Egypt Today Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry participated in the ‘Negev summit’ with five counterparts from Bahrain, Israel, Morocco, UAE and USA on Monday. “The meeting of the six focused on addressing challenges to peace in the region”, Shoukry said at a press conference. Participants in the summit highlighted the …
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Egypt Independent The US dollar exchange rate to the Egyptian Pound recorded a slight decline of two piasters on Sunday compared to Thursday’s rates, reflecting itself in £E18.29 for purchase and £E18.39 for sale. On Sunday, The National Bank of Egypt and Banque Misr offered the dollar at £E18.27 for …
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Egypt Independent “The daily average figure of COVID-19 infections over last week ranged around 625 cases and daily deaths averaged about eight patients”, the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population announced on Saturday. According to Ministry spokesman, Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar, “the average daily number of patient recoveries reached 615 last week, …
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Zeinab al-Gundy – Ahram Online Yahia Hassan Yahia Hamed, an Egyptian man in his thirties from Mit Ghamr, was killed earlier on 15 March following the Russian shelling of Mariupol in the Ukraine. Hamed was sheltering in the battered Ukrainian city along with his wife and mother-in-law. “He died immediately …
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Ahram Online “The Secretary General strongly condemns the recent escalation of the conflict in Yemen”, United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on Saturday. The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned the attacks and called on all parties to exercise restraint. He also urged the warring parties …
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Egypt Independent The exchange rate of all foreign currencies against the Egyptian Pound continued to decline on Thursday, following their significant increase few days ago. The rates fell due to the Central Bank of Egypt’s decision to raise the interest rate by one per cent. However, the decline of the …
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Doaa Moneim – Ahram Online “Egypt has officially requested support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to implement the country’s comprehensive economic program, amid the ongoing global challenges”, the IMF announced on Wednesday. “The rapidly changing global environment and spill overs related to the war in Ukraine are posing important …
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Doaa Moneim – Ahram Online The US dollar lost 13 piasters of its value against the Egyptian Pound (EGP) on Wednesday’s trading session, following two days of chaotic increases. “The USD’s value against the EGP fell by 13 piasters for purchasing to record £E18.32, down from £E18.45. However, the USD’s …
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Egypt Independent “Russia will continue to send wheat shipments to Egypt and will complete the Dabaa nuclear project and the Russian industrial zone in the Suez Canal Economic Zone”, Russian ambassador to Cairo Georgiy Borisenko, said at a conference on Tuesday. “The funding of Egyptian students studying in Russia were …
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Ahram Online “COVID-19 related deaths in Egypt declined by 48% in the week between 14 and 21 March compared to the previous week”, acting Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar revealed on Tuesday evening. At the Ministry’s weekly COVID-19 follow up meeting, Abdel-Ghaffar confirmed “the percentage of hospitalisation and …
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