Latest in Tag: Emergency Highlight
Latest in Tag: Emergency

Egypt extends State of Emergency for 3 months
Nationwide State of Emergency first put in place in April 2017 after two deadly church bombings

Madbouly addresses parliament on extended emergency measuresÂ
First stage of parliamentary elections witnesses 28.6% voter turnout

Al-Sisi extends nationwide state of emergency effective from Monday
Egypt’s Prime Minister Madbouly imposes curfew in certain areas of North Sinai

Greece seeks EU emergency meeting on East Mediterranean tensions
Foreign Ministers of Cyprus, Egypt, and Greece discuss troubling developments in Eastern Mediterranean over phone

Egypt extends nationwide state of emergency for health, security concernsÂ
Madbouly transfers jurisdiction over some cases from public prosecution to Emergency State Security Courts

IMF doubles emergency lending to $100bn to tackle coronavirus
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that the IMF anticipates the worst economic fallout since the Great Depression.

Egyptâs EGP 100bn coronavirus emergency fund part of 2019/20 budget: MP Hussein Eissa
138 budget recommendations to be announced in two weeks

CBE cuts interest rate by 3% in emergency MPC meeting
CBE has taken strong measures in anticipation of possible impacts of global conditions on Egypt’s economy, says Tarek Amer

Al-Sisi extends state of emergency for additional three monthsÂ
Parliament should approve or reject within seven days of the declaration

Egyptian Parliament extends nationwide state of emergency for three months
Fifth extension comes after Al-Sisiâs swearing in before parliament last month

State of emergency in North Sinai extended to April
The state of emergency was first implemented by a presidential decree issued in October 2014

Parades, rallies and art performances: Egyptians celebrate 30 June with support from police
The government has undertaken unprecedented measures in support of the rallies celebrating the anniversary of the uprising

EgyptAir flight makes emergency landing in Uzbekistan due to false alarm
The aeroplane was evacuated and moved to a safe zone at the airport for further inspection

Extending state of emergency will thwart much of terrorism operations in North Sinai: PM
North Sinai stays under emergency state until 28 July

3 doctors referred to investigation following studentâs death
Medical negligence continues to take more lives in Egypt

Austria’s top pole-vaulter paralyzed after training injury
Austrian pole-vaulter Kira GrĂŒnberg suffered a serious injury in training and despite emergency surgery, has been left paralyzed by the accident. Austria’s leading pole-vaulter Kira GrĂŒnberg has suffered severe cervical injuries after the 21-year-old landed beside the mat on her head and neck in a practice jump. A statement on Friday from the Austrian athletics …

Legal amendments expected to speed up executions
Possible Muslim Brotherhood figures’ executions in coming days, says human rights expert

Militants bomb Sinai gas pipeline for 27th time
Egypt’s gas exports to Jordan dropped dramatically in 2014 due to militant attacks
Civil society groups criticise âunregulatedâ decision to provide emergency cases with free medical treatment
Prime minister issued the decision; groups fear it will not be carried out due to ambiguity of its
nature

Cabinet holds emergency meeting over conscriptsâ shooting
Ministers reiterate constitutional article enshrining military trials, call on workers and unions to postpone âfactionsâ demandsâ

Italy lifts travel warning for Egypt resorts
Before the ban, 400,000 Italian tourists visited Egypt in 2013

Union for Medical Professionals decides on open-ended strike
Doctors have already held two partial strikes, may follow the union’s decision

Egyptâs doctors strike for one day
The Doctorâs Syndicate and the Ministry of Health provide conflicting figures on strike participation

Ministers announce final draft of law for medical professionals
Doctors have been holding negotiations with the ministers of health and finance this week

Doctors negotiate with ministers
Negotiations are expected to be completed by Tuesday

IMF cautious on emerging economies
Growth rates in emerging market and developing economies are now down some three percentage points from 2010 levels, mostly due to a slowdowns in Brazil, China, and India, the IMF said.

Egypt to cut curfew by 2 hours from Saturday
The curfew will be from midnight to 5:00am, except on Fridays
State of emergency extended for two months
Presidential order issued, extension to commence from 12 September

Over 3,000 arrested in Cairo: independent count
72 were arrested during violence at Nasr road, near the pro-Morsi Rabaa sit-in on 26 July.

Bahaa El-Din initiative: No exclusion for peaceful factions recognising roadmap
“The initiative does not mean the re-integration of Muslim Brotherhood in the political process”