Tag Archives: Greece

Podcast: Is Egypt’s President Sisi in the hot seat amid the Gaza crisis?

I joined Thanos Davelis of the Greek Current to discuss how the war in Gaza is impacting Egypt and President Sisi, look at the upcoming summit in Cairo on the Palestinian issue, and explore how the Hamas attack has hijacked … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 31-2023 ( July 31- Aug 6)

Top Headlines Egypt’s central bank raises interest rates by 100 basis points Egypt’s government debt-to-GDP ratio is expected to reach 97 percent at the end of June 2023 Net foreign assets held by Egypt’s commercial banks head deeper into negative … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 16-2023 ( April 17-23)

Top Headlines Three flights of Egyptian troops have returned home from Sudan  Staff member at Egyptian embassy in Khartoum sustained injury after gunshot Over 400 Egyptian civilians evacuated from Sudan Egypt’s Sisi affirms non-interference in Sudan crisis, urges negotiations UAE-mediation … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 15-2023 ( April 11-16)

Top Headlines Egypt Armed Forces urges safeguarding of safety of Egyptian troops in joint training in Sudan Sudan’s RSF says it’s ready to cooperate over Egyptian troops in Sudan  Egypt and South Sudan offer to mediate between Sudanese sides Egypt’s … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 49-2022 (Dec 12-18)

Top headlines IMF executive board approves $3 billion Egypt extended arrangement Egypt’s Sisi visits Washington to participate in the US-Africa summit  Egypt’s Sisi met with US President  Biden and US Secretary of State Blinken  Egypt’s Sisi met with US defense chief … Continue reading →

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Podcast: A New Start of Egypt-Turkey Relations?

It was a pleasure to join Thanos Davelis, the director of public affairs at the Hellenic Leader, in a new episode of the Greek Current podcast series. to to discuss the relations between Turkey and Egypt following the Turkish President … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 46-2022 ( Nov 21-27)

Top Headlines Egypt’s Sisi and Turkey’s Erdogan agree that World Cup handshake will be start of new relations Egypt and Greece sign deals on migrant rescues and agriculture  Egypt announces freedom, mass pardon for 30 jailed activists Egypt’s population grows … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 39-2022 ( Oct 3-9)

Top Headlines Joe Biden and Liz Truss will attend the UN’s climate change summit COP 27 in Egypt Egypt freezes Russian MIR payments to avoid US sanctions  Greek FM in Egypt for talks after Turkey’s deals with Libya Egypt persuades … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 26-2022 ( Jun 27-July 3)

Top headlines Negev Forum’s Steering Committee holds first meeting in Bahrain Egypt shuts down Red Sea beaches after two tourists were killed in shark attack  Outcry in Egypt as iconic Nile houseboats are destroyed Egypt Inaugurates Adly Mansour Transportation Hub, … Continue reading →

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