Paris and Cairo ink $2.26 billion deals
French President François Hollande signed several deals worth about €2 billion ($2.26 billion) with Egypt during his visit to Cairo, the Elysee said on Monday. […]
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Egypt: Ex-Agriculture Minister Gets 10 Years in Jail over Graft
An Egyptian Court on Monday sentenced former agriculture minister, Salah El Din Mahmoud Hilal, to 10 years in prison and ordered him to pay a […]
Egypt: Tourism Falls by almost 50%, Italy Announces Boycott
Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAMPAS) has revealed that the number of tourists in February fell by 45.9% compared to the same […]
Egypt to Ban Rice Exports as of April 4
Egyptian minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Tarek Qabil on Friday said the North African nation will ban rice exports as of April 4 in […]
Egyptian Plane Hijacking not Terrorism-related, Cypriot President
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades told media the hijacked EgyptAir plane A320 which landed at Larnaca airport was not result of a terror-related act. “The hijacking […]
Egypt: There is no Currency Crisis, Central bank Governor
Governor of the Egyptian Central Bank Tarek Amer in a pre-recorded interview aired on a local television on Saturday denied the existence of a currency […]
Egypt: Cabinet Reshuffle to Revive Battered Economy
Egyptian President Fatah al-Sisi Wednesday made few changes to his cabinet with the appointment of 10 new ministers including those of finance and investment in […]
Egypt Tells US not to Interfere in Domestic Human Rights Issues
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington is “deeply concerned” by the deterioration of the respect for human rights in Egypt and the investigation […]
Egypt: Central Bank seeks compromise with Chamber of Commerce
Crisis surrounding the Egyptian pound is increasing and calls for the devaluation of the currency is getting louder as businessmen struggle to obtain foreign currency […]
Palestine: France rules out automatic state recognition if talks fail
France’s Foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault backtracked from his predecessor’s statement of recognizing Palestine as a state if the peace talks that Paris is initiating between […]