Tag Archives: Suez Canal

This Week in Egypt: Week 51-2023 ( Dec 18-24)

Posted on December 25, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi won the country’s presidential election with 89.6% of the vote Egypt proposes 14-day ceasefire in Gaza Egyptian sources deny Israeli military operation in Philadelphi corridor Hamas leader visits Egypt amid intensive talks on … Continue reading →

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

Posted on August 6, 2023 by nervana111

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 22-2023 ( May 29-June 4)

Posted on June 5, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Three Israeli soldiers and a gunman killed near Egypt border Netanyahu vows to probe deadly shooting of troops by Egyptian policeman ‘to the end’ Egyptian FM to attend Turkish President Erdogan’s inauguration Traffic in Suez Canal resumes after … Continue reading →

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Podcast: A discussion with ex-Egyptian MP Mohamed Fouad on Egypt’s economic crisis

Posted on May 7, 2023 by nervana111

Egypt faces a deepening economic crisis. For the average the problem is rising inflation, for foreign observers, the problem is the army outsized rule in economy. Dr Mohamed Fouad, a previous MP in the Egyptian parliament and business management consultant, … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 52-2022 ( Dec 26- Jan 1- 2023)

Posted on January 2, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines At least three people have been killed in an attack on a police checkpoint in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia The Egyptian branch of ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack Egypt’s Sisi calls to congratulate Netanyahu, cautions … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 36-2022 ( Sept 12-18)

Posted on September 18, 2022 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt’s Sisi visits Qatar for the first time since 2017, signed agreements to boost cooperation  Egypt frees detained Al Jazeera journalist  U.S. to withhold $130 million of military aid to Egypt over human rights Egypt to raise Suez … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 9-2022 ( Feb 28- March 6)

Posted on March 6, 2022 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt, along with 140 other countries, has voted for a UN resolution calling for a halt to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Up to 20,000 Ukrainian tourists in Egypt await return to Europe Nearly 4,000 Ukrainian tourists leave Egypt … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 7-2022 ( Feb 14-20)

Posted on February 20, 2022 by nervana111

Top Headlines Ethiopia starts producing electricity from its controversial Nile dam Egypt breaks LNG export records with eye on Europe Egypt is lengthening two-way portion of Suez Canal by 10 kilometres  UAE’s Dragon makes first oil discovery in Gulf of … Continue reading →

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Egypt and Greece: It’s time to cement our bonds

Posted on January 18, 2022 by nervana111

Listening to music by Vasilis Papakonstantinou while eating a halva panini were the kind of simple pleasures I enjoyed while walking around Athens. The Greek capital is the only European city where I can hang out alone, but never feels … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 44-2021 ( Nov 1-7)

Posted on November 7, 2021 by nervana111

Top headlines U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue will be held in DC on November 8-9  Ted Cruz, top Dem Bob Menendez have had a heated exchange over Biden’s Egypt policy Egyptian president denounces assassination attempt on Iraqi PM Egypt aims to generate 42% … Continue reading →

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