Washington Post | Egypt hands Saudi Arabia two islands in gratitude. Egyptians are outraged. Washington Post CAIRO — The social media hashtag #Egyptissold says it all. The virtual world of Egyptians erupted on Sunday with the news that Egypt had handed over two Red Sea islands, Sanafir and Tiran, to Saudi Arabia as a show of gratitude for the kingdom's ... What Egypt's Handover of the Red Islands to Saudis Means for Israel Saudis pledge to honor Israel peace terms for islands given by Egypt Egypt's Surrender of Islands to Saudi Deepens Its Woes |
AfricaNews | Egypt optimistic about a boom in tourism by 2017 AfricaNews The number of tourists visiting Egypt should hit 12 million by 2017, that is according to the country's Tourism Minister, Yehia Rashed. Egypt has over the years seen its tourist numbers decline. It fell by 40 percent in the first quarter of 2016, a ... Egypt Has High Hopes for Tourism Despite Grim Statistics, Setbacks Egypt tourism minister 'confident' visitors will return |
AfricaNews | Egypt to save millions of dollars with new grain control center AfricaNews Egypt is expected to save hundreds of millions of dollars annually thanks to a US-based food security company which has opened its state-of-the-art Grain Command and Control Center. Blumberg Grain's Command and Control Center will begin monitoring ... |
Los Angeles Times | A student's death inflames tension between Egypt and Italy Los Angeles Times Initially, an Egyptian police official said Giulio Regeni's death was a result of a road accident. On Feb. 3 the badly bruised body of Regeni, a 28-year-old doctoral student from Italy, was found on the side of a highway outside Cairo. Regeni, who had ... Regeni murder: Egypt denies Italy phone record request Egypt says Italy spat centers on refusal to share phone records in Regeni probe Egypt Defies Italy Over Regeni Murder Probe |
BBC News | Egypt corruption: Ex-minister Salah Eddin Helal jailed for 10 years BBC News A court in Egypt has sentenced a former agriculture minister and his office manager to 10 years in prison after finding them guilty of corruption. Salah Eddin Helal was also fined $110,000 (£80,000), while his chief-of-staff Muhyidin Said's fine was ... Egypt's ex-agriculture minister sentenced to 10 years for corruption Egypt's former agriculture minister sentenced over corruption charges Egypt ex-minister gets 10 years in prison |
New York Times | Italy Recalls Envoy to Egypt Over Inquiry Into Student's Death New York Times Maurizio Massari, the Italian ambassador to Egypt, in February, when he was arriving at the morgue where the body of Giulio Regeni was taken. Mr. Massari was recalled to Italy on Friday. Credit Mohamed El-Shahed/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. What the Murder of an Italian Student Says About Egypt's Security State Giulio Regeni murder: Italy recalls ambassador to Egypt Italy recalls ambassador to Egypt to seek 'the truth' about Italian student's slaying |
ABC Online | Egypt's NGO crackdown to block scrutiny of human rights violations, torture, UN experts say ABC Online United Nations investigators have accused the Egyptian Government of closing down non-government organisations (NGOs) and putting travel bans on their staff in order to block scrutiny of human rights issues in the country. The country's NGOs have come ... |
Egypt hungry for Ukrainian food Kyiv Post “Ukraine and Egypt have great potential for cooperation both in the trade field and production cooperation,” Agriculture Minister Oleksiy Pavlenko said during a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart on Jan. 15. “First of all, we are talking about grain ... |
New York Post | Meet the seventh-grader schooling adults on ancient Egypt New York Post Hurowitz's obsession began at age 3, when a “Little Einsteins” episode inspired the tot to start reading books on ancient Egypt. The next year, his parents took him to Philadelphia to see a traveling exhibit about King Tutankhamun. Before his 10th ... |
AfricaNews | Egypt's urban consumer inflation drops to 9% AfricaNews The annual urban consumer inflation in Egypt dropped to 9 percent in March from the February figure of 9.1 percent, official figures have revealed. The March figure represents a third consecutive drop in inflation in the north African country which has ... |