Latest in Tag: Daily News Egypt Highlight
Latest in Tag: Daily News Egypt
Al-Sisi meets 12 new ambassadors
President seeks fostering bilateral relations with different countries
ALEXBank, Education Ministry, Filmar Nile Textile sign agreement
The Egyptian Ministry of Education signed a long term agreement Saturday with ALEXBank and Filmar Nile Textile, part of Filmar Group, entitled “Cotton for Life” to promote Egypt’s cotton industry. The five-year agreement will encourage the development of students’ skills in agricultural schools and their training in the best cultivation methods. It will help ensure …
Egypt is damaging reputation by imprisoning journalists: HRW
Al Jazeera journalists should be released unconditionally, other journalists imprisoned in Egypt deserve similar attention, says HRW
Ministry intensifies communications with tourism companies for ITB Berlin: TAA President
Tourism Ministry sets companies’ subscription value in exhibition at €1,350, with reservation of 200sqm
Ultras deaths caused by ‘excessive shoving’: Forensic Medicine Authority
Authority cites crowding, shoving as “only” cause of death in Air Defence Stadium drama, state-media reports
ISIS claims kidnapping of Egyptians in Libya
Egypt “will spare no effort” in search for kidnapped Egyptians, presidency says
Court releases Al Jazeera defendants, postpones retrial
Fahmy’s fiancée and family expressed confusion over why the Canadian national was standing retrial
Sandstorms inconvenience Egypt
The severe weather ripped through cities and blotted out the sun.
Bilateral Agreements with Russia: Elimination of the US dollar
By Ahmed M El-Wahsh In light of recent events and happenings across Cairo – from the Tahrir memorial to the deaths at the Air Defence Stadium and Vladimir Putin’s visit – Egypt faces an unsettling currency change against its Egyptian pound to the American dollar. With that being said, the Russian leader met with Abdel …
Testimony of Air Defence Stadium killings: Romany Samir’s delay saved his life
“Security deliberately let crowds suffocate, attacked them, sat back and watched. I was not searched and there were about 30,000 in the stadium,” says witness
Black February: A new episode of the history of football stadium tragedies
Sunday’s tragedy at Air Defence Stadium is second disaster for Zamalek fans after 1974, with Port Said massacre worst locally
Egyptian, Italian military officials discuss regional stability
Italy says it supports Egypt’s fight against terrorism
Invest in better energy technology to fight climate change
By Dr. Bjørn Lomborg Climate change has certainly received immense exposure among the most eminent issues of the 21st century so far. The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon argues that it is “an existential challenge for the whole human race”. On the other hand, when over seven million people were asked by the UN what …
Al Jazeera journalist highlights international bias against Egyptian journalists
Baher Mohamed is the 30-year-old Al Jazeera journalist whose Egyptian citizenship prevented him an equal chance for freedom like his co-defendants Mohamed Fahmy and Peter Greste. The media has rarely highlighted Mohamed’s case, but the journalist is now speaking of the increasingly unfair situation. Daily News Egypt visited Mohamed’s house and spoke to his wife …
Housing projects, land offered at month’s end: Minister of Housing
Allocation of EGP 28bn underway for new housing budget
Amusement parks seek visitor increase through special offers
School year influencing park visits rather than violence and demonstrations, says Dolphin Park director
Marsa Alam tourist occupancies rise to 45%: Vice Chairman Investors Association
Hotels in Marsa Alam hope to launch flights with reduced costs for Egyptians on holiday
Court overturns death sentence of Muslim Brotherhood leader
Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie is accused of killing nine in August 2013
Morsi, interior minister to testify in Port Said prison clashes trial
51 defendants are charged with killing 42, injuring 150
Dar Al-Ifta warns against rising Islamophobia in West
Three American Muslims were killed in North Carolina Tuesday
CBE approves tourism ministry request for currency exchange with Russia: Official
EGP devaluation against US$ pushed for request approval in order to overcome crisis of decrease in Russian tourism
Canadian PM calls for Mohamed Fahmy’s immediate release
Al Jazeera journalists to be re-tried tomorrow
Conscript injured, 3 militants killed in North Sinai
Militants swear vengeance whilst armed forces aim to “eliminate terrorism”
Al-Sisi meets UK House of Commons delegation
The delegation is following up on the Arab Spring report
Bread and Freedom Party demands release of all prisoners of conscience
Leftist party boycotting elections, citing oppressive practices by police
US ‘does not believe’ Egypt and Russia will end dollar usage
State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki says US supports nuclear power programme under Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
57th Annual Grammy Awards highlights
From winners to performances, the star studded awards marks the biggest night in music industry
Mandate to counter terrorism broadened
Crackdown on wider segment of those affiliated with Islamists witnessed in 2014
Human rights situation dire, terrorism no excuse for violations: Nasser Amin
Amin added that the government should not use the “war on terrorism” as an excuse to commit human rights violations or issue exceptional laws. He explained that international standards apply, even in the midst of a war on terrorism.
What Egypt and Russia want
Egyptian-Russian relations have been cold for around 40 years, but as Putin visits Egypt, the foreign policy game is changing for both countries