Latest in Politics Highlight
Latest in Politics
Egypt, Sudan see 10 years of Ethiopian dam negotiations fail to bear fruit
Ongoing Egypt-Ethiopia dispute revolves around Blue Nile dam operation, period of its reservoir’s filling
Egypt’s Secure Documents Complex leap towards digital transformation: Al-Sisi
Complex to contribute to curbing forgery, smuggling, reducing public treasury losses
UN supports all national efforts to end FGM in Egypt
UN is looking forward to partnering with Egypt in advancing women’s and girls’ rights in many socio-economic fronts
4 Egyptian universities hold electronic tests for 1st semester
About 2,751 students take electronic exams in 34 academic subjects
COVID-19 crisis has revealed level of social inequality: UNV
Vast majority of vaccine doses administered have been in few wealthy countries or those producing vaccines: UN Secretary-General
Egypt, OECD discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in development efforts
OECD committed to speeding up all procedures for its development programme in Egypt, so that it can be launched during H1 of 2021: Organisation’s Secretary-General
Egypt continues all efforts to resolve Lebanon crisis: FM Shoukry
Egyptian Foreign Minister meets with Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun in Beirut
Egypt respects other countries’ development desires, provided its Nile water share unharmed: Al-Sisi
Sudanese Irrigation Minister says all options remain open to solve Ethiopian dam crisis
Sudan keeps all options open to solve Ethiopian dam crisis
Egypt’s Foreign Minister says his country will act if it suffers any water damage caused by dam
President Al-Sisi asserts justice of Egypt’s water cause
‘We respect desire of other countries to achieve development, provided that it does not affect Egypt’s share of water, says Al-Sisi
Arab-Chinese trade exchange rises to $240bn in 2020: Arab League
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Iraq are largest trading partners from Arab region with China
Egypt-Japan Education Partnership holds 6th steering committee meeting
Both sides review progress of ongoing projects under partnership, including Egypt-Japan Schools
Opinion| Can Joe Biden return to Iran’s nuclear agreement?
The most dangerous of these scenarios is the one that sees the need for the US to launch a military strike against Iran to destroy the latter’s nuclear infrastructure. Another scenario sees the possibility of directing the crisis towards a breakthrough through negotiations to resolve it or freeze it at the current stage until a final settlement is reached.
Egypt’s Al-Sisi inspects harvest season of mega agricultural project in Western Desert
Presidency spokesperson Bassam Rady said, in an official statement, that the project is within the mega national project “New Delta” to cultivate one million feddan along the Rod Al-Farag – New Dabaa Axis.
Egypt’s economy to grow 2.5% in FY 2020/21, rebounding to 5.7% in FY 2021/22: IMF
After estimated contraction of -3.3 % in 2020, global economy is projected to grow at 6% in 2021, moderating to 4.4 % in 2022: IMF
Opinion|The Nile is a red line
I mean here his statement about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations, when he said, “We do not threaten anyone, but no one can take a drop of water from Egypt. Otherwise, the region will witness a state of instability that no one could imagine. And whoever wants to test us, let him please.”
No breakthrough in Ethiopia’s dam talks, Egypt blames Addis Ababa for failure
Egypt participates in Kinshasa meetings with good faith, but Ethiopia has no political will to end crisis: Egyptian FM Shoukry
Arab League Chief, Tunisian President discuss preparations for next Arab summit
Regional developments require all Arab countries to work collectively to bring stability and progress to them: Tunisia’s President Qais Saeed
Egypt fighting to complete current academic year amid COVID-19 fears: Education Minister
Combined exams in second semester will be short, simple, and straightforward, with exam duration of two hours during holy month of Ramadan
Egypt, Japan sign MSME facility agreement worth $100m
New facility aims to boost MSMEs to lead Egypt’s economic growth
UNWTO expects 85% international tourist arrival downturn in Q1 2021 versus 2019
This would represent a loss of some 260 million international arrivals when compared to pre-pandemic levels.
Finance Ministry eyes issuing sustainable development bonds
Mapping of most important industrial sector challenges being finalised, Trade Ministry eyes package of government decisions to stimulate Egyptian industry, says Nevine Gamea
Egypt, Sudan conclude joint “Nile Eagles – 2” air force training
Officials of both countries held bilateral meeting to discuss issues of mutual interest, challenges, and military cooperation
Egypt’s Shoukry to visit Lebanon on Wednesday for talks
Egyptian Foreign Minister will convey message from President Al-Sisi to Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun
Over 8 million students across Egypt screened under presidential medical initiative
Students screened in bid to detect several diseases, including anaemia, obesity, and stunted growth
Egypt launches 2021 competition for Female Plastic Artists
The Council’s Plastic Arts and Architecture Committee has organised competitions in the field of Sculptures, in cooperation with the conferences secretariat and competitions management.
Egypt’s AUC launches Spring Concerts series
The discussion was followed by a live stream of the Mosaic Quintet, performing selected works by Egyptian pioneers in Arab music from the mid-1800s to the mid-1960s, and many other Arab musical forms.
Kinshasa meetings are final opportunity for GERD agreement: FM Shoukry
Shoukry also said that that Egypt had negotiated over a decade with the aim of reaching a fair, balanced, and legally binding agreement on filling and operating the controversial dam.
Developer X launches Ourika, The Muse Strip projects
Company’s land portfolio at over 150 feddans, plans to develop them in full over next three years
Egypt’s FRA sets new margin trade controls, including ceiling for transactions
Azzam said that his recent meeting with representatives from some stock brokerage firms touched on the need to set new controls for operations for buying securities on margin.