Top Headlines

• Egypt says IMF agrees to merge first two reviews of reform program
• US senator Robert Menendez and his wife are charged with bribery offenses involving Egypt
• French journalist arrested for reporting on Egypt spy operation
• Leading Egyptian opposition politician was targeted with predator spyware
•  Iran’s Raisi sees no obstacle to restoring ties with Egypt
• The remains of a massive temple and a sanctuary dedicated to the Greek goddess of Aphrodite off the coastline of Egypt 

Main Headlines

Monday

• Egypt is planning to float 5 to 10 percent of the shares of the company building its vast  new capital
• Nine army personnel casualties in an “accident” near Cairo
• Egypt to boost oil and gas production with new Zohr gas field wells

Tuesday

• Egypt to announce presidential election timetable on Monday 25^th of September
• BBC Cairo staff reaches agreement on wages with management following a series of strikes
• Egypt bans onion exports for three months amid eye-watering prices

Wednesday

• Egypt will switch to sourcing almost half a million tons of wheat from France and Bulgaria after Moscow blocked the supply of Russian grain
• A taste of Alexandria: Mohamed Salah and Dejan Lovren savour the Egyptian traditional food

Thursday

• Signs that record Egyptian inflation is finally starting to slow
• Iran’s Raisi sees no obstacle to restoring ties with Egypt with Egypt
• French reporter who was detained by police over French intelligence scandal in Egypt is released
• ‘I am ready to run for president of Egypt in the 2024 elections’: Constitution Party chairman Gameela Ismail
• Greek University opens a branch in Alexandria, Egypt

Friday

• US Senator Robert Menendez and his wife are charged with bribery offenses linked to Egypt
• Ukraine says ship carrying wheat leaves port for Egypt
• Egypt’s Mistral helicopter carrier unloads tons of aid in flood-stricken Libya
• The remains of a massive temple and a sanctuary dedicated to the Greek goddess of Aphrodite off the coastline of Egypt

Saturday

• Egypt says IMF agrees to merge first two reviews of reform program
• Leading Egyptian opposition politician was targeted with spyware
• Egypt, Greece, and Cyprus stress coordination on gas, regional issues
• Britain to import power from solar farms in Egypt

Sunday

• Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan resume Nile dam talks
• Ethiopia retracts prior understandings in GERD negotiations: Egypt’s Irrigation Ministry
• Egypt eyes energy revival with Zohr gas field expansion
• Egypt in talks with UAE-based ADCB for funding wheat purchases

Reports

• Egypt, guns, money and power at center of Menendez indictment. Joe Gould and Eric Bazail-Eimil
• From stashing gold to halal meat monopoly in Egypt, US Senator and wife indicted for corruption. Live Mint

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• The Greek alphabet and its surprising connection to Egyptian hieroglyphics