Top Headlines

• Egyptian parliament approves a new package of tax and fee hikes amid criticism
• Qatar says investments in Egypt are coming, but no more deposits.
• Egypt’s mounting debt raises doubts amid stalled reforms and inflows
• Egypt and Iran to exchange ambassadors this year in landmark move towards normalising ties
• Egypt urges Ethiopia to stop misleading ‘colonial agreements’ claims to dodge GERD obligations
• A ship that had been stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal has been re-floated
• Egypt unearths mummification workshops, tombs in ancient burial ground
• Another lawsuit filed against Netflix’s controversial ‘Queen Cleopatra’

Main Headlines

Monday

• Egypt’s Suez Canal Zone offers direct, indirect investment incentives: Zone head to Chinese companies
• Graves of Egypt’s kings to be bulldozed to make way  for a new highway

Tuesday

• Egypt is seeking concessional loans to fund healthcare, education & food security programs
• Egypt welcomes 6+6 Committee efforts to prepare laws for elections in Libya
• Egyptian exchange announces sale of 7.8% of Housing and Development Bank

Wednesday

• Egypt and Iran to exchange ambassadors this year in landmark move towards normalising ties
• Qatar says investments in Egypt are coming, but no more deposits
• Egypt urges Ethiopia to stop misleading ‘colonial agreements’ claims to dodge GERD obligations
• Egypt FM heads to Geneva for consultation on Sudan and Syria
• UK Standard Chartered bank plans to open branch in Egypt next year

Thursday

• A ship that had been stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal has been re-floated
• Cadbury flakes is labelled ‘too crumbly’ following move to Egypt
• White gold galore: Sisi opens quartz production complex in Ain Sokhna

Friday

• Egypt’s wrestling federation is under investigation following young wrestler’s escape to France
• United Kingdom announces first water infrastructure resilience projects in Egypt and Senegal

Saturday

• Egypt unearths mummification workshops, tombs in ancient burial ground
• Egypt shuts two Red Sea ports due to bad weather
• Egypt issues two golden licenses for BSH Bosch and Beko Egypt Group
• Number of married women using family planning methods is in Egypt on the rise

Sunday

• Egyptian parliament approves a new package of tax and fee hikes amid criticism
• Gold price in Egypt stabilized on Sunday after nearly two weeks of fluctuations, while the Egyptian Exchange kept its positive performance
• Egypt unveils VAT exemption on some imported pharmaceutical materials
• Another lawsuit is filed against Netflix’s controversial ‘Queen Cleopatra’

Reports

• Debate In Egypt regarding possible rapprochement with Iran. B. Chernitsky, Memri
• Egypt’s mounting debt raises doubts amid stalled reforms and inflows. Marc Español
• ‘Egypt and Syria are coordinating’: IDF estimates on eve of Yom Kippur War declassified. Emanual Fabian
• French Open 2023: Egypt’s Mayar Sherif on tennis ‘obsession’.  BBC Sports

Read

•  Henry Kissinger: The art of Middle East diplomacy. Dina Ezzat

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