Latest in Tag: Britain Highlight
Latest in Tag: Britain

Egyptian officers complete British IED training
“We will not leave Egypt to face this murderous violence alone,” says UK ambassador

Egyptâs economy needs FDI push for its flat battery: British Ambassador
British investors demand fair treatment from government, competition to be opened up in private sector, says Casson
Britainâs Queen Elizabeth II honours 2 Egyptians
Bishop Angaelos and Nemat Shafik receive awards for religious and economic contributions

Value of Egypt’s exports to Britian at ÂŁ199m in Q1 2015
Egypt ranks 6th on list of MENA countries exporting to Britain

UNDP, USAID provide EGP 13.8m for WWII landmines clearance programmeÂ
âBritain did not meet our expectations in its intervention to remove landmines,â says Demining & Development programme Director

Egypt could be founding member of China-backed AIIB by mid April
Egypt will benefit as it will aid in developing much needed infrastructure sector, says former assistant to executive director of IMF

UK number 1 foreign investor in Egypt: Embassy spokesperson
BG invested 14bn in Egypt, says companyâs Egypt President Arshad Sufi

TV journalists detained for airing alleged government leaks
The leaks belittle Gulf countries and urge media personnel to incite citizens

Interior Minister urges using machine guns against protesters in new leaks
Leaks of statements belittling Gulf States and Morsi’s military confinement declared genuine by top British forensic speech laboratory

European ambassadors meet top Egyptian clerics
New agreements to combat extremism through media channels

Foreign governments, UN âdeeply disturbedâ by deadly 25 January clashes
Foreign ministry refutes criticism from UN, United States, Britain, and Turkey

British Embassy in Cairo re-opens, security issues ‘resolved’
Relations with Egypt rest on âpeople â not a buildingâ: British Ambassador

Canada, UK embassies remain closed as security talks ongoing with Interior Ministry
Reported explosion outside British Embassy an âaccidentâ

Canadian Embassy in Cairo follows British Embassy in security shutdown
US office remains open despite neighbouring embassy closures and Australiaâs heightened warning

Shoukry, Kerry discuss ways to prevent Middle East from ‘sliding into violence’
Egypt’s foreign minister also holds meetings with Saudi, British officials

Tourist occupancies in Sharm El-Sheikh stable this week: Hotels Chamber
Occupancy rates remain at 55% despite October bombing in North Sinai

UK ‘encourages’ Egypt to abide by human rights and freedoms
British embassy urges Egyptian government to follow UK recommendations in Geneva

Egypt mourns the death of 23 nationals in Libya shelling
Foreign ministry calls on Libyan authorities to identify the perpetrators as violence in the neighbouring country intensifies

Tourism ministry to launch campaign to encourage Europeans to visit Egypt
Tourism authority official says lifting travel warning important step to restore tourism from Europe

Britain summons Egyptian ambassador over Jazeera verdicts
Two British journalists working for the network were handed 10-year sentences.

British delegation visits Fahmy in Cairo
Group discusses terrorism, recent elections
Iranâs Zarif says new diplomacy has isolated Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin âNetanyahu shamelessly makes a scene saying Iran denies the Holocaust, Iran wants to build a nuclear bomb to carry out another Holocaust,â Zarif said.

Mortada Mansour announces presidential bid
Lawyer says his platform concentrates on ârestoring Egyptian dignityâ at home and abroad

Britain orders probe into Muslim Brotherhood
The probe could reportedly lead to a ban on the Muslim Brotherhood in Britain, which is already outlawed in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Investigation launched into alleged rape of British tourist
Two incidents of sexual assault on tourists occurred in March, both in Sharm El-Sheikh

Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘armed invasion’ in Crimea
Ukraine’s parliament on Friday appealed to the United States and Britain to uphold a 1994 pact signed with Russia that guaranteed the country’s sovereignty in return for it giving up is Soviet nuclear arsenal

Iran says expert nuclear talks to be held ânext weekâ
Araqchi said the talks would take place on the sidelines of a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agencyâs Board of Governors ânext week.â

Iranâs Khamenei says nuclear talks will âlead nowhereâ
Iran agreed to freeze some nuclear activities for six months in exchange for modest sanctions relief and a promise by Western powers not to impose new restrictions on its hard-hit economy.
Iran warns ready for âdecisiveâ battle with US, Israel
AFP â Armed forces chief of staff General Hassan Firouzabadi has warned the Islamic republicâs arch-foes that Iran is prepared for a âdecisive battleâ if attacked, Fars news agency reported on Wednesday. âWe are ready for the decisive battle with America and the Zionist regime [Israel],â Fars quoted Firouzabadi as saying. He also warned neighbouring …

Iran says no need for UN watchdog office in Tehran
IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said on Friday he might seek Iranâs permission for a Tehran office for inspectors.