black market US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Egyptian President al-Sisi reaffirmed their countries’ close military … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 9-2023 ( Feb 27- March 5)

Top Headlines 4,500-year-old chamber discovered inside Great Pyramid in Egypt Egypt’s FM Shoukry visits Syria, Turkey in renewed earthquake diplomacy Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin to visit Israel, Jordan, and Egypt Egypt’s net foreign assets decline by $1.7 billion in January, … Continue reading →

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