DNE News Brief: 27 March 2017

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Daily News Egypt

Accor Hotels signs agreement with Arabia Group

The recent expansion by Accor increases the number of its hotels in Egypt to 32 operational and under-construction hotels

Reem Hosam El-din

EFG Hermes reports record net profits for FY 2016

Group net profits rise 690% along with a 279% increase in revenues to EGP 4bn

Daily News Egypt

DP World Sokhna to organise weekly sea trips from Aqaba port 

The activation of the contract will begin in October, says Badawi

Mohamed Alaa El-Din

Parliament Speaker to discipline yet another opposition member

“I’m ready to pay the price for expressing my opinion,” says MP Haitham El-Hariri

Amira El-Fekki

Meetings of Nile basin countries regarding Entebbe agreement resume

Negotiations over Egypt’s returning to Nile Basin Initiative started two years ago

Sarah El-Sheikh

Nasr signs 4 agreements with AFD worth €259m

The finances are programmes that support the country’s deficit for sectors of energy, sanitation, and healthcare

Hisham Salah

CBE is ready to repay Egypt’s foreign obligations: Amer

We have large inflows of foreign exchange and strong reserves that will aid us in repaying any obligations on time, says the CBE’s governor

Hossam Mounir

Al-Sisi discusses regional, international issues with head of World Jewish Congress

During the meeting, Al-Sisi asserted that Egypt seeks the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital

Daily News Egypt

Hisham Geneina and Al-Tahrir journalists’ defamation trial postponed to April

Defendants accused of insulting former justice minister Al-Zend

Amira El-Fekki