Tag: Egypt

Egypt: Cairo slams British envoy’s critics and International condemnation of Al-Jazeera journos’ sentences

August 31, 2015

Egyptian foreign ministry summoned the British ambassador to Egypt and criticized the international barrage over court ruling on the Al Jazeera journalists accused of “false ... Read More

Egypt: Egypt Air boss fired, company lost $1 billion over four years

August 28, 2015

State-owned carrier Egypt Air has a new boss since Thursday after former boss Sameh el-Hefny has been sacked following the one billion dollar lost recorded ... Read More

Egypt: Foreign Ministry launches new blog to promote Cairo’s policies

August 24, 2015

Cairo has embarked Sunday on a communication war with what it called false information as the Foreign Ministry launched a new blog to send out ... Read More

Russia-Egypt: al-Sissi pays third visit to Moscow in just a year

August 22, 2015

Egyptian President al-Sissi is due to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week to bolster cooperation between the two countries, Egyptian official ... Read More

Egypt: Anti-terrorism law approved

August 17, 2015

The much talked about and strongly criticized anti-terrorism law has been approved by President Sisi on Sunday with the hope that it will help the ... Read More

Egypt: ISIS claims beheading Croatian hostage

August 13, 2015

ISIS affiliated branch in North Sinai claimed on its twitter account it beheaded the Croatian captive it kidnapped 3 weeks ago in Egypt. Egyptian and ... Read More

Egypt: Death of Lawyer in Custody Reignites Concern over Human Rights

August 12, 2015

The death of Egyptian lawyer Karim Hamdy, 27, in police detention has triggered major human rights watchdogs’ concerns about the rule of law in the ... Read More

Egypt: Parliamentary elections to begin soon

August 11, 2015

The much-delayed Egyptian parliamentary elections that were slated to take place in March could finally begin by the end of August and a parliament would ... Read More

Libya to ease situation with Tunisian, Egyptian electricity, Tripoli Government

August 6, 2015

Electricity has been a major challenge in Libya in the past few years because fighting in the country destroyed some of the infrastructures while foreign ... Read More

Egypt: “Suez Canal expansion, more of a political benefit than economic good,” pundits

August 6, 2015

Economic experts and businessmen familiar with the Suez Canal say the expansion of the canal may not yield the results claimed by authorities. The new ... Read More