This Week in egypt: week 24-2023 ( Jun 12-18)


Top Headlines

  • Nine Egyptians have been arrested on suspicion of being people smugglers after the migrant boat disaster off Greece
  • Israel to work with Egypt, Palestinian Authority on developing Gaza gas field
  • Israeli army admits to errors, reprimands officers in Egyptian border attack fiasco
  • Egypt’s Sisi to visit Turkey at Erdogan’s invitation 
  • Three Brits  who died in scuba diving boat blaze in Egypt have been named
  • Egypt’s trade deficit halved in March as wheat imports drop 42% 
  • Egypt officially requests joining BRICS
  • Egyptian minister says no credit line has been opened with India
  • Egypt executes Mohamed Adel, who brutally murdered university student Nayera Ashraf in 2022

Main Headlines

Monday

  • Egyptian minister says no credit line has been opened with India
  • Egypt expresses deep concern over deadly Israeli raids in West Bank

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

  • Nine Egyptians have been arrested on suspicion of being people smugglers after the migrant boat disaster off Greece
  • Three Brits who died in scuba diving boat blaze in Egypt have been named
  • Egyptian TV host says mosques should turn into schools

Friday

Saturday

  • Egypt’s Sisi to visit Turkiye at Erdogan’s invitation  to visit Turkey
  • Egypt’s trade deficit halved in March as wheat imports drop 42%
  • Super-tankers holding more than 20 million barrels of Saudi Arabian crude are clustered off Egypt’s Red Sea coast, the most since the depths of the pandemic in 2020, Vortexa data showed
  • EU High Representative Josep Borrell travels to Egypt
  • Wafd Party leader Yamama first to announce candidacy for Egyptian presidency

Sunday

  • Sisi asserts Egypt’s full support to Sudan’s unity, territorial integrity
  • Israel to work with Egypt, Palestinian Authority on developing Gaza gas field
  • Egypt’s Defense Minister and EU Foreign Affairs representative discuss ways to boost military cooperation
  • The Egyptian Exchange’s indices saw very active trading on Sunday, with the benchmark reaching a historic level above 18,000 points
  • Egypt has signed an agreement with the International Financial Corporation (IFC), the financial arm of the World Bank, to provide advisory services for Egypt’s privatization programme
  • Qatar seeks to buy 30% of Egypt’s Hotels Holding at $750m

Reports/Read

  • Timeline: The Israeli account of the Egypt border attack unfolded minute by minute. Yonah Jeremy Bob
  • Egyptian man executed one year after brutal killing of Nayera Ashraf. Beatrice Farhat
  • Dog breed ban sparks controversy. Sarah Elhosary 
  • Egypt remittance plunge amid economic uncertainty. Marc Español
  • How Cairo’s Embassy in Tel Aviv can contribute to a warmer peace with Israel. Haisam Hassanain 

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