Category: Egypt

Egypt: Smoke in EgyptAir A320 before Crash, Black Box Confirms

June 30, 2016

Analysis of the data recorder of ill-fated EgyptAir flight MS 804, which crashed last month shows there was smoke in aircraft before it hit the ... Read More

Egypt Could Secure $10 bln from IMF – Central Bank

June 28, 2016

Egypt could secure up to $10 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by agreeing to a structural reform program, the central Bank said on ... Read More

Egypt to Commemorate Coup d’état against Morsi with a Public Holiday

June 27, 2016

Three years after the ousting of President Mohammed Morsi at the end of one year in office in July 2013; the Sisi administration has announced ... Read More

Egypt: Data Boxes of EgyptAir A320 to be Sent to France for Repair

June 24, 2016

The two black boxes of EgyptAir A320 aircraft which plunged into the Mediterranean in May will be sent to France for repair after the experts ... Read More

Egypt: Court Nullifies Transfer of Islands to KSA, Government to Hit back

June 22, 2016

Egypt’s Highest Administrative Court Tuesday ruled as “unconstitutional” the Government’s April decision to transfer two Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia and the cabinet announced ... Read More

Egypt: British Airways Suspends Flights to Sharm El-Sheikh

June 22, 2016

Egypt’s tourism industry Tuesday received another major blow as UK top airline British Airways (BA) announced it was suspending flights to Sharm el Sheikh indefinitely. ... Read More

Egypt: $25,000 Advance Compensation for Families of EgyptAir Flight Victims

June 21, 2016

EgyptAir announced Monday families of the 66 people who died in the crash of its Flight MS804 will receive each an advance compensation of $25,000, ... Read More

Egypt: Morsi’s Sentence for Spying for Qatar Sets ablaze Cairo-Doha Ties

June 20, 2016

Egypt and Qatar Saturday exchanged blazing words after former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was handed life sentence on espionage charges. Qatar rejected Egypt’s highest criminal ... Read More

Egypt: New Gas Discovery in Nooros Zone, Eni, BP Confident More to Come

June 10, 2016

Egypt's energy concern could be about to be over following the discovery of a new natural gas field on the Nile Delta coast by Eni ... Read More

Egypt Denies Insulting African Countries, Cairo to Investigate Allegations

June 1, 2016

Cairo has expressed doubts as to the veracity of allegations that a senior Egyptian official referred to African countries as “dogs and slaves” in Arabic ... Read More