Israel continues spying on the US
By Dr. Cesar Chelala As Middle East peace efforts go through another round of failure, information published by Newsweek magazine indicates that Israel has been conducting spying activities in the US. Although the main targets…
Electricity theft, technical losses reach EGP 8bn annually: Ministry of Electricity
Ministries of Electricity and Petroleum have launched initiative to reduce 20% of electricity consumed annually and thereby decrease energy deficit
Electricity utility to launch notification service for outages in Cairo
New service will send notifications of location and duration of power outages to customers via SMS and is planned to be extended all over Egypt
US, EU diplomats meet Mehleb before heading to Ethiopia
The meetings come after the diplomats met with Egypt’s foreign minister and discussed the Nile water issue
‘Morsi supporter’ sentenced to death for killing child in Alexandria
"Defendants shouted ‘void’ after hearing the verdict, which made the judge adjourn the session," says EIPR lawyer
EIEC launches campaign urging Egyptians to lower electricity consumption
The initiative aims to decrease electricity consumption in households, commercial and industrial sectors by 20% this summer
Long term-loans taken out by government economic bodies up 3.3% year on year: CAPMAS
Increase of value of long-term loans can be attributed to Egypt’s unstable situation, says head of Central Budget Department for Economic Bodies
Democracy Index releases report on 2013 protests
Number of protests “reflects the failure of the [Egyptian] system to ensure economic and social rights”
Trial of Alexandria lawyers and activists postponed
Defendants are on trial for incident dating back to March 2013, during tenure of then-president Mohamed Morsi
Al-Sisi cites ‘national security’ for not sharing details of electoral platform
Former defence minister calls for reorganisation of Egypt’s governorates, with centralised planning and decentralised management