Latest in Tag: Daily Highlight
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State Information Service is true failure: Trade minister
Foreign ministry has not lived up to its role since 30 June, says Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour

Egypt to facilitate nationals’ return from Libya: Abdelatty
Procedures are ongoing for those willing to return upon President’s instructions, says spokesman

Derna’s Shura Mujahidin Council vows ‘harsh response’
Statement on the airstrikes ensures safety of Egyptian workers

Airstrikes hit 3 coastal Libyan cities
Egypt and Libya coordinated attacks, says Libyan Air Force commander

Employment status of Egyptians returning from Libya unclear
Compensations should be paid from the Libyan side not the Egyptian government, says former manpower minister

World Bank wants to loan $1bn to ‘polluted villages project’: Housing minister
Designs of $200m World Bank-funded sanitation projects in Upper Egypt concluded, Madbouly says

13% increase in trade balance deficit in November: CAPMAS
CAPMAS attributes deficit to 9.6% in imports value

50 refugees on hunger strike in Alexandria
73 Syrian and Palestinian refugees detained in Karmooz police station
21 Egyptian fishermen ‘missing’ in Libya
Their disappearance follows the alleged killing of 21 Coptic Egyptians by ‘Islamic State’ militants

Libyan parliament confirms death of 21 kidnapped Coptic Egyptians
Salafi incitement behind ‘Islamic State’ kidnapping of Egyptians: Copts coalition
Economy remains vulnerable given security risks: IMF
IMF executive directors welcome Egypt’s economic reform policies

Parliament candidates spent between EGP 7-10bn in total on campaign
According to a study, each parliament candidate has paid EGP 7,000 for medical examinations and elections security

Economy remains vulnerable given security risks: IMF
IMF executive directors welcome Egypt’s economic reform policies

AfDB pumps $140m in Sharm El-Sheikh Airport
Bank apparently refused in August to fund development of Sharm El-Sheikh Airport

Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh killer in custody: Prosecution
Defendant’s identity to be revealed within days, says prosecutor
Egypt condemns assassination of Somali MP
Need for collaboration against abhorrent terrorism, says FM spokesman

Prosecution releases 18 Zamalek fans, detains 3
Club and football association presidents will be summoned to investigations, says lawyer

Political parties blame Muslim Brotherhood, security forces for fans killings
Security forces excessive use of power, political parties and groups claim

Egyptian exports decrease by 20% in January
Foreign Trade Ministry targets $28bn in non-petroleum exports in 2015

Prosecution detains 18 Zamalek fans, orders ultras leaders arrest
Forensic medicine authority announce 19 killed in match violence

Annual inflation declines to 9.7% in January
Low international oil prices prompt CBE to cut interest rates in January

British parliamentary delegation to meet Egypt’s FM
Foreign Affairs Committee members visit Egypt to follow up on 2012 Arab Spring report

Russian president arrives to Cairo, meets Al-Sisi
Putin’s visit will last for two days

Bilateral trade between Cairo, Moscow registers $4.5bn in 2014: Putin
Free trade, Egyptian exports increase mark Cairo-Moscow economic relations

Al-Wafd to reconsider elections participation
Members concerned about “state intervention” in elections, says spokesman

Bereaved families, supporters blame security forces and club president for deaths
Authorities fail to hold security forces accountable, say families

Narratives of the Air Defence tragedy
Ultras group accuse security forces and club president, state orders fan arrest

28 football fans killed in ‘deliberate massacre’: Ultras
State TV announced 22 were found dead following security dispersal

Testimonies from the Land of Fear
Matariya would become a republic on its own, as it bore the brunt of the violence on 25 January

Availability of fuel, obtaining licences challenges facing Arabian Cement in Egypt: CEO
Jose Maria Magrina asks government to promptly consider and resolve issues and complaints of existing investors in Egypt