Mustafa Marie – Egypt Today Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass inaugurated an exhibition of Pharoah boy King Tutankhamun’s replicas in Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic, on Wednesday. The exhibition contains 1,000 replicas of the treasures of King Tutankhamun. Hawass gave a lecture on recent archaeological discoveries in …
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Stopping democratic backsliding
Today, democracy faces a more insidious threat than coups d’état—slow strangulation by elected autocrats. Sheri Berman* In recent years democracy has been under siege. Since 2015 the number of countries experiencing democratic backsliding has outstripped the number democratising. ‘Varieties of Democracy’, an organisation which tracks the global development of democracy, describes this as ‘an …
Read More »Prague hosts Ancient Egyptian ‘Kings of the Sun’ exhibition
Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online Few hours before the official opening of the ‘Kings of the Sun’ exhibition in the Czech Republiccapital Prague, Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled el-Enany embarked on an inspection tour at the exhibition. The tour was followed by a press conference at the ‘Prague …
Read More »ECJ rules against three EU states refused to host refugees in 2015
London – Times of Egypt The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Thursday, against the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland for refusing to host asylum seekers in the 2015 migration crisis. In its ruling, the court said the three countries “had failed to fulfil their obligations under European …
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