Egypt Independent Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly accompanied by Minister of Culture Enas Abdel-Dayem inaugurated the 53rd Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) on Wednesday. This year’s fair is held at Egypt International Exhibition Center (EIEC) in the Fifth Settlement area, East Cairo. The fair opened its gates to the public …
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Egypt Today A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop Egyptian railways was signed by the Egyptian Ministry of Transport and AlmavivA S.p.A., the Italian IT service management company on Wednesday. The aim of the MoU is to develop and upgrade the technical systems of the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) and …
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Egypt Independent “The State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Egypt of C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2.2 Billion”, the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement on Tuesday. The statement said that Egypt requested …
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Egypt Independent The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population urged hospitals to increase their capacity in an urgent publication on Wednesday due to a surge in COVID-19 infections in Egypt. The statement was directed towards the Educational Hospital Authority, the Secretariat of Specialised Medical Centres, the head of the health …
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Ahram Online Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi discussed regional issues with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Mohamed Bin Zayed al-Nahyan at Qasr Al-Watan presidential palace in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. During the visit, President Sisi met King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa of Bahrain and Mohamed bin Rashid al-Maktoum UAE’s Vice President and …
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James Zogby* There was a flurry of news reporting last month after a newly elected Republican member of Congress was captured on video telling a crowd of supporters about her nervous elevator ride with a Muslim member of Congress. As her audience giggled in delight, she noted that there was …
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Egypt Independent Internet services were largely restored in Yemen on Tuesday after a four-day outage following Saudi-led coalition air strikes which damaged telecom infrastructure. “To all friends and loved ones: We missed you”, the Houthis’ deputy Foreign Minister, Hussein al-Ezzi, said on Twitter, praising efforts to repair the damage. Internet blockage observatory …
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Ahram Online The Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) issued an emergency use authorisation for Merck COVID-19 drug ‘Molnupiravir’ on Monday and has allowed five National companies to manufacture the oral antiviral medicine. “Local companies have so far succeeded in producing 25,000 ‘Molnupiravir’ packages. Current stocks of raw materials are sufficient to …
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Egypt Today “A memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cultural heritage exchanges and cooperation was signed between the Korean Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) and the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities on 21 January”, the South Korean embassy in Cairo announced on Monday. The agreement consolidates future cooperation plans in all areas …
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Ahram Online Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune agreed on the importance of holding Libya’s delayed parliamentary and presidential elections at a meeting in Cairo on Tuesday. “We also agreed on the necessity of the repatriation of mercenaries and foreign troops from Libya for the …
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