Month: October 2016

Shell in talks with government to increase natural gas supply

Shell is currently in talks with the government in order to increase…

Nicholas Mehling

Egypt, Saudi Arabia in unofficial cold war, officials deny tension

Egyptian activists and media figures take to media platforms to express anger…

Toqa Ezzidin

Habi files lawsuit against Environment Ministry, 2 private cement factories

The centre has called several times for the publication of environmental impact…

Daily News Egypt

Egypt hesitates in cutting fuel subsidies

The government pledged to the IMF to raise fuel prices and apply…

Mohamed Adel

Only 503,000 tourists visited Egypt in August 2016: CAPMAS

The number of tourist arrivals from all countries reached 503,000 during August…

Hossam Mounir

Government temporarily closes Al-Hussein Mosque for Ashura to avoid sectarian tension

The decision to close the mosque aims to protect Egypt’s Shi’a population…

Taha Sakr

Cairo University bans ‘religion identity’ in its application and papers

The university is a place of study so it isn’t necessary to…

Daily News Egypt

NAT contracts with Vinci to implement civil works for 3rd phase of Al-Thawra line

The National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) assigned the civil works for the…

Mohamed Alaa El-Din

Al-Sisi honours Egypt’s Olympic and Paralympics champions

Egypt won 3 bronze medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and 3…

Maya Nawar

Egypt and Russia to start joint military training in mid-October

This training is part of the counter-terrorism cooperation strategy Defenders of Friendship…

Daily News Egypt