Ahram Online Prosecutors from the US state of New York seized five Egyptian artefacts worth more than $3 Million from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The decision is part of an investigation into international trafficking involving the Louvre Museum in France. “The artefacts include a group of painted linen fragments …
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French handball league awards ‘best player’ to Egyptian scorer Marwa Eid
Egypt Independent Professional Egyptian handball player Marwa Eid Abdel Malik won the best player award in ‘LFH Division 1 Féminine’, which is part of the premier women’s handball league in France. Marwa scored 143 goals in a total of 22 out of 26 matches in the league. She won the competition’s …
Read More »Sisi congratulates Macron on re-election win
Egypt Independent Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi congratulated French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for winning the presidential elections on Sunday. “Egyptian-French historical relations were, and still are, close and growing. We look forward to continuing consultations and mutual coordination on regional and international files of common interest”, Sisi tweeted. Macron won …
Read More »France has three election polling stations in Egypt
Egypt Today “Three polling stations have been made available for members of the French community in Egypt to vote in the second round of the French presidential elections which took place today”, French Ambassador to Cairo, Marc Baréty, revealed. The announcement was made at a contract signing ceremony at the …
Read More »The French unwilling willingness
Renewed polarisation between Macron and Le Pen in the presidential election conceals a pas de deux. Éloi Laurent* For the last 20 years, French politics has been an unforgiving puzzle, whereby democratic votes result in neoliberal and xenophobic policies the French say they resent. Sunday’s presidential election first round is no different. …
Read More »France expands investment portfolio in Egypt
Egypt Today Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi discussed plans to expand bilateral trade with France and French investment in Egypt with French Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire on Monday. Le Maire reviewed opportunities to invest in eight main sectors, transportation, electric vehicles, infrastructure, artificial intelligence, telecommunications, digital …
Read More »Egypt and France collaborate on EV component production
Egypt Independent A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Wednesday between Al Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company and Valeo Egypt to a locally designed, developed and produced electric vehicle (EV) components. The MoU is part of the Ministry of Public Business Sector’s plan to localise the manufacturing of EVs in …
Read More »Sisi takes part in ‘One Ocean Summit’ in France
Mohamed Soliman – Ahram Online Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi was welcomed by French President Emanuel Macron on arrival to the port city of Brest ahead of his participation in the ‘One Ocean Summit’ on Friday. The summit, from 9 to 11 February, is being held under the auspices of the French …
Read More »EgyptAir urges adult travellers to France to prove booster vaccination status
Egypt Today “Travellers to France are now required to show a proof of COVID-19 vaccination with a booster dose approved by the European Medicines Agency”, EgyptAir announced on Thursday. “The booster dose should be given to those who have received the second dose of approved vaccines nine months ago. Travellers …
Read More »France fines Facebook and Google €210M over tracking consent
Ahram Online Google and Facebook were fined over €200 Million euros (US$226 Million) for “not simplifying online tracking opt-out option, unlike accepting the tracking tools”, France’s CNIL data privacy watchdog announced on Thursday. “Investigations found that while the US online giants gave French users a single button to immediately accept …
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